August 25th 2012 Favorite Blog Posts 
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You all can breathe a sigh of relief, your weekend reading list is finally here. I wish I could list all my favorites here, but I’m thinking these posts are a little long as it is. I don’t know how some bloggers manage to narrow down their favorites to just 5-10 posts.
Something I’ve seen a bunch of bloggers do which is rather amusing is going through their referring search phrases and featuring some of the more ridiculous ones. Since I’ve never done that here I’ve got nearly 7 months of search history to find some gems. Here are some of the better ones so far:
11 year old has bigger feet, 10 years old bigger feet than me, 11 year old has bigger feet than me
Just be proud of your kid…you know what they say about people with big feet lol. Well let’s hope its a son anyway.
asshole blogger modest money
Someone out there really likes me lol. This must have been back in my yakezie bashing days 
Sam is that you?
best ass, big ass money is the most, breaking into the ass
Apparently I said a bunch ‘ass’ a bunch of times in the past. I think these people were a little disappointed.
his finances by the balls asian
I guess someone else has found out how expensive it can be to have an asian girlfriend.
how do people get cought using other peoples crdit cards
Based on your spelling, you are bound to get caught with your little side hustle. Good luck with that.
how to get your brother to gamble with you
Now here’s some good positive family influence. He’s even persistent enough about it to be researching peer pressure tips.
how to let someone down gently who you don’t want to buy a cat from
This one made me smile. At least they are trying to be nice, but are they really expecting an insightful article about how to do this?
how to make money off of other peoples credit cards
I think this guy can team up with the guy who is being proactive about avoiding getting caught.
how to pay for an epencive car
If you seriously think that’s how expensive is spelt, you may have to give up the dream of an expensive car. People out there have some pretty brutal spelling.
i dont regret burning my bridges. i regret that some people weren’t on those bridges when i burnt them.
Go back and burn the rest of those bridges young man!
i used my boss credit card to buy shoes and trips
Well that’s one way to get the extras in life that you can’t afford. A little late to be trying to find the solution now.
if you live parents at least buy expensive car
I like this guy’s plan…milk the parents while driving a nice car. Maybe I should’ve stayed living at home while paying off my car.
illegal side hustle ideas
Hey at least he’s doing proper research beforehand. Better than just jumping into the first illegal side hustle he comes across.
insecure loser jeremy modest money
hahaha….I guess lump this in with the one who called me an asshole. I’d bet this one is from Sam. Any takers?
Well I’ll end this on an insult search and cover the rest next week. Now onto the actual reading list from some bloggers who aren’t insecure assholes lol.
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Be Smart About Banking on The Family Finances
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5 Best Ways to Make Money From Home on One Smart Dollar
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Rebuilding Life and Finances After Surviving A Divorce on Canadian Budget Binder
3 Rules for Financial Safety Every College Student Can Follow on Moneylicious
Spending Your Money Consciously on My Own Advisor
How to Afford Expensive Hobbies on Eyes On The Dollar
How to Deal with a Bad Landlord on Earth and Money
The Benefits Of Saving Money on Thirty Six Months
We Did It: Debt Free on Married With Debt
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The Benefits of Traveling Alone on Savvy Scot
Best Way to Invest Money in This Economy on Street Smart Finance
12 Things A Man Doesn’t Have To Do Before He Dies-Stupid Bucket Lists on Fearless Men
Can Motorcycle Semi Truck Accidents Be Prevented? on Blue Collar Workman
What’s one of the better search terms someone used to get your blog? My list turned out to be less absurd than I’ve seen on other blogs. So I’m sure some of you have some good ones to share.
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Great list of searches. Are these actual searches through Google? I can’t believe that people take time to type to search these insane yet humorous phrases. Thanks for the mention, Jeremy! It seems that there are many who want to use their bosses credit card to buy stuff they can’t afford.
Yep those are from my Google analytics account. I’d have to say these are pretty tame though compared to what I’ve seen other bloggers mention. I guess it’s good for my SEO not to be ranking well for searches that are too random though. Then my user metrics don’t get too negatively skewed.
Wow! These are hilarious!!! I had no idea you covered such diverse topics. Good to know =)
Thanks for the mention!!!
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Check out your analytics sometime. It’s pretty amusing what some people search. You mention the wrong word once and suddenly you’re relevant for all kinds of strange phrases.
Nice list. I’ll have to put together a list sometime myself. I don’t have much of anything too crazy, although apparently a lot of people reach me by asking about selling their body. Of course, I MAY have encouraged that by writing a post called “How to Make Money By Selling Your Body”.
haha…so how’s the pimping business going now Edward? You’ve got them coming to you already. Now it’s time to put the rest of your plan into action.
