The Churning
1Oct/086

Reverse Keyword Search

Whenever I come up with an idea for an invention or a new online tool, inevitably I find out my idea already exists. Someone else always beats me to it.

Last month, I thought - It's a pain in the ass to remember my username and password for every website I've ever joined. I got into the habit of storing them locally on a spreadsheet, but even that is cumbersome. It would be so much easier if they were all accessible through one website, a sort of central portal: links to my favorite online stores, banking, message boards, etc along with my various usernames and passwords. Then I did a little digging. And of course it already exists. Passpack. Check it out if you're interested.

This month I was onto something different. It's geared towards webmasters. If you run a website and you want to know where you rank for a certain search term, all you have to do is Google it. But what if you want to know where you rank for a bunch of different search strings?

In 2005 when I started this site, I'd Google The Churning periodically to see where I ranked, and each time I'd see my rank increase due to my SEO efforts. Then I began to notice people were arriving at my site with all kinds of weird search terms. I could Google those search strings one by one to see where I ranked for each. But yesterday I thought - Wouldn't it be great if there were a way to find out every search string that had me listed as the top result? I wanted to create a reverse keyword search. And as usual - it's already out there. And it's fucking awesome. SEODigger.

After you register at the site, type in your web address and select "Full search for domain name". You can run 10 searches every hour (restricting this helps reduce the number of concurrent searches, allowing the results to load faster). The results are typically outdated by about two weeks, so while it is a very useful tool, your actual ranking might be slightly different. Regardless, what I discovered was fantastic.

Out of every website on the fucking planet, Google thinks I'm the number one resource for albino porn. And that's good because it's sorta true. I have never personally posted or linked directly to albino porn, but I did write a post on the subject. And what I found is that albino porn really does exist. You just have to sift through the comments on my post to find it.

So this got me thinking... What search strings rank high for my online pals? I ran a few SEO digs and discovered:

So tell me - What search terms put you in the top 20?

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  1. I wrote a post with tad hilgenbrink’s name in it because it was a movie a reviewed, and I still get that search string to this day.

    Wall Paper Sex used to be up in the charts also. (Don’t ask)

  2. WTF!!!???
    ‘ejaculating man photo’

    What would have brought that search to my site. I usually turn my webcam off when I’m…err… I mean…aahhh…. Changing clothes! Yea! Changing my clothes!

  3. OH DAMN! This is awesome! Thanks for sharing that link JJ!

  4. I used to know a few funny ones. But can’t remember them and never wrote it down anywhere.

  5. Hi

    Im searchin for a reverse keyword tool. Where can i find it?

  6. Hi,
    I have bookmarked it and also added your RSS feeds, so when I have time I will be back to read more, Please do keep up the great work. .
    Thanks
    Tom


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