Search Queries
Posted on Thursday, January 29th, 2004 at 2:00.
Despite my disclaimer, some journal visitors do not believe that I can indeed see what they are searching for in my archives. Reviewing search queries not only helps me see what content people are searching for, but also entertains me. I decided to reply to some of my favorites.
66.56.81.__ first searched for girlfriend
, of which I do not have at the moment. This person also wanted to know if Ryan was gay. He assures me that he is not, despite his very metrosexual ways.
I am guessing that 68.69.109.__ was Brandon Meyer testing the new search feature because this person queried for JFSucks.com
in various forms.
Dear 66.56.81.__,
Do you ever get tired of searching for… never mind. Seriously, get a life.
Apparently 141.152.221.___ really wanted to know if he was ever mentioned in my online journal. ::cough:: Joshua ::cough:: (Love ya bro!)
65.66.61.__ wanted to know about my Channel One Student Produced Week experience. Those entries are not online yet, but will be shortly.
68.9.219.__: No, I have never been in love
.
67.82.2.___ searched for everything from Ivy League
to god
to Howard Dean
to New Jersey
to SATs
to West Palm Beach
to get a life
.
68.9.219.__ left me a long series of 38 queries. I do have a working e-mail address. You get bonus points for such a creative way of communicating with me.
68.116.76.__ wished me a happy birthday. Again, I have an e-mail address. But thanks anyway!
68.164.236.___ reminded me that while I can see search queries in [my] server log, but not everybody has a fixed IP address.
Duh.
Yes, 169.233.9.___, I can really see your search queries. Thanks for asking.
Was my e-mail bouncing back? Seriously people. While I appreciate the compliments from people like 68.9.219.__, e-mail is more suited for such flattery.
66.90.214.__ queried 14 times with the question of Is he ever going to turn comments on??
. Yes, I am going to turn comments on, but not yet.
I hope you enjoyed these as much as I did. Please, do not be afraid to search. ::grin::
(Note to the non-geeks: The string of numbers is an I.P. address. Think of this number as a telephone number for your computer and I have caller-I.D. This number is usually automatically assigned to you when you sign online and often changes each time your connect to your Internet Service Provider. Whenever you type my website address in your browser, my web server sees your address and sends information back to this address. My web server (and every other web server) logs your address and other information about what data is being sent. Do not worry about privacy, as web servers are not able to see any information beyond the necessary data routing information. For example, I would never know when my sister Rachel visited my site unless I knew her I.P. address when she visited my site. 99.9% of the time, I am not able to know an I.P. address without you telling me. For this entry, I replaced the last digits with underscores to protect anyone with a fixed I.P. address.)
