No. 18

A few days ago, I wrote Strange Urges, Unexpected Destinations about some of the more exotic search terms people use to find this website.

In the interests of public disclosure (not to mention search engine optimisation), here’s the list of search terms most often used by visitors to get here, in descending order of frequency:

1. jfk
2. ghandi
3. mahatma ghandi
4. marge simpson porn
5. auschwitz
6. marge simpson nude
7. dave rothschild
8. rainforest vegetation
9. ariel sharon
10. syd walker
11. j.f.k
12. barak obama “rahm emmanuel”
13. bart and marge
14. bay of pigs invasion
15. obama hope
16. bart and marge simpson
17. j.f.k.
18. kevin rudd
19. david ahenakew
20. bart and marge sex

As you can see, SydWalker.info attracts people with diverse tastes and interests.

I thought it would be interesting to compare my list with the equivalent for all web users. I couldn’t find a global top 20 – but Hitwise reports the top 10 search terms for the four weeks to 11th April 2009 were:

1. craigslist
2. myspace
3. facebook
4. ebay
5. youtube
6. myspace.com
7. yahoo
8. facebook login
9. mapquest
10. facebook.com

I always suspected my visitors are abnormally interesting.

Now I have proof.