I haven’t done a keywords post in quite awhile so I thought it was probably time. I honestly don’t get a ton of really wacky search terms (I must be boring or something), most of mine are really just book titles. However, there are some from the last month that caught my eye. And with some of them I wonder how on EARTH their search term brought them to my blog.
i am a hoarder – Me too! I’ve finally been able to break that habit somewhat with bookmooch and the library since I don’t actually have ROOM for all the books I have collected anymore. Still, I prefer to keep my books when possible.
download free lauren willig the deception of the emerald ring - Dude, if you don’t want to buy the book, just get it from the library, stop trying to get a shady copy online. The only legitimate free books online are those that are being offered by author/publisher for one reason or another and those that are in the Public Domain.
“fear of hay” - No idea. None whatsoever. Fear of hay? I can understand if you have allergies or something, but is hay really that frightening?
sucks to your asthmar piggy! - This one just makes me giggle. Definitely my favorite line from “Lord of the Flies.”
the very hungry caterpillar fabric - This is what we are using to decorate our nursery. We found the fabric from the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art and my mom created everything that goes in the nursery.
2009 email contact of leonardo da vinci gmail.com - Um, I’m pretty sure Leonardo is dead and doesn’t have an email address. If he did, though, he’d totally use gmail.
bad writing the shack – I don’t know if it was bad exactly, it just wasn’t actually good. Resoundingly mediocre, I would say.
bookreport the boy in the striped pyjamas – This is the one book that I ALWAYS have homework-type questions about. Perhaps soon people will switch to just watching the movie when they want to get out of their homework?
can’t get inkheart on kindle – I’m so sorry. Although, since I’ve never read/reviewed/discussed Inkheart and I don’t have a Kindle, I’m curious as to why your search engine thought I could help.
get rid of 50 things book – The book was actually called “Throw Out Fifty Things.” Instead of doing a conventional review, I actually went through the book and followed her advice. Want to see the results of my cleaning spree?
i know he has some parts and im not sure how dominant they are – Slightly disturbed. Moving on.
i went too loot – This sentence really makes no sense to me. You went also loot? You went somewhere to loot something? Where? What? How did that bring you HERE?
is tears of the desert appropriate for high school students? – I think it is definitely important for high school students to know the reality of what is going on in the world. Depending on the maturity of the student, it might be a little heavy for a freshman, but most juniors and seniors would probably benefit from reading this.
nessecary things in a bedroom – Even assuming this was spelled correctly, I’m still a bit confused. Generally a bed is pretty necessary, or something to sleep on at least. Other than that, I think it is sort of up to you. Probably a place to put your clothes. Why do you
summary of unaccustomed earth so i don’t have to read – Of all the books to avoid reading, this would be about my last choice. Seriously, it is Jhumpa Lahiri, you WANT to read her.
things you would find in a dining room – “A table, chairs, china, silverware…” “Thing you would find in a dining room!” *ding, ding, ding, ding!*
very hungry – I feel you. I’m pregnant and occasionally get very hungry too.
why buy books – Why not?
I get a TON of hits for The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Hello, Sunday night procrastinators!
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I did my keyword search post today too. There are a lot of people who want brand new books for free. The bedroom and dining room questions are bizarre. I think there was a board game involved.
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I just started doing these keyword searches myself and there are some bizarre folks out there. Now I am all self conscious when I look up terms in Google.
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I must be boring too – I never get anything good! I would love to know what this person was trying to find…”i know he has some parts and im not sure how dominant they are”!!
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I love these posts. I’ve gotten a few strange search terms, but nothing like yours.
I am pretty computer illiterate. How in the world do you find out the internet searches that bring people to you?
Christy, I use Google Analytics as an extra tool to see and manipulate blog stats. One of the things it does is show you what search terms people used to get to your site.
I love love love your background!!! I was wondering the same thing as Christy so I’m gonna go look that up now =) Just thought I’d stop by and say hi!
These are great! Makes me laugh.
And the “i know he has some parts and im not sure how dominant they are” is a line from Twilight.
It’s sad that I know that…
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I love reading these things! The fear of hay one was the best!!
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I think your Throw out Fifty Things posts brought some of those queries!
Good job adding commentary!
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I loved this so much that I had to play, too
Though, mine came up with some very weird terms…. and boogers… lots and lots of boogers. I think boogers is the top referring search word for Mt. TBR. That, and Numa Numa. ROFL….
throws her head back and bellows a horsey call of the lonely loot “LOOT! LOOT!! LOOT!!!”
I went too loot
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I stopped in for your Tues. Teaser, but wanted to say thanks for your series on “Throw Out 50 Things”…I’ve never heard of this book (I have one on my wishlist entitled something like “Declutter Your Life & Live Better” or some such) but I sure think I could use it!! It seemed to work for you, no?! I’ll have to try and lay my hands on a copy. Thanks again for posting it!
Nice to “meet” you; hope you have a wonderful week ahead!
Where do you start from to see how people got to your blog? I can’t figure out what to do. Any suggestions or help would be appreciated. This looks like fun
Love these posts! I want to do one of these myself, we’ll see if I get around it it.
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Oh these kinds of post are hilarious. But I wanted to say too that I love the Very Hungry Caterpillar fabric. Although I have no one small in my life right now ( are you listening Ayden?) I thought it would make a great quilt.
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I get a kick out of these posts. The things people put in search engines!
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Da vinci would so totally use gmail!
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This is hysterical…loved your commentary! I’ll have to do a keyword search sometime. I recently added google analytics and that will be entertaining.
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these are great…I must try to do this as well for the humor of it all. Between the video on Books Lists Life and this post I am having a great Monday. Seriously need to get some “real” work done in the library though.
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