Having a blog allows me a glimpse into the vast pit of silliness that the average Google employee must see on a daily basis. By that I mean, I get to see how people worded their searches when they found this blog (and another site that I maintain).
Mostly they are reasonable search queries -- a couple of words that are relevant. I like to think these searchers have found what they were looking for.
But a number of others seem to think that they are supposed to ask Google questions, using complete sentences--including articles, prepositions, pronouns, and sometimes even question marks. All of which are ignored by the search engine, of course.
Here's a sampling of searches from Daughter Number Three:
- what happens at a rainbow gathering
- on brat day are they going to have something in fountain park sheboygan wis (DN3 says: Isn't "something" is a great word to throw into a search engine? Wish I'd thought of that.)
- sheboygan, what does it mean
- what is the quote that hangs in "susan b. anthony house"?
- "elsa bakalar" has she died?
- are mexican sunflowers supposed to be deadheaded?
- how do I find some photos of my friends from school?
- show me pictures of growing cucumber plants in south florida
Some of these make me think of that scene in Star Trek IV (the movie where the crew is stuck in 1980s San Francisco, saving the whales) when Scotty picks up the mouse of a Macintosh and says, "Hello, Computer."
2 comments:
Hi... I googled Chris Monroe, looking for a site with her cartoon on it from last Friday, and your site came up, which I am totally enjoying reading! Plus, what a mystery woman you are! I have never encountered a blogger blog with less info about the author, in fact, you have reduced me to actually leaving a commment in order to get one from You! Ummm, I forgot what I wanted to ask... oh yeah... I'm just interested in where you're from, where your other blog is, I suppose I'll need to explore this one further... but, I like to take the short-cut. I put you up on my stumbleUpon page... so you might get a few more hits lately... Anyway, your blog is what I wish I would do, if I had a lot more ambition... Later, ChrisF
ChrisF -- I'm originally from upstate New York, which many Midwesterners are surprised to learn used to be the number-two dairy state behind Wisconsin... I'm from the part that's considered the northern tip of Appalachia, if that tells you anything.
I settled in St. Paul in the early 90s, though I work in Minneapolis... I've been ranting at the newspaper and other media for decades but had never done anything with it until December 2007.
I'm a bit of a gardener, but I promised myself I wouldn't let that part of my life bleed over when I started DN3. So I'd like to leave my other site anonymous within the confines of the blog. I could send you an email with it if I could figure out how to get your email. Hmmm.
Not totally sure why I want to stay incognito on the blog. DN3 is developing into an alter-ego of sorts, and I guess I feel freer to write what I really think if it's not connected to my professional life.
Thanks for putting me on your stumbleUpon page!
You've inspired me to be just a bit more public... I've just set up a gmail account for daughternumberthree@gmail.com, so you can contact me there if you'd like.
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