October 11, 2008 - Odd Search Terms
As I have written before, I use StatCounter to track hits on this blog.
(http://www.statcounter.com)
I like it because it's very simple to use, but also very powerful. And I find some of the results fascinating.
Among the features provided by StatCounter is a Keyword Analysis report.
This report can show you the searh terms people entered into various search engines that ended up as a click through to your site. Here's a small sample:
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Num |
Perc. |
Search Term |
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2 |
22.22% |
define:load testing |
|
2 |
22.22% |
qa interview questions |
|
1 |
11.11% |
qa department business plan |
|
1 |
11.11% |
define:beta testing |
|
1 |
11.11% |
board games tock |
|
1 |
11.11% |
wintast version 3.5 |
|
1 |
11.11% |
is yucart good for your |
|
9 |
100.00% |
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Usually it's fairly obvious what the seearcher was looking for, but occasionally, I see a real puzzler.
I'll list some here as I encounter them, with a guess as to how the relevant search engine happened to serve up a link to All Things Quality in the results.
how to crash a browser
I assume the searcher was trying to find ways to crash browser.
And they learned about crashing Google Chrome the easy way.
http://www.sqablogs.com/jstrazzere/1784/Let%26%2339%3Bs+All+Play+Crash+That+Browser+-+Google+Chrome.html
when are us elections november 4th
When are the elections? November 4th, right?
Note sure what this person was seeking, but they found this.
http://www.sqablogs.com/jstrazzere/1874/US+Elections+on+November+4th+-+Don%26%2339%3Bt+Vote%21.html
grandma mona simpson
I occasionally use Simpsons character names as test data. To make that easier, I have a list on one of the blog pages.
http://www.sqablogs.com/jstrazzere/1692/Test+Data+-+Simpson+Characters.html
is yucart good for your
While the searcher may have been looking for "yogurt", apparently this term brought the searcher to my post about some Spam that arrives in my email spam filter. One of the "from" names was "Yucart Churchgoing".
http://www.sqablogs.com/jstrazzere/973/Lazy+Spambots%3F.html
see: http://www.sqablogs.com/jstrazzere/832/A+New+Tool+for+Your+Website+or+Blog+-+StatCounter.html
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