Spring break, like prom, is another rite of passage for adolescent Americans. Except that it’s gone from a week’s break from school and a getaway with friends to an annual competitive debauchery festival where the one who comes back either with or at risk for the most of the following is the winner: Alcohol poisoning, pregnancy, STD, an alcoholic [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Search of the Day'
Search of the Day: Spring Break
March 31st, 2009 No Comments
Tags: spring break · travel · vacations
Search of the Day: Final Four
March 30th, 2009 No Comments
Quick hit: ‘Final Four’ drives approximately ten times the monthly Google search volume of ‘Final 4′ – 27,100 to 2,900.
Incidentally, that’s what I put as the tiebreaker final score in my bracket this year. Maybe that’s why my co-workers are laughing at me in the halls. Yeah. That’s gotta be why.
Either that or jealousy of [...]
Tags: basketball · college basketball · final four · ncaa tournament · sports
Search of the Day: Prom pt 2 – Hair, makeup and the rest
March 17th, 2009 1 Comment
I’m still trying to decide whether to be fascinated or horrified by the breadth and depth of searches around high school proms. I’m trying to decide if it’s making me strong enough or too squeamish to make a run at weddings – I’d have work for months if I did (also, a pained soul).
In any [...]
Search of the Day: Prom Part 1: The Basics & Prom Dresses
March 16th, 2009 No Comments
Ah, prom. That magical night of thinking you’re sneaky for getting drunk, thinking you’re unique by renting a waistcoat with your tux and thinking you’re sooooo grown up because you’ve made it to 17 without (successfully) flushing yourself down the toilet and are dressed in snappy duds. To say nothing of the dramatic leadup of [...]
Tags: clothing · prom · prom dresses · women's clothing
Search of the Day: Fail
March 10th, 2009 No Comments
On the flipside of last week’s ‘Awesome‘ post is the realm of ‘fail’ (see also ‘to be full of lose and fail’, ‘pwned‘, ant: full of Win and Awesome). From the same sentiment as pwned, fail has managed to pick up steam also as a popular caption for loldogs and cats. Let’s take a quick look [...]
Search of the Day: NCAA Tournament
March 9th, 2009 No Comments
There’ll probably be several of these as time goes on, but let’s start with the basics and ease our way into the week and set everyone up for success with any related promos – or at least give you the tools to not screw it up like you usually do.
Average monthly Google searches for:
NCAA Tournament: [...]
Tags: basketball · college basketball · ncaa basketball tournament · sports
Search of the Day: Awesome (50th post commemorative edition)
March 4th, 2009 2 Comments
In honor of Search Engine Snark’s 50th post, hit earlier today, let’s take a look at how people are searching for a fair descriptor for the site, and an exclamation that’s enjoying a revival thanks to Barney Stinson and just being righteous: Awesome.
Standing on its own, ‘awesome’ drives approximately 246,000 searches per month on Google. [...]
Search of the Day: New York
February 25th, 2009 No Comments
In honor of the day trip that will leave me unable to post tomorrow, let’s take a look at what people want to know when it comes the the Big Apple.
‘Brooklyn New York’ and ‘Bronx New York’, interestingly enough, top the list when looking at search volume for New York, New York City and NYC-based [...]
Search of the Day: Mortgages
February 23rd, 2009 No Comments
Mortgages. They’ve been in the news a lot lately, some blaming lenders for the current crisis, others blaming poor decision making. They’re like asses and excuses, everyone has one and they all stink. Let’s see if people’s general search patterns shed any light on these important but despised parts of our lives.
Surprisingly, ‘mortgages’ is not [...]
Search of the Day: Replicas, Knock-Offs and other fake stuff
February 16th, 2009 No Comments
So the blessed day has come and gone: Valentine’s day, where your love for your partner is measured in the size of the credit card bill or loan needed to acquire a gift for said event. Then again, does it really need to be expensive or just seem like it?
Enter the replica luxury item. If it’s not [...]
Tags: clothing · fakes · handbags · jewelry · knock offs · replicas
