Monday, September 19, 2005

You searched for what??!! / Why MSN search sucks

There was a time when I used to update this blog daily. And now, 28 nauseating Kenny Rogers songs later, that time is back! Well, kinda. Taking pity on my few loyal readers (apparently, I do have some), I've decided to update semi-daily (I just know I'm gonna hate myself later for this). That could be anywhere from once in two days to once a week. Subscribing to my feed could be worthwhile now. It's there in the sidebar if you have the patience to scroll down far enough.

And now, for today's update:

While looking through my site stats, I spotted some interesting keywords which've lead blokes to this blog. It's quite funny what people search for using MSN Search. Here are a few examples:

kabala anime images: Now, I'm not too familiar with anime, except for what's shown on TV. Yes, I do watch badly drawn characters who, by some magical power of theirs, are able to make different sounds by moving their mouths in the same way over and over again. After doing a Google (not MSN) search, I ended up at a site of ill repute... So, if you're one of those who've ended up here searching for such images, and you don't know the difference between a link to an image and a link to a site, you could try this site.

chat room for blondes: NO, this site does NOT have any chat room for blondes, or people with any other hair colour. It just has a couple of mentions of the word "blonde" when I once expressed my irritation of dumb blonde and sardar jokes. Why would you be looking for stupid chat rooms to while away time when you have this blog to read? If you DO want a chat room for blondes, go HERE.

blondes in chennai: Another blonde search. Don't people know when to quit? I didn't even know there were blondes in chennai... Are there blonde Indians in the first place?

fried bugs country: Ok, so I DID have a post about fried bugs. What kind of weirdo would actually go searching for fried bugs? I've heard of Country Fried Chicken and Country Fried Lamb, but Country Fried Bugs??!!

dps incident: Refer link in last line under "kabala anime images".

Right, that's it for today. My blogs don't show up when these terms are searched for in Google, only in MSN. And I don't hate Kenny Rogers, I just find his music nauseating. Especially when he sings about murder, death and unsuccessful love with glee, like in that song "Tomb of the Unknown Love".

3 comments:

  1. From the point of view from a webmaster, i.e you, MSN might be better. But the poor users aren't getting what they search for.

    Although, considering that they're getting something better, they can't be called "poor"...

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  2. I wrote MSN a few emails and they actually improved their search engine!

    Try searching for "Best Korean Restaurant" with MSN and Google... ! :) You'll see why I prefer MSN over Google...

    Here's the link for the full story on my experience...

    http://spaces.msn.com/members/bestkoreanrestaurant/Blog/cns!1ppIOWVQJEKK4VazeF1gCDZA!220.entry

    (Sorry it's a long link...)

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  3. Touché.

    First off, it's Chennai, not Channai. I'm assuming that was just a typo and not something more. Next, you'd have to read that post about fried bugs to know why I wrote it.

    And for the chat rooms, you'd probably end up talking with a bot. Maybe it would've worked a few years back. You're right about the content, though... It's not enough. Yet.

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