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Introducing “Search Ironic Mom”: The Thanksgiving Edition

Posted on November 23, 2011 | 36 Comments

Welcome to Search Ironic Mom, a new series where I (a) take actual search terms that have led people to my blog, and (b) answer the search query.

Today’s search term inquiry falls under the category of American Thanksgiving. Since the majority of my readers are American and since both sides of my family originally settled in the US before migrating to Canada some 100 years ago, I think it’s fitting that I wish you Happy Thanksgiving….with humour.

Here is a screenshot of five search terms that led people to my blog this week:

SEARCH IRONIC MOM:

IRONIC MOM REPLIES:

To the person who found my blog by searching “thanksgiving sayings that sound dirty but arent”:

Here are a few Thanksgiving-related sayings that are inappropriate. Feel free to try them out on your in-laws.

(1) You call that a turkey baster?
(2) My favourite part are the breasts.
(3) Stuffing the bird is a passion of mine.
(4) I enjoy rolls that are firm but soft.
(5) I’d love to go for a long ride on the Mayflower.

Signed,
An If-You-Know-What-I-Mean Blogger

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Whether you’re celebrating a holiday or not, may your weekend be filled with laughter. And to all my wonderful American readers, Happy Thanksgiving, eh?

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Your turn:
Choose a holiday of your choice.
What phrases from it can be read inappropriately?

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The Aftermath of Search Bombing

Posted on April 7, 2011 | 63 Comments

On the seventh day, I reflected.

Search Bombing

Yes, it’s been one week since Clay Morgan and I launched the Search Bomb on the blogging world. For the uninitiated, Search Bombing is when you intentionally search a specific phrase in order to get to someone’s blog; if you’re successful, your search will show up on that blogger’s stats, providing a bit of entertainment.

If you missed the Search Bombing video Clay made (and my acting debut), click here. Feel free to let me know whether it’s Clay or me who takes home the Razzie for Most Over-the-Top Acting. Merriam-Webster, by the way, has yet to add Search Bomb to their dictionary, but we know it’s only a matter of time.

I’ve come to believe that Search Bombing brings out latent mischief in people. I’ve certainly received hilarious bombs, as has Clay (some of which he shared in his Posts That Pop video here).

We’ve also Search Bombed hundreds of people, leaving our fingerprints on many a stats page.

We’re not done yet.

More Search Bombing is coming soon to a stats page near you.

Stay tuned.

But before I leave you, I thought I’d share some of the Search Bombs I’ve gotten. (You can read some of the SBs Clay received in the comments section; I am so nice I actually gave him an entire comment).

Here are some I received:

References to Clay Morgan, Search Bomb co-creator

  • i wish all teachers were as cool as clay morgan and ironic mom
  • ironic mom is waaaaaay cooler than clay morgan
  • my sheets would be so lucky to be folded by ironic mom and clay morgan

References to Other Bloggers

  • clay morgan thinks dances with chaos & ironic mom are blogging goddesses
  • jess buttram likes to think she’s best friends with ironic mom
  • clay morgan is scared of the search bomb shells, tamara & leanne

References to Colin Firth

  • colin firth daydreams about “ironic mom”
  • ironic mom sits on colin firth’s lap
  • colin firth pretended elizabeth was played by “leanne shirtliffe”

Skills (I’m sensing irony here)

  • ironic mom: closet craft genius
  • “ironic mom” leanne shirtliffe probably makes a killer sangria
  • ironic mom has mad skills with makeovers on thing 1 and thing 2

Attributes

  • ironic mom’s eyes follow me everywhere
  • ironic mom is hot in all black
  • ironic mom third funniest woman husband

O Canada

  • ironic mom sexiest canadian blogger with twins
  • ironic mom needs to write before i kick her canadian ass
  • does ironic mom know clay morgan’s plan to take over the world starting w/ canada?

Unclassifiable (and brilliant)

  • ironicmom.com search bomb goes off in ice cream truck disaster
  • who would have thought? it figures! leanne shirtliffe is alanis’ long lost sister
  • caged monkey bites ironic mom for no reason

Were you Search Bombed? Did you Search Bomb anyone?

Let me know.

Who knows, I might just send you one back. Or I might get Clay to do it.

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A New April Fool’s Blogging Tradition: Search Bombing

Posted on March 31, 2011 | 197 Comments

Many bloggers are intrigued with the search results that bring people to their blog. Whether it’s “decapitated Barbie doll” or “giving your kid the middle finger,” looking at these phrases can be amusing, scary, and baffling.

But what if a person were to intentionally search bizarre phrases in order to haunt another blogger?

That is precisely what I did to Clay Morgan of Educlaytion.

It all started innocently enough. I was trying to link to a post Clay wrote a long time ago. I couldn’t find the post I was looking for, so I started throwing random search terms into Google, such as “Ironic Mom can’t find what she’s looking for on Educlaytion.”

These search terms got a tad substantially more ridiculous as the evening wore on.

Clay discovered them.

He, in his own words, had been Search Bombed.

What follows is a bizarre reenactment of the night’s events. This video is a Free Trade, Ironic Mom/Educlaytion co-production, as edited by the ever-talented Clay Morgan.

Now, it’s your turn. Leave a comment below, and both Clay and I will Search Bomb you. Clay’s honour (with a “u”).

And, in the spirit of April Fool’s, go Search Bomb another blogger you love. Let’s start a Search Bomb Revolution.

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