Haha these search terms are too funny! Thanks for all the reading.
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No problem FF. I ended up spending way too much time going through my search referral history, but it was actually pretty interesting.
HAHAHA. Please do one of these at least once a month. I assume you saw my tweet about an SEO search “pictures of girls wearing panties and pissing”. Hope they weren’t too upset when they got pictures of my dog. Thanks for the mention-you’re the best!
lmao…no I hope they were disappointed when they saw the pictures of your dog. That doesn’t sound like the kind of guy who you want to excite and have coming back for more.
Hahaha.. that’s awesome mate. I had a feeling you would have some good one’s for us. The best part is the commentary afterwards, I can’t stop laughing. I don’t know about you but it just rolls off my tongue when I post mine lol. Thanks for the mention and ya .. keep posting the terms, it’s good for a laugh. Money talk needs a good laugh every once in a while! Cheers mate… Mr.CBB
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Thanks for inspiring me to post these Mr CBB. I have seen this kind of list on other blogs, but it was the list on your blog that pushed to follow through. I think I will try to remember to post this kind of stuff regularly, but maybe I’ll get a bit tipsy before doing the next one
Hah WOW I don’t even know what to say about those search phrases!
I thought there would be some more absurd ones, but it is an insightful look into some of the people ending up on my blog. Luckily they were the minority. So I won’t be shifting my blog’s focus to cover illegal side hustles or kids with big feet.
Jefferson’s post got so many mentions this week, wow! Thank you so much for including it in your favorite posts, Jeremy!
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All the misspelled words in your searches are hilarious! Yes, good luck making lots of money and ever owning an expensive car if you can’t even spell the words. Sad really!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
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If I wanted to be more picky about spelling I could’ve dedicated multiple lists to just that. Someone else thought it was ‘spensive’. The kinda sad part is that they think that someone on Google is going to help them turn that intelligence level into enough money to get a nice car.
I used to do a post every Monday called “Boner of the Week!” about something incredibly stupid someone in the news or a blogger said. Imagine what search engine hits I still get. …not pretty. Thanks for linking to our little post!
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lmao…yes if you were posting that every week you must’ve been very relevant for all kinds of nasty search phrases. That would be the kind of stuff you don’t even want to repeat out of fear that it will further increase relevance. Thank you for not listing any examples
I really though I had some weird search terms but yours are by far better. Got a kick out of “asshole blogger modest money”. Don;t worry it’s not true.
Thanks for including me this week Jeremy.
Nope I didn’t take those 2 insult searches seriously. I know exactly who likely did both of those searches. I’m pretty sure they were from a special friend in SF. It’s the kind of thing that makes me glad I’m not in a certain blogging cult. No offense to the good people who are in it though.
That’s the best laugh I’ve had all day! Thanks for the mention. Appreciate the support!
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It made for an entertaining afternoon when I went through my analytics for these search phrases. So hopefully I find some good ones for next week too.
Funny! We’ll have to do that too I think.
When I worked more on my other site, a science news site, I once reported on a type of ground squirrel which masterbated itself to help prevent squirrel STDs. True story. Anyhoo, there is an INSANE number of people searching for “squirrel sex”, “squirrel masterbation”, and all other possible combinations of nasty squirrel activities. Sadly, it was the biggest driver of traffic to that particular site.
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hahaha….geez those search phrases would be way more entertaining than what I’ve got. Now that you’ve mentioned it though, I am quite intrigued. I have a tough time picturing squirrels in any kind of sexual activity, let alone masturbating.
Essh, people really dont like you, huh?
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Well it was only 2 searches out of tens of thousands. Plus I’m pretty sure it was the exact same person both times. Knowing what an ass that guy is, I just find it amusing that he’d take the time to try to put me down in my analytics.
“his finances by the balls asian – I guess someone else has found out how expensive it can be to have an asian girlfriend.”
Ouch.
Wild list!
Thanks for the mention!
haha, well that’s been my experiences anyway. Obviously stereotypes don’t always apply though. Check back next week for the 2nd half of this list.
Those search terms are hilarious. I have done this exercise in the past. It is quite humerous to do. One of the most interesting ones I have had lately is “how can a pinball machine make you profit?” Someone out there is looking to have some fun.
Hope you are having a fabulous weekend and don’t worry about the asshole search. There is always one in every crowd looking to cause some trouble.
