Comments on: 2012: The Year in Search Queries

By: Me

Me — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:25:09 +0000

My favorite is the person who spelled “your” as “ur” but was clever enough to use the word “auspicious.”

By: Jami

Jami — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:57:58 +0000

I prefer dong.

By: Jan

Jan — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:34:34 +0000

I dunno about you but I consistently end up at reputable sites when doing search queries as questions – and they are always answered satisfactorily. See, the idea is you evaluate your results and click the reputable link. If you don’t see anything reputable, you try searching a different way…

I mean, you’re not forced to click the first thing that shows up.

In fact, if you really want mayo results, just type the question and tack mayo clinic on the end. It’s not like google parses the words in order or sentence format, and an extra “why” or “what” in your query outside your normal search terms (“what is superheating” as opposed to just “superheating”) isn’t going to throw a search result way off into the boonies. In fact, “what is superheating” was actually the better search term in this particular example since google itself will answer for you. So, your search mileage will vary by how stupid you are, really.

By: anotherfool

anotherfool — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:40:18 +0000

Now I’m stuck with the image of a bikini’ed 20 something self-involved girl lying, eyes closed, in a tanning bed and her tampon spontaneously igniting. And I’m not quite sure how to feel about that.

By: kermit

kermit — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 01:59:14 +0000

It’s “wrong” because by typing in a question (instead of terms) you’re far more likely to get inaccurate/ incomplete information from a content farm instead of a legitimate FAQ from say, the Mayo Clinic or some other reputable source.

By: Jan

Jan — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:13:53 +0000

There’s plenty of question-answer sites on the internet, lots of forum posts that start with these sorts of questions, and plenty of medical sites that present information in an FAQ format. Not sure why typing in a question is the “wrong” way to use Google if you want to end up at any one of these types of results.

What annoys me are the people who type urls into Google. Now THAT’s the wrong way to use Google.

By: susan

susan — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:01:44 +0000

I recommend Elian Detector.

By: havingfitz

havingfitz — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:55:11 +0000

I like that idea. I asked Google if I was actually the secret love child of Elvis and a bowl of Frosted Flakes. The people who run a Justin Timberlake fansite and the dude who has detailed the history of the Merry Melody cartoons are going to be rather surprised…

By: The Elf

The Elf — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:06:12 +0000

The internet is for porn. It’s why the net was born.

By: Kupo

Kupo — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 05:08:56 +0000

This makes me want to google some really weird questions, then click on the least relevant and most normal-looking websites to mess with their stats.

By: The Elf

The Elf — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:02:50 +0000

That’s hot.

By: NonnyMus

NonnyMus — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:24:44 +0000

Wow! Educational standards have really plummeted. Yikes!

By: redheadwglasses

redheadwglasses — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:19:57 +0000

But not better than a bong.

By: Who passed out the Haterade?

Who passed out the Haterade? — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:21:07 +0000

That depends on whether it was a legitimate lick.