Google searches baffle me.
And no no no no no, I'm not talking about the usual shocking search strings, such as "Mom wore a cape" and "pictures of chocolaty hands" (what ... you were expecting sexual references maybe?) I'm talking about this. As you can see, that search string yielded "about 76,500,000 results", and this site came in at #2.
Now, I'm not so vain (oh shut up, and continue reading the sentence, all right?) that I think that people searching for the word "because" are looking for me. That's not my point. The point is this: What exactly is someone looking for when they choose such a broad search term? Or are these the same people who look up the word "the" in the dictionary, just to see what it says?
At least when someone looks for "sleeveless+turtleneck+high+(collar+OR+neck)+(hot+OR+warm)" or "post-tonsillectomy voice change in adults", you know that person knows what he wants.
When someone looks for "jodi" (I'm #3), I like to think he is looking for this Jodi, a/k/a ME (yes, I am that vain) and not some generic lower-case variety. (P.S. to the person looking for "public speaking Jodi": You'll find it at Toys R Us, just to the left of Malibu Barbie.)
But really. I have had so many people visit this site via a search for "because". Are they looking for some sort of higher truth? And do you think they are elated when they find that they have, at long last, finally found it, here on "Because I Say So"?
fresh-baked at 10:59 PMLA, I am searching for broads! Especially since I missed my chance with the one on Broadway the other day.
Offered by: Jodi on September 5, 2002 10:30 AMFor a second there, I thought you were searching for broads...
Now I am disappointed.
I've had a bunch of people get to me by searching for "Excursus," but the all-time champion is still "Miss Lebanon Fucking" with probably about 30 searches.
And if only your site was listed that high in a google search for "But why?" then you'd know what they were all looking for.
Offered by: aaron on September 5, 2002 9:21 AMIt's Douglas Adams' original joke.
He wrote three books and released them as a trilogy. He wrote a fourth, and released them all as a trilogy in four parts.
Then wrote a fifth. You get the picture.
Offered by: Pete on September 5, 2002 5:11 AMVague search queries annoy me. What concerns me more is that people wade through the results to find me on page three and then hang around. Why?
Following the example of aimless surfers, I googled why do people use vague search terms and expect results. The first of the results was this wonderful guide for all those lost souls.
Offered by: maddy on September 4, 2002 11:52 PMaww, i am not even on the top five. you are so popular, i envy you.
Offered by: Carrie on September 4, 2002 11:46 PMI've never read that five- or six-volume trilogy.* However, I frequently like to answer people's asked and unasked questions with, "Sixteen." Or "The answer is ... green."
*Strange, but I always thought "trilogy" had something to do with THREE ... or perhaps you were making a joke, Don, in which case ...
Offered by: Jodi on September 4, 2002 11:36 PMSeems as if they are looking for the supporting details behind the obvious answer to the Fundamental question: "Why?".
In Douglas Adams' five (or is it six) volume trilogy "The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy" the greatest computer of all (Deep Thought) was asked to give the answer to The Ultimate Question. After considering the issue for countless aeons of time, it finally delivered the answer: forty-two.
Google that.
Offered by: Don on September 4, 2002 11:13 PM
