Search Engine Silliness I

Although I'm a new blogger (first post was December 8, 2004), I've been using computers a lot longer. For over a quarter of a century, in fact. It wasn't the same back then. Things have really changed. One thing that has been of particular fascination to me has been search capabilities.

Currently, the big boy in the search world is Google. Before that was Yahoo! And, at other times, others have been "the one to use." The latest to join the fray is Microsoft's MSN Search.

None of them work exactly like the casual user would expect. There are some that say "You gotta know how to use them," and that makes sense. But, a really good search interface would be easier for the casual user. And that's hard to do do. And, if anyone ever accomplishes that, they'll get rich.

Anyway, all this is leading up to the fact that search engines return some stuff that you really aren't looking for. Of course, some people really search for some strange stuff.

I'm not the only one that's been either the victim or the beneficiary of odd searches or odd search results.

• Almanac of the Mundane experienced some hits from some unusual searches.


• GOP and the City checked and found that it's top result on a couple of searches.


• phin's blog finds truth in Googling. Sort of.


• HundredPercenter is experiencing the same trouble with Google as Michelle Malkin.


• Michelle Malkin finds Google has more than expected, and it's not funny.


• WuzzaDem is just the latest to get rejected by Google. But, at least Google was honest about it.


• Pooklekufr: the Kafir Constitutionalist has been self-googling, and hasn't gone blind yet.


• We have been listing some of the unusual searches that people have used to end up here.

These are just some of the one I found. I found more by some of the same folks.

If you want to play along, leave a link to one of your posts related to search engines in the comments or trackback, or e-mail me here. I plan to have another roundup next weekend.