Tuesday, March 26, 2002


it's amazing how many people are interested in playing with search engines!

all this google-whacking and google-bombing: incredible. but i also find that people love to play with the humble search engine here. who knows why?

of course, like all search engines, my little-engine-that-really-can't offers me a report of all the words searched. often i use this to fine-tune what i'm writing about, or when making links; all in the effort to make the site more useful to you, the reader. the most frequent search is, surprise!, not for any recipe, but for one or more of the various coffee pots, makers, grinders, or espresso machines i've mentioned in the past. after that, everything to do with chocolate. almost no one ever searches for my pizza recipes. . . .

but c'est la vie; i guess you're not really pizza fanatics, after all! that's when the report gets amusing. of course, i see the vanity searches, the people searching for their names. if i wanted to mention you, you'd know.

then there are the graffiti searches; people typing in witty faux search terms to leave me a sort of secret note so i know that they've been here. and unfortunately, there are also juvenile searches, people typing in obscene words. i mean, "on the internet no one knows you're a dog" -- until your behavior proves it. luckily, i don't get too many dogs here!

this is all a long preface to an annoucement that after i do the fancy facelift, i will look into upgrading the search engine to make it more useful. stay tuned and please don't forget to upgrade yourself!

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