I tell you, this is pretty crazy. How ON EARTH is ‘unfortunate picture of jeff goldblum‘ in my top 10?
These are the top ten referrals from Google:
2. Jetblue
4.Jetblue
5. Anne Gregg “anne gregg”
6. women redneck
7. barolo, nyc
8. mans nipple
9. unfortunate picture of jeff goldblum
10. balcony design
…. oh, here’s the nipple they all speak of…
Is this the first time Google has ever advertised on its homepage? By that I mean this:
I know Google own, err, Google, and I know they are entitled to do as they wish with their homepage, but something changed today. Something felt sullied, dirty almost. It was as if we lost a bit of innocence in search. Of course, Iit’s not the end of ‘don’t be evil’ – but I worry if it’s the beginning of google.com becoming a billboard for their partnerships and products (beyond the online offer that co-exists normally).
It’s also a risk surely – what if the G1 doesn’t cut it? It’s not getting the best reviews so far and I wonder if that in itself could create some brand damage for the search giant.
As someone who was a .mac user since the beginning and then had to swallow the horrific shortfalls of the mobileme launch, I have first hand experience of how an iconic brand can, frankly, screw itself over by backing a product that isn’t as ‘pure’ as the brand. I wish them luck with it, at the same time its a bit sad to see ads on the homepage.
From my stats page, these are google.com searches that link direct to my blog. It’s shockingly bizarre, a bit scary and I’m very taken aback that ‘toile’ ranks higher than ‘prince harry nipple’ and ‘man nipples’.
| toile | 205 |
| prince harry nipple | 110 |
| justin timberlake naked | 94 |
| fat ladies | 60 |
| man nipples | 55 |
| powerpoint | 48 |
| a321 | 35 |
| prince harry nipples | 34 |
| marriott marquis | 33 |
| ba club world | 32 |
| club world | 21 |
| british airways club world | 18 |
| new club world | 17 |
| ba new club world | 16 |
| english man | 15 |
| timberlake naked | 15 |
| capital one | 15 |
| two fat ladies | 14 |
| marriott marquis new york | 13 |
| mcflurry | 13 |
| eminyc | 13 |
| green flip flops | 12 |
| marriott marquis times square | 11 |
| new york marriott marquis | 9 |
| jonathan phang | 9 |
| ba a321 | 8 |
| “justin timberlake naked” | 8 |
| ba clubworld | 7 |
| harry nipple prince | 6 |
| marriott marquee | 6 |
| marriott marquee times square | 6 |
| havaianas flip flops | 6 |
| toile fabric | 5 |
| new ba club world | 5 |
| boohoo clothing | 5 |
| odeon | 5 |
| horrific picture | 5 |
| biorythyms | 5 |
| naked justin timberlake | 5 |
| romantic email | 5 |
| prince harry+nipples | 5 |
| www.jonathansanchez.net | 5 |
| harry mazza | 5 |
| ba club | 5 |
| fat ladies pictures | 5 |
| crunchie mcflurry | 4 |
| jonathansanchez.net | 4 |
| 747 upper deck | 4 |
| great long copy ad | 4 |
| jwt new york | 4 |
