After our first week of operation we had more than 2k unique visitors and I figured we could look at some of the data.

The most interesting part was that a large percentage of the folks that used the service actually searched nothing… No, I am not talking about bouncing, they actually submitted a search with NO QUERY term. Weird….

The top terms for the week

• ‘SEO/seo’ – not sure if this was peeps kicking the tires, or looking to see who’s ranking, but it was the most common search term
• ‘PPC’ – another generalized term, but it ranked second among those searching SSP.
• ‘Link building’ – definitely one we’d expect to see considering it’s importance and the need for new ideas (‘links’ and ‘link bait’ also got some traction).
• ‘PR Sculpting’ – interesting that the older ‘sioling’ is nowhere and it’s newer incarnation is the lone representative.
• ‘302 redirect’ – was this in the news this week or something? There weren’t a of them, but still strange to see it top 10.
• ‘Analytics’ – another interesting one considering how little play it had in SEO not so long ago.

Strange but true

Here are some of the more interesting, if not down-right strange queries from the week – make of it what you will;

• Obama
• Digital shredder
• Ford mustang
• Guitar
• Hotel
• She told five friends
• Winter boots

My personal fav is the ‘5 friends’ one… WTF is that all about?

Outside of those there were more than a few searches for company names and people as well. Just in case those were vanity searches, I won’t be reporting on them; but there are more than a few. If you’re one of those peeps searching for yourself, get in touch for potential inclusion in the next round of additions.

Until next time, keep on searching!

Tags: data

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