image searches

[low_delta]

For some reason, not long ago, we started getting tons of hits on our images in Flickr. Since I'm a "Pro" member, they give me stats, including where all the hits come from. The referrals include a whole lot of searches, mostly from people using the Flickr search tool. If you've ever seen the results of searches, you probably won't be surprised at what comes up for what searches. I still have to laugh sometimes.

I made a list of one day's referring searches. Search terms, followed by the number of hits, followed by my image, for some of the odd ones. All of my images are work-safe except one, though many of the original searches are not. Which makes the fact that my images come up, pretty odd. Like, you can guess what kind of thing comes up when you search for "wife polaroid." But you really have to wonder why, when someone's searched for that, they click on an image like this.

alien landscape 28 http://www.flickr.com/photos/14542870@N03/6297828026/
ship, wreck 9
zion scouts lookout 7
milwaukee graffiti 6
gas station 5
locomotive skagway 4
pagoda milwaukee 3
halo brace 3 http://www.flickr.com/photos/14542870@N03/4377701978/
brick 3
pagoda gas 2
scouts landing zion 2
crown fountain 2
stained glass cat 2 http://www.flickr.com/photos/14542870@N03/7016623413/
scouts lookout zion 2
herding border collie 1
nuns 1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/14542870@N03/6598476153/
climbing tourist 1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/14542870@N03/6323962263/
uw arboretum 1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/14542870@N03/5276413122/
bare 1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/14542870@N03/9438715402/
alsace airport 1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/14542870@N03/4209734673/
alien desert landscape 1
scanner tulips 1
giraffe circus 1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/14542870@N03/3725945534/
point atkinson 1
kodak hawkeye flash 1
marble hall 1
brownie hawkeye 1
patti 1
border collie herding 1
capsized ship 1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/14542870@N03/9387105446/
the walking dead 1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/14542870@N03/9431383559/
vertical colors sun 1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/14542870@N03/6199025037/
scottish deerhound 1
the chicago board of trade 1
wisconsin fall 1
limestone building
skytrain 1
anther 1
duluth harbor south lighthouse 1
railroad worms 1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/14542870@N03/5944972499/
sad animal 1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/14542870@N03/4810608831/
guys holding cameras 1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/14542870@N03/4377701978/
wife sunbathe 1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/14542870@N03/4328936075/
sewer worker 1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/14542870@N03/4667704489/
capsize 1
milwaukee brace 1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/14542870@N03/5294858684/
deerhound 1
nude heavy girl 1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/14542870@N03/7452656826/ (NSFW)
wood gothic 1
chicago board of trade 1
spencerian 1
brownies 1
church window 1
dead end sign 1
rock stack 1
cute fireman 1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/14542870@N03/5013416449/
nun 1
fright train 1
vintage scan 1
mokelumne river rocks
crucifix with wishbone
manufacturing date code on brownie hawkeye flash camera + ccrs

Comments

[eyelid.livejournal.com]

oh, they probably just clicked on it cause they liked it. Humans are easily distractable.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Yeah I know. It's just funny.

*search* tits, tits, tits, tits, tits, tits, oh, a pretty sunset *click*

:-D

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

LOL
Most of the searches are fairly innocent but I have to laugh at the cute fireman one. I suppose as a fetish, it's as good as any and better than some.
:p

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I get hits on that all the time, and it comes up fairly high in the rankings for those terms, but I was surprised to see it got 28 hits on that search. It's almost like someone linked to the search itself.

Funny, though. Flickr sees only photos, but the same search in Google shows mostly computer-generated images. Though mine no longer shows up in the Google search.