Comments | d4b: Should I mention that "retrograde wheelbarrow" isn't actually SFW? :-)

d4b

Should I mention that "retrograde wheelbarrow" isn't actually SFW? :-)

Aug 08, 2007 11:37

Well, that didn't take too long. :-) I just checked, and, sure enough, I'm now at the top of the SERP (organic search engine results page) for "retrograde wheelbarrow". I probably was there earlier this morning, but I didn't check it until now.

The number of results have gone from one to five. First me, of course, then wookie_x, one spammy thing, one ( Read more... )

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pinkfu August 8 2007, 17:45:00 UTC

I got my company in the top 5 for the keyword "granite". We bounce around between #2 and #8. (We're at #5 today in most places).

d4b August 8 2007, 20:01:19 UTC

Sounds like a rocky ride! ;-)

pinkfu August 8 2007, 20:14:52 UTC

This SEO crap is annoyingly competitive and totally schizophrenic. Google is insanity.

d4b August 8 2007, 20:37:00 UTC

You're so stressed you missed the double entendre. :-)

bostonsteamer August 8 2007, 20:54:48 UTC

Sooo...what IS a retrograde wheelbarrow? I know it's a position, but could you describe or illustrate?

d4b August 8 2007, 21:28:46 UTC

I was wondering when someone was going to come out and actually ask! :-) See: http://syndicated.livejournal.com/xkcd_rss/71705.html?thread=5227801#t5227801

bostonsteamer August 8 2007, 22:57:58 UTC

Wow, that's creative.

And, holy crap the comments on xkcd cartoons get so dumb so fast. No wonder each post has like 1500 comments by the time I see them.

d4b August 8 2007, 23:20:48 UTC

Heh.

But on a somewhat serious note, I'm pretty sure that xkcd intentionally selected a phrase that hadn't yet existed, i.e., people could invent just about any answer with equal chances of being "right". That explanation just seemed the most plausible to me; I'm seeing others pop up, too.