Friday, June 29, 2007

June 30, 2007 Why People Hate America: Pt. 2

Included is a list of the top 25 Search Engine Keywords of the Week. Take a quick poke through:

1 myspace
2 google
3 games play
4 yahoo
5 ebay
6 myspace.com
7 game cheats for ps2
8 mapquest
9 ps 2 game cheats
10 paris hilton
11 yahoo.com
12 youtube
13 girls
14 pc game cheats
15 play game
16 obituaries
17 play games
18 linkin park
19 rihanna
20 pictures of cats
21 jessica alba
22 sperm shack movies
23 claudia cohen
24 lyrics music
25 craigslist

I didn’t find a single keyword relating to anything I would deem important. There was nothing indicating searches for “foreign news,” “American/US News” “healthcare,” or even “presidential information/policy/platform.” (Yes, I understand that gives the American public WAY more credit than due). A keyword that MIGHT be considered remotely important was “wedding vows” which came in at #190, though I was shocked not to find “divorce information,” or “take him for all he’s worth” coming in shortly thereafter. I also find it interesting that people (probably mostly men) are going to the internet to find wedding vows or ideas. Aren’t they supposed to “come from the heart?”

The first thing to pop up under a non “consumer interest” category was the generic term “News” at #238. This was sandwiched between “Kiss” and “Elvis.” Last I checked, Elvis has been dead for 30 years (sad thing is, I had to perform a Google search to find that information, thus, boosting the ratings of that keyword closer to “News”). So people would almost rather find out information about a dead pop singer than relevant information about what’s happening in the world . . . disappointing. So next time you go to search for something on Google or Yahoo! (which interestingly enough hold a combined 89% of the search engine market share) think twice, because people are always tracking what you’re searching for and sending.

Song of the Week: “Boomerang” by Black Lips. Garage Punk fused with late ‘60’s rock.

Quote of the Week: “I can't really remember the names of the clubs that we went to.”
- Shaquille O'Neal, on whether he had visited the Parthenon during his visit to Greece.

Random Fact of the Week: Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down, hence the expression “to get fired.”

Picture of the Week: I found him! I know where he is!

Until next week, domo arigato Mr. Roboto.


Fred

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I guess its time to start investing my money in "Sperm Shack Movies."

Also, I'd like to just point out the most random keyword on this list: "obituaries." One of the top things that people are interested in seeing, even more popular than "Sperm Shack," is who died?!