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Funny. But can you explain how all those people ended up there? It's not like that's the first hit on Google/Bing, or?

icey 17y ago
I think there must be some keyword combination containing the words "facebook" and "login" that these people are putting into google to get to Facebook. That's how a lot of people seem to surf these days; if you want to go somewhere, type into the magical Google box. edit: the best I can find is "facebook true login", I bet there's another combo that RWW is listing first for.
- Plugawy 17y ago
  True. I've seen it way to many times - instead of just typing facebook.com (no http or www required!) they just type "facebook" in Google search in Firefox
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jolie 17y ago
We've determined it's people searching for "facebook login" on Google, according to our traffic stats. Author Mike Melanson, Inadvertent SEO Superstar
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- natep 17y ago
  And it's not a new phenomenon[1], but it might be the first time it's backfired. [1] http://www.google.com/trends?q=facebook%2C+facebook+login http://www.google.com/trends?q=facebook%2C+facebook+login
  - jolie 17y ago
    Backfired... are you kidding? This is comedy gold! ;)
kingsley_20 17y ago
this is why: http://skitch.com/kingsley2/nwa3p/facebook-login-google-search http://skitch.com/kingsley2/nwa3p/facebook-login-google-sear...
- yungchin 17y ago
  Aha, thanks (cool tool, btw, Skitch). For some reason, when I search Google, the News results are halfway down the page, not at the top.
- gokhan 17y ago
  People at khabrein.info also had some fun, then.
sp332 17y ago
It shows up as a "News Result" above the actual web links. http://www.google.com/search?q=facebook+login http://www.google.com/search?q=facebook+login
- waterlesscloud 17y ago
  That seems like a flaw in Google, to be honest. Surely Facebook.com must be one of the very highest pageranks possible. So it's the preferential treatment Google gives to "news results" that moved this page to the top. But how many people who google "facebook" are looking for anything other than facebook.com? I know that people like us it seems no one would logically go to the site that way, but those of us who watch people use the web know better. So this seems like a case of Google returning results on what it imagines people want rather than what I'm willing to bet the statistics overwhelmingly indicate people want. Interesting.
  - tesseract 17y ago
    Personally, if I type "facebook" into Google I am probably not looking for Facebook itself. I'm aware, though, that that probably puts me in a small minority.
flardinois 17y ago
RWW Writer here: these people are all coming to our site by searching Google for "facebook login" Very sad, but I guess it's really a good reminder that we live in a bubble. For a lot of people, the Internet is magic and they don't know what to do when something changes.

icey 17y ago

I think there must be some keyword combination containing the words "facebook" and "login" that these people are putting into google to get to Facebook. That's how a lot of people seem to surf these days; if you want to go somewhere, type into the magical Google box. edit: the best I can find is "facebook true login", I bet there's another combo that RWW is listing first for.

Plugawy 17y ago
True. I've seen it way to many times - instead of just typing facebook.com (no http or www required!) they just type "facebook" in Google search in Firefox

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jolie 17y ago

We've determined it's people searching for "facebook login" on Google, according to our traffic stats. Author Mike Melanson, Inadvertent SEO Superstar

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natep 17y ago
And it's not a new phenomenon[1], but it might be the first time it's backfired. [1] http://www.google.com/trends?q=facebook%2C+facebook+login http://www.google.com/trends?q=facebook%2C+facebook+login
- jolie 17y ago
  Backfired... are you kidding? This is comedy gold! ;)

kingsley_20 17y ago

this is why: http://skitch.com/kingsley2/nwa3p/facebook-login-google-search http://skitch.com/kingsley2/nwa3p/facebook-login-google-sear...

yungchin 17y ago
Aha, thanks (cool tool, btw, Skitch). For some reason, when I search Google, the News results are halfway down the page, not at the top.
gokhan 17y ago
People at khabrein.info also had some fun, then.

sp332 17y ago

It shows up as a "News Result" above the actual web links. http://www.google.com/search?q=facebook+login http://www.google.com/search?q=facebook+login

waterlesscloud 17y ago
That seems like a flaw in Google, to be honest. Surely Facebook.com must be one of the very highest pageranks possible. So it's the preferential treatment Google gives to "news results" that moved this page to the top. But how many people who google "facebook" are looking for anything other than facebook.com? I know that people like us it seems no one would logically go to the site that way, but those of us who watch people use the web know better. So this seems like a case of Google returning results on what it imagines people want rather than what I'm willing to bet the statistics overwhelmingly indicate people want. Interesting.
- tesseract 17y ago
  Personally, if I type "facebook" into Google I am probably not looking for Facebook itself. I'm aware, though, that that probably puts me in a small minority.

flardinois 17y ago

RWW Writer here: these people are all coming to our site by searching Google for "facebook login" Very sad, but I guess it's really a good reminder that we live in a bubble. For a lot of people, the Internet is magic and they don't know what to do when something changes.