Searches

People got to the ol' Reason Forum in search of some pretty interesting stuff in January.  It's now time to look back at some of the really good search engine requests for the month, in what is a new end-of-month feature:

Our friend, Gordon Stuber, remains the single most popular searched term for January:
/search q=gordon stuber

No doubt, Professor Stuber would blame it all on the following:
/bin/query p=aupair sluts hc=0 hs=0

Opinions varied somewhat on my favorite Secretary of State:
/search q=katherine harris ugly photo
/search q=katherine harris sex scandal hl=en lr= safe=off
/bin/query p=death-threat katherine-harris hc=0 hs=0
/search q=Katherine Harris beauty queen hl=en lr= safe=off btnG=Google Search
/search q="katherine harris" beautiful hl=en lr= safe=off start=10 sa=N

Opinions varied also on one of my favorite columnists:
/bin/query p=peggy noonan beautiful hc=0 hs=1
/bin/query p=+bitch +"peggy noonan" hc=0 hs=0

Opinion was fairly settled on Alec Baldwin:
/search q="Alec Baldwin" Moron hl=en lr= safe=off start=20 sa=N
/search q=Alec Baldwin gore win leave cou[...] hl=en lr= safe=off
/bin/query p=alec baldwin leave country Bush b=100 hc=1 hs=1

Others feel strongly about Alec AND friends:
/bin/query p=cher,alec baldwin moving out of[...] hc=0 hs=0
/search q=Alec Rosie Cher Streisand leave[...] btnG=Google Search

The opinion of at least two search engines seems unflattering to me:
/search q="a major-league asshole" wav hl=en lr= safe=off
/search q=major league asshole wav hl=en lr= safe=off
/texis/search q="major league asshole" wav geo=no fs=web

Some people apparently wanted to explore the beauty of the nude form.  Good choices for the most part, but one does wonder why the search engines sent these inquiring intellects to the Reason Forum:
/bin/query p=see venus williams nude hc=0 hs=3
/bin/query p=nude venus williams hc=0 hs=3
/bin/query p=india nude art hc=0 hs=1
/search q=Condoleeza Rice Nude
/search q=khava nude

London Underground Memorabilia is popular (and apparently hard to find):
/bin/query_uk p=Mind the Gap T Shirt hc hs=0
/search q=mind the gap T-shirt hl=en lr= safe=off
/search q=london tube mind the gap hl=en lr= safe=off

Despite Oklahoma's college football national championship, two people are wondering what has become of John Blake, whose tenure as head coach there was disastrous:
/search q=John Blake Oklahoma 2000 hl=en lr= safe=off start=90 sa=N
/search q=Where is John Blake of Oklahoma[...] hl=en lr= safe=off btnG=Google Search

Several searchers were, we hope, spared really bad experiences with DSL:
/search q="ip communications" dsl hl=en lr= safe=off start=20 sa=N
/search q="problems with dsl connection" hl=en lr= safe=off
/search q="problems with dsl connection"

Ayn Rand never fails to generate interest on search engines:
/bin/query p=dagny taggart sleep hc=0 hs=0
/search q=kelley vs. peikoff btnG=Google-Suche hl=de safe=off
/search q=ragnar danneskjold hl=de lr= safe=off start=10 sa=N
/search q=ayn rand liberals
/search q=We The Living + Rand + libertar[...] hl=en lr= safe=off
/bin/query p=fountainhead architecture hc=0 hs=0
/bin/query p=fountainhead and rand and objec[...] hc=0 hs=0

I wonder how many of these kiddos flunked classes when they couldn't defend my radical interpretations of Nietzsche?
/search q=nietzsche morals hl=en lr= safe=off start=30 sa=N
/search q=nietzsche yes saying hl=en lr= safe=off
/search q=nietzsche summary The Genealogy[...] hl=en lr= safe=off
/bin/query p=nietzsche notes b=20 hc=1 hs=1

Some searches were VERY serious:
/search q=riemann hypothesis red blue hl=en lr= safe=off start=30 sa=N
/search q=israeli tactical nuclear weapon[...] hl=en lr= safe=off start=30 sa=N
/bin/query p=impeachment trail of president [...] b=40 hc=1 hs=1 y=(null)
/bin/query p="how to keep a journal" b=80 hc=1 hs=1
/bin/query p=allan bloom translation of Plat[...] hc=0 hs=0
/bin/query p=mfs tech lowe alpine jacket hc=0 hs=0

Others were less so:
/search q=frat party picture
/bin/query p=funny priceless jpegs hc=0 hs=0

My favorite band generated some traffic:
/search q=reckless kelly
/search q=8 more miles
/search q=willy braun hl=en lr= safe=off start=80 sa=N
/search q=chris schelske hl=en lr= safe=off start=20 sa=N

As did my nominee for the Worst Band on the Face of the Earth:
/search q="fun country" band hl=en lr= safe=off

I don't know what to say about these searches:
/search q=spay incision infection
/search q=police scanner cordless phones hl=en lr= safe=off start=10 sa=N
/search q=United Delta club comparison hl=en lr= safe=off start=40 sa=N
/search q=IVAR Ikea hl=en lr= safe=off start=40 sa=N
/search q="old fashioned barber" lr= safe=off start=140 sa=N
/search q=photo Bush's daughters hl=en lr= safe=off
/bin/query p=Blast media pro b=100 hc=1 hs=1

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