Search Queries #2

2010 February 24 at 1:53 PM (2010, feminism, search queries)

I love the data features in WordPress, which tell me how many views this blog has received, which posts people are looking at, which sites they’re coming from, and which links they’re clicking on. My favorite feature, though, has to be the search terms tracker, which shows the search queries that land people at my blog. Occasionally, they are horrifying. Occasionally, they are mystifying. Occasionally, it’s an obvious case of mistaken identity, as when people land here looking for a pizza diavola recipe. Occasionally, they are effing hilarious, because I can visualize the readers angrily punching in their search queries, looking for results that will affirm their anti-feminist beliefs, clicking through to this blog, and reading confusedly before they realize that these are not the droids they’re looking for.

Some examples of the last category: dating a feminist is impossible

Oh, I’m sorry that you find it difficult to date someone who believes that people of all gender identities are equal. Wait, no, I’m not–I’m sorry for your +1, who is most certainly better off without you.

feminists ruin marr[iage]

What are you, a Quiverfull proponent? Try this on for size.

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Google Search Queries

2009 August 11 at 3:22 PM (2009, dating while feminist, search queries)

I was looking at my blog view stats today, and on the list of search queries, found this gem:

how feminism ruined my sex life

I have to say, if feminism is ruining your sex life, then you’re doing sex wrong.

In a piece of Google WIN, that particular search query pulls up this post, “Dating As A Feminist: Consent & Sex”, which is all about how being a feminist was good for my sex life. I wonder how much the searcher read before thinking, “These are not the droids you’re looking for!”

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