Saturday, March 17, 2007

Q: Are you a webmaster and/or tool?

A: If you're like me, you're both.

Am I physically attracted to Google? The Answer May Surprise YouIf you want to be more like me — and if you're like me, you do — go install Google's Webmaster Tools on your site / blog / whatever. It's a free service, and provides millions of wasted hours of fun.

Last summer, I blogged about one of my favorite tools, Query Stats, which tells you which googled phrases most often point to your site. Well, my beloved Goo-Goo recently added a couple of even cooler (dorkier) features:

  1. A downloadable directory of every link to your site in the history of the Googlebots. Print it out and use it to wallpaper your bathroom!
  2. A Top 100 list of the words and phrases most frequently used to describe your site. Does the Internet think you're an asshole? The answer may surprise you!
#2 was just unveiled this week, and to call it enlightening is an understatement. For example, the entries on T.A.M.S.Y.'s list include:
    • the answer may surprise you
    • dean simakis
    • not reading it
    • blog
    • worse than we thought
    • surprise
    • you are probably now gay
    • something to cry about
    • answer may surprise you the
    • priceless
Oh, the Internet. It's like you know me better than I know myself.

3 comments:

sarpon said...

When does Google find time to work out and maintain those abs? Is it possible that in addition to all the things we know Google can do and has bestowed upon us, Google also has the ability to mold time itself?

t.a.m.s.y. said...

Google does have the ability to mold time, but it's still in beta.

Oh, a few weeks ago you asked me how I knew Google was a "she." The answer is that I determine gender by whether or not I am attracted to the thing in question. Google? Woman. Evangeline Lilly? 100% woman. Jude Law? What a woman!

James Britton said...

Found you on hmtk and I love your site. Did you get your domain name inspiration from Stephen Colbert's "truthiness"? Also, I just visited using Apple's Safari and your feedburner stuff is a little wacky at the bottom for me, you should have your feeds at the top anyway, you'll get more action. Stop by for a visit to my blog soon you visit me soon :)