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Top Search Terms for the Urban Muse

I admit it... I'm a little addicted to StatCounter. I'm fascinated by how people find my blog, what browsers they use, and how deep they delve into the archives. It's almost sick, but then it's probably better than being addicted to TMZ.com (in fact, I'm not even going to support those pseudo-journalists with a link).

Usually people find me using the search terms that you'd expect: my name, the names of the writers I've interviewed, or phrases like "dealing with disappointment" or "promoting your blog." Other times I have no idea how they typed a bunch of seemingly random keywords into Google or Yahoo and came up with this blog.

In fact, I've been tracking my blog keywords for the past few months, and here are a few gems:

  • my best bra
  • shiny spandex clip
  • new york and inside the wall and scratching
  • baning girl clips
  • psychosomatic bedbugs
  • everything in this world de paris hilton
  • problems with dell inspiron 1200
That last one is pretty self-explanatory (and also kind of funny when you think about people contemplating buying a new laptop and finding this). Is "baning" even English? Where do people come up with this stuff? I can only imagine how disappointed some guy must have been when he typed in Paris Hilton and found a blog about freelance writing.

In case anyone is curious, the two most popular internet browsers used by my readers are Firefox 2.0.0 and Internet Explorer 7.0. Now I'm curious... what's the weirdest keyword sequence that has brought readers to your blog?