Just about every blogger at some point talks about the bizarre incoming searches they see appearing in their blog stats. Part of the long tail is when something you wrote a few months or years ago suddenly becomes of interest to somebody. Those interested folks generally find you via a very specific search on Google or Yahoo.
A while back I saw an incoming search for "nude photos of X". I won't embarrass the X person, but the searcher was looking for a specific person and I just happened to blog about them, thus my blog came up in the results.
While my example might sound somewhat bizarre, I think that Joe over at Exploding Unicorn takes the cake. Go read his post about what people a searching for on the internet and how his blog is a 'top source'.
Visitor Comments
Years ago, I posted something about a certain clothing store that had a quarterly magazine that featured models who did not wear much of the clothing the store sells. That post is the most visited page on my blog -- by a factor of 3.
Posted by: Rex Hammock | June 22, 2006 7:18 PM