Google Blog Search RSS [Narcissism Delivered to YOU!]

I’ve been meaning to post about this since the post listing the uses of my Creative Commons -licensed photos across the web. Google Blog Search allows you to perform normal search engine functions, but limits the search results to the ever-growing blogosphere.

The best part was when the added support for feeds of any search (Old news now, I know).

Originally, I found post that had used my photos by checking stats on Flickr.com and this blog for referrers. After that, I Googled (using both traditional web and blog searches) the pseudonym I had been using on Flickr.

But now, thanks to Google Blog Search RSS feeds, I simply add feeds to my reader that include my full name and pseudonym and I’m alerted whenever someone in the blogosphere uses a photo (with credit, of course) or refers to me (for good or bad!). Using the feeds, I’ve been able to keep my previous listing up-to-date as most new results are fed to my reader within hours of the new post.

On a similar note, I find it funny that I also get results whenever I post on this blog since my author name is attached to the feed. Also, since the blog automatically pings Google blog search whenever I post, the update usually occurs within an hour. Today, this resulted in Google Blog Search alerting me to the new post here on 365D before the feed that comes directly from 365D! In my blog’s defense, I run feeds through Feedburner, and those of you who subscribe get your feed from Feedburner, so, there’s a little delay.

Go blog search yourself today! Who knows what you might find!

I Say Old Bean! [More Search Term Awesome-ness]

The search term “clever ruse” became a popular avenue to 365 as of late. When investigating, I was surprised to learn that my blog had become the number 1 Google Image result when searching for “clever ruse” in Google Images. The culprit is this post about the new Google fav icon.

I love this stuff! Now, I just gotta write more meaningful content, or the search term fun will end. Maybe more posts about that “certain part of the male body.” (SFW)

Is this fact, or a clever ruse?

The Odd Things People Search For

I noticed today that the word “penis” or a phrase conatining the word “penis” brings the most people to this blog, and specifically the post “The Penis Threat Level [The Daily Show].” While CHMODing with Dreamweaver is still popular, it’s dropped to 2nd place… behind penis.

Just for kicks, here’s the top 10 search terms for the last 30 days in descending order for this blog… the word penis almost doubles the number of hits brought in by 2nd place: