‘Let me show you where it you can find it…’ my fellow student pulled my computer towards her and tapped the words ‘happy ending’ into my search engine.
The drop-down menu from my previous searches popped up, it included some rather embarrassing websites.
‘For research purposes, I swear.’ Even though this was true my face quickly turned a shade of Coca-Cola can red.
This is a risk you wear as a writer. Of course your search it is all in the name of research and sometimes, actually most of the time, the findings are unusual, gruesome and macabre. You live in constant fear that you computer may be monitored by ASIO!
I recently wrote a short-story for university that had semi-violent, sexual undertones. There were frequent occasions when my kids or husband would pass by trying to catch a glance at my screen and like my teenager on social media, I would quickly hit ‘command, tab’ to change to another screen.
‘What are you looking at?’
‘Nothing, just checking my emails…’ I would lie as I tried to unsee such images as: sadistic killer; a beaten homeless woman; an abandoned baby; and a photo of a murder victim.
As a writer, you gain an incredible insight into human behaviour. When inventing a character I draw on personal experiences, and of course (unbeknown to my friends and family) people I know. When this is not enough I turn to Google. One click and I can discover so much, often too much.
On a lighter note, I love to write with a humorous spin and have had many laugh-out-loud moments at the images, stories and the blog posts that I come across.
A great feature on Word Press is that they provide the list of search terms that bring users to a blog. So it is with this in mind that I must share the most unusual search terms that have brought people to my blog… Should I be alarmed? Surely it was all in the name of research!
- She paraded me in panties
- Skinny contortionists
- Sexy picketer
- Husband humiliated in knickers in public
- Discipline husband photo
- Sexy games dinner party
- Swap partner dinner party
- Husband laughed at my sexy dance
- I left my knickers on a picket fence
- Sausages in panties
What are some of the unusual search terms used to find your blog?
February 26, 2015 at 6:29 pm
Hahahaha…. that made me laugh so hard!!! I have some really funny ones too…
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February 26, 2015 at 6:32 pm
Do tell!!!
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February 26, 2015 at 6:39 pm
‘english love moves’, ‘penis in church’ and ‘hot religion in australia’… I mean… WHAT??? Hehehe…
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February 26, 2015 at 6:45 pm
OMG! that really had me laughing out loud. Is this any reflection on us!!!
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February 26, 2015 at 6:47 pm
Well… I am not sure… we would really have filthy blogs… maybe it’s a hidden message… get naughtier or so… do we want that? 😉
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February 26, 2015 at 11:19 pm
Fun post! All of my search terms are mundane. Which makes me realize I’m doing it wrong! Actually, I’m just doing me. And one of the search terms I have is ‘To thine own self be true’ so I’ll keep doing that. But! When an odd search term finally shows up, I’ll think of this post.
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February 27, 2015 at 3:38 am
Ha…trying to figure out how I can find some old search terms. There have been some doozies. My most unusual occurred when I used the term X-rated (in another context) in a title. I had a sudden surge in viewers which my friend tracked directly to that term. I fear most of those viewers were sorely disappointed. Judy
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February 27, 2015 at 5:26 am
Ha Ha! I would be thrilled to have some of those! 🙂
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March 1, 2015 at 2:09 am
ROFL 😀 I too have some amusing anecdotes regarding the Google God 😉
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March 1, 2015 at 8:06 am
Can you share some? 😉
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March 4, 2015 at 12:36 pm
Love these! I’m missing out here. I think I need to actually figure out the SEO thing.
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March 4, 2015 at 8:41 pm
Wait..sausages in panties?! 😀
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March 13, 2015 at 1:25 am
Great post! Some search terms are truly amazing and makes you scratch your head in wonderment LOL
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June 16, 2015 at 7:34 pm
Ha ha … I need to get doing some research!
Could your ‘sosage in panties’ be called ‘Toad in the Hole?’
I’m so god damned rusty when it comes to the blogosphere … tagging, hashing, engines, pressing (ironing …non?)
I put my knockers in my knickers and a knick nack or two
My lemon pepper was a ripper
And made me sneeze achoo! 😱
x
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