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Whenever I check the stats for my website, amongst other things it shows what search terms people typed into Google and subsequently found the site with. Apart from the usual things like ‘Burning Salad’, ‘Gregor’ etc there is always a selection of more random ones- ‘cocaine burning nose’, ’spock grip’, ’sticker removal books’ to name but a few. Needless to say, the site doesn’t exactly rank highly in Google for such terms. So they have been a constant source of amusement and puzzlement to me- or at least the mentality of the anonymous searchers has.

So I have invented a new internet game. It’s inspired by Googlewhacking, but is, amazingly, even more pointless. And the rules are simple. So simple they are non-existent. There is really only one rule and it’s more of an instruction than anything else.

Type an elaborate yet inane phrase into Google before choosing a low ranking results page and clicking on a random result.

Repeat until bored.

Still confused? Simply follow this easy to understand walkthrough example…

Go to Google.
Enter the following text: advanced gerbil smashing.
Press the search button.
Scroll to the bottom of the results page and click on the ‘7′ to reveal the seventh results page.
The last result on the list should be The Washington Post Food Section. Click on it.
Enjoy the fact that you are partly responsible for staff at The Washington Post wondering why there has been a sudden surge of interest in beating rodents, and what on earth that has got to do with their food section.