Most of the people who read the blog are people I know and actually intend to be here. But a fair number are Googling other things and their search terms just happen to bring up one of my posts.

The traffic counting service that I use shows me their exact Google searches, which I find extremely entertaining and like to share from time to time.

The most popular one this month has been “get two beers and jump,” which is a song done by Jimmy Fallon on his late night NBC show. I linked to his video in a post about the JetBlue flight attendant who, well, got two beers and jumped. About 20 people used that exact term, though even more interesting are the variants: “meaning of 2beers and a jump” and “3 beers and you jump song.” I think those people did more of a “get two beers and Google.”

Of course if you follow me on Twitter (@chwilbur), you know that I thanked the @JimmyFallon fans for their unintended page views. Most people don’t read more than the page in the Google search, but occasionally I see some people who will read many more posts than they should from someone they don’t know.

The most random one in a long, long time came in a few days ago: “bebop soda good.” Usually I can read the search string and know exactly which blog it linked to without having to look. In this case, I am happy to report that I am sane enough that this one made no sense. It turns out I shared a story I wrote in elementary school that included a character with “bebop” in his name. After some Googling myself, it looks like “bebop soda good” is a quote from the Cartoon Network Adult Swim show Sealab 2021. I bet a fan of that show would really enjoy my story.

The string “retail manager after college” is not quite as funny as the others, especially given the post it linked to. I have no idea what sort of information that person was looking for, but reading that post may have really bummed them out (though I think it’s a pretty good one).

I’ll end with the category of posts that are not only not helpful to people, but definitely waste their time. In the past few weeks people searched “marshmallow silly bandz” and “in what aisle in target are the silly bandz.” Clearly they were looking for constructive information to accomplish a task. Instead they got this post that has no value to them whatsoever. Sorry.

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