https://www.s-anand.net/blog/tag/search-queries/ Recent content in search-queries on S Anand Hugo -- 0.164.0 en-us Thu, 06 Apr 2006 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.s-anand.net/blog/search-queries-to-my-site/ Thu, 06 Apr 2006 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.s-anand.net/blog/search-queries-to-my-site/ <p>On a related note, 60% of the search queries that lead to my site this year were <a href="https://www.s-anand.net/blog/calvin/">Calvin and Hobbes quotes</a>. &ldquo;i can&rsquo;t help but wonder what kind of desperate straits would drive a man to invent this thing.&rdquo; topped the list (Calvin referring to a yo-yo), with <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=%22i+always+catch+these+trick+questions%22">i always catch these trick questions</a> following closely.</p> <p>People searching for Excel related stuff were next (20%): <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=excel+%22indirect%28address%28%22">excel indirect(address(</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=row%28%29+excel+offset+address">row() excel offset address</a> and the like.</p> <p>A few were also looking for me by name or school (10%).</p> <p>The last 10% ranged from the puzzling to the bizarre, including these gems.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=michalengelo+hidden+skull">michalengelo hidden skull</a>. Probably looking for the alleged hidden skull in Last Judgement.</li> <li><a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=googlemail+access+between+england+and+india">googlemail access between england and india</a>. Why? Did he think there wouldn&rsquo;t be any?</li> <li><a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=greenwich+meridien+time+for+india">greenwich meridien time for india</a>. This is usually the same in Greenwich and in India. Rest of the world too.</li> <li><a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=origin+of+monkey+in+fez">origin of monkey in fez</a>. What?</li> <li><a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=address+of+sexy+girl+in+ahmedabad">address of sexy girl in ahmedabad</a>. But why <strong>my</strong> site?</li> <li><a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=address+of+tool+makers+for+converting+html+to+xml+in+chennai">address of tool makers for converting html to xml in chennai</a>. Do they have a license to convert?</li> </ul> <hr> <h2 id="comments">Comments</h2> <!-- wp-comments-start --> <ul> <li><strong>Sai</strong> <em>11 Apr 2006 4:55 pm</em>: Really funny! What kind of metics/tools do you have to know what searches lead to your site?</li> <li><strong>S Anand</strong> <em>11 Apr 2006 7:44 pm</em>: I use Google Analytics.</li> <li><strong>ritzkini</strong> <em>14 Apr 2006 5:37 pm</em>: address of sexy girl in ahmedabad !! :))</li> <li><strong>Krishna</strong> <em>15 Apr 2006 5:57 pm</em>: Thats a real funny set of queries. But why your site? ;-)</li> <li><strong><a href="http://www.s-anand.net/blog/the-calvin-and-hobbes-search-takedown/">The Calvin and Hobbes search Takedown | s-anand.net</a></strong> <em>21 May 2010 12:02 pm</em> <em>(pingback)</em>: [&hellip;] also increased traffic to my site, which was a bit disconcerting. I didn’t want to attract attention. In 2007, I [&hellip;]</li> </ul> <!-- wp-comments-end --> https://www.s-anand.net/blog/google-wildcards/ Fri, 12 Aug 2005 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.s-anand.net/blog/google-wildcards/ <p><a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/08/fill-in-blanks.html">Google supports wildcards</a></p> https://www.s-anand.net/blog/google-queries-that-lead-to-my-site/ Thu, 14 Nov 2002 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.s-anand.net/blog/google-queries-that-lead-to-my-site/ <p>Why am I the second hit on Google for queries like &ldquo;arabic food&rsquo;s pictures&rdquo;, &ldquo;wedding pictures in chennai in geocities&rdquo;, and &ldquo;iim grads future&rdquo;?</p>