Is Anybody Even Reading This?
This entry was posted on 2/2/2009 11:27 AM and is filed under General.
I remember watching this routine on Late Night with Conan O"Brien where Conan and his then sidekick Andy would just do whatever they felt like because they thought nobody was watching. Obviously, since there was a live audience, it was a scripted routine.
I've always wanted to do something like that, but was always afraid of reprecussions in the oft chance that someone actually was reading. I've heard from friends and clients that they occassionally read my blog (sometimes through Facebook). I even had one comment that said that my post had been picked up by Google News, which apparently means that I'm well read. But the lack of comments seems to suggest a low (if existent) readership.
So this morning, while stuck on the 401 coming into work, I came up with an idea. MSN lists the top Windows Live Search phrases everyday. Therefore, if I post the most popular search phrases over the past few days in this post, I should have a lot of people viewing this post. If you are actually reading, you can let me know by dropping a comment or voting in the survey. I recognize that this post is probably flame bait, but it's really more for curiousity than anything else. If you are reading this on Facebook, you can drop a comment in the comments section of this note. And if you do decide to flame, avoid coarse language or remarks that are too derogatory . Don't forget that I can moderate them.
Without further ado, here are the search terms:
Evangeline Lilly
Akon
Marc Anthony
John Travolta
Lady GaGa
Kissing ban
Fiat
'Cadillac One'
Aretha Franklin's hat
Presidential salary
Cheerleading coach
Academy Award nominees
Retiring NBA player
Caroline Kennedy
Miss World finalist
Sasha & Malia dolls
Brangelina's new home
Virginia Tech murder
Plastic surgery for the dead
Carnivorous sea squirt
Jessica Simpson
Geri Halliwell
Church roof motorist
Molly Ringwald
DeAnna Pappas
8 babies
'Robber' goat
FedEx plane crash
1,800-year-old figurine
Animal empathy test
Ashlee Simpson
California octuplets
Toby Young
'Baby Grace'
Olivia Newton-John's ex
Football concussions
Blowfish poisoning
$13 million house for $100
Best Super Bowl ads
Virgin Atlantic food