Actually the pinball idea isn’t too far fetched. Warren Buffet actually did something like that as a senior in high school. He bought a used pinball machine and set it up in a barber shop. He then expanded his little business to 3 pinball machines. Then later that year he sold the business for a nice profit.
The asshole search is just funny to me. There are all kinds of jerks out there, but in this case I know full well just who it was. So it’s just a reminder of how pathetic that person is. I’m glad I’m not associated with that person in any way.
hilarious…i’m heading to check mine out
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Oh you’d have some good ones with some of the topics you cover. Definitely share those!
Those are some great search terms! Most of mine are quite boring. I’ve been getting a lot of “Suntrust bank” relate search hits, which is a little weird. But I’ll take what I can get. As always, thanks for including my post!
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Interesting since I noticed a lot of that too. I don’t recall ever mentioning that bank on my blog either. I don’t even know who they are. I would just be happy accepting junk traffic, but I think it would just hurt user metrics and potentially affect your SEO negatively.
I think this needs to become a regular feature, insecure loser
. I like that illegal side hustle ideas…it’s ripe for a full post and I just might have to take it!!
Feel free to run with that idea lol. I don’t care to share any illegal ways I may or may not have used to make money. Then again I could be vague and not admit to anything haha. I will try to do this once a month if enough funny searches keep coming in. Just for kicks I might have to randomly optimize some posts for something ridiculous.
i dont regret burning my bridges. i regret that some people weren’t on those bridges when i burnt them.
HAHAHA WTF?! There are some serious psychos out there! Cheers for the mention dude
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Yeah I have a feeling that guy was completely miserable at his job. He probably had some mental issues to go along with that if there several people he felt the need to burn bridges with.
Absurd but hilarious. And you say there’s another half of this? Looking forward to it, Jeremy.
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Yup I realized it was going to take a fair amount of time to go through the whole list. So check back at the end of this week for the rest. If there are enough good new ones each month it might become a regular feature.
lol, thanks for the mention. My favorite of yours has to be “asshole blogger modest money” lol, that’s pretty funny. Whoever it was though, hey, they remember your website name so that’s pretty good.
You know what one I get A LOT? “Disney is hiding things”. I did one post about Disney hiding their construction work and I swear that exact search term gets me hits nearly every day. I’m tellin’ you, people don’t trust that big dumb mouse.
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Disney is actually notorious for having random inappropriate things snuck into their animations. So I’m not surprised you get a lot of searches for that. Regarding the asshole search, they remembered my blog name because it was just some douche trying to get to me via analytics. Based on some hate comments I received around the same time, I’m pretty sure I know who it was. The sad part is that he happens to run a blogging network that prides itself on being selflessness. Ironic.
In regards to your comment about Disney being notorious for sneaking in inappropriate things into animation, I completely agree. I’ve seen it in Aladdin (did you know there was a trilogy? And yes, I do have all three), where Rajah the tiger growls at him and Aladdin says, “Down kitty” and then underneath his breath, he mumbles “Good teenagers take off their clothes.” Apparently in the Lion King, the word sex is in the clouds, after the stampede in which Moufassah is killed. Someone also told me in the Little Mermaid, when Ariel and the Prince are getting married, the priest is shown as having an erection. It makes me wonder if there is a hidden inappropriate msg in ALL Disney movies.
I don’t know if the animators were trying to be funny, but really?!?! Little kids watch this!
lol….I didn’t know about the erection bit. I know they do have a history of sneaking in stuff like that though. It is pretty inappropriate though. I suspect they had some kind of ongoing wager or contest amongst the animators about who could sneak in the most sexual reference. I doubt the tradition has kept up in the more recent movies though. I think once people caught on the editors were probably forced to tighten things up.
That is AWESOME that you’ve had two that were direct searches for Modest Money. lol. I can’t say that’s Sam but I wouldn’t be shocked if it was somebody from Yakezie. You really ruffled some feathers on there.
If it wasn’t Sam it was one of his buddies. Based on what Sam has resorted to in the past I am quite sure it was him. He threw in some personal attacks directed at me on the yakezie blog too.
Ha! These are great. I’m especially amused by all the ass searches and rivalry with Yakezie. Did you find all of these through Google Webmaster Tools?
Thanks for the mention this week!
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Nope it was via Google Analytics. I don’t really look at my Google Webmaster Tools keywords. Some of those ass searches are a little strange. Not sure what exactly they were after.
I love it when people post their funny search terms.
I was cracking up so much when I read yours. Love it, love it, love it.
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Yeah more blogs should be posting this stuff. It’s priceless. You can give financial advice related to how misguided some of the searches are.