While amusing myself by typing phrases in to Google and seeing what pops up, I discovered some intriguing results. It is a challenging time-waster to find a phrase that produces mostly content on a Google search rather than the name of a company, a movie, or a song, and diverse content at that, like blog posts. Try it – see how many phrases you can come up with that produces more than a collection of Wikipedia entries, IMDB listings, Amazon books, and other name aggregators. When you do come up with a good phrase, the results can be intriguing.
Here are some highlights …
“the art of”:
- The Art of the Prank
Insights, information, news and discussion about pranks, hoaxes, culture jamming and reality hacking.
pranks.com/ – 72k – - The Art of Demotivation
A text so historic deserves art of equal import. Kevin Sprouls, the celebrated creator of the Wall Street Journal Portrait Technique, lent his pen and …
www.despair.com/artofde.html – 37k – - How to Change the World: The Art of Schmoozing
Schmoozing is both a skill and a fine art. Tech guru Guy Kawasaki has posted an excellent piece called The Art of Schmoozing in his blog Let the Good Times …
blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/02/the_art_of_schm.html – 137k –
“top ten”:
- Top 10 Lists – Dave’s Top Ten Stupidest Lists Collection (Humor …
Top 10 Lists, Dave’s Top Ten Stupidest Lists – The Top 10 Stupidest Lists Collection is a great collection of original off the top ten lists wall humor.
www.davesite.com/humor/top10/ – 15k – - TechEBlog » Top 10 Strangest Lego Creations
It’s time for our weekly Top 10 list and this week our editors bring you the “Top 10 Strangest (or Coolest…) Lego Creations”. Leave us a comment with your …
www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/top-10-strangest-lego-creations – 109k – - Top 10 Amazing Chemistry Videos | Wired Science from Wired.com
Fiery explosions, beautiful reactions, and hilarious music videos are great reasons to be excited about chemistry. Here are some of our favorites.
blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/03/top-10-amazing.html – 78k –
“how not to”:
- Bicycle Safety: How to Not Get Hit by Cars
Ten ways you can get hit by cars (with pictures) and meaningful ways to avoid them. Not your typical lame Bike Safety page.
bicyclesafe.com/ – 72k – - How Not To Get Laid
How Not To Get Laid – How Not To Get Laid, A Compendium of Coitus Rejectus.
www.hownottogetlaid.com/ – 54k – - How to Not Be Annoying – wikiHow
If you laugh loudly at everyone’s jokes, even if they’re not all that funny, read up on how to avoid laughing at inappropriate times. …
www.wikihow.com/Not-Be-Annoying – 36k –
PS I also found out that there are weird HTML tags embedded in the code of Google search results – they make it look pretty on the Google page but when you lift it it can be annoying.