Friday, January 06, 2006

confused about internet surfers

good afternoon

the other day i was skulking around the internet again, using wordtracker to find out what keywords internet surfers use to look for the topics of problem drinking and anorexia. it was a pretty shocking experience.

for example, when checking what kind of keywords people used last month in connection with the word anorexic, there is hardly anything at all that would indicate that people think that anorexia, a life-threatening condition, is problematic. the most sought-after keyword was "anorexic pictures" (about 63,000 keyword searches). most of the other keywords searched for are things like this

how to become anorexic
sexy anorexic
anorexic porn
anorexic sex
anorexic nude

the same thing with alcohol. when i looked for the word "drunk", there were 27 times as many seaches for "drunk girls" as for "drunk driving" and 78 times as many searches for "drunk chicks" as for "victims of drunk driving accidents".

i understand the mechanics of this - sex, and things associated with it, is more interesting in the short run than trying to deal with personal problems - but still ...

do i sound like a dried-up old schoolmarm here?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

KeywordSpy.com a try for a keyword research tool, with results actually reflecting what advertisers are using at the current time.