A few days ago, Konstantin Guericke posted on MLPF about “strange searches”, and I posted a few I found. He decided to run a contest to see what searches people could come up with for things that you couldn’t find on LinkedIn.
In honor of Halloween coming up, I thought I’d try a few in the theme, and was surprised what I found. Some of the common terms turned up quite a few results – vampire, ghost, troll, witch, demon, etc. Here are a few of the less common ones:
- “trick or treat” – 9
- Samhain – 7
- Corpse – 32
- Frankenstein – 32 (and it did suggest “Dracula” as a similar search)
- Werewolf – 15
- Ghoul – 11
- Hobgoblin – 4
- Undead – 4
- Succubus – 3
- Phantasm – 2
- “evil scientist” – 2
And some more funny similar search suggestions:
Search term –> Similar search:
- demon –> thus
- voodoo –> alienware
My greatest conclusion from all of this?
Techies will name a product after just about anything in search of a unique brand name.
UPDATE: Konstantin wrote:
Nobody really came up with a good single-word common business term where you don’t get at least one results on LinkedIn, but I though your suggestions were very creative and I was amazed at the number of hits from Halloween related searches, so the 1-year Personal Plus account is yours!
Thanks, Konstantin!
Scott Allen is a social media pioneer, helping people turn virtual relationships into real business since 2002. He is coauthor of The Virtual Handshake and The Emergence of The Relationship Economy and contributor to over a dozen books on social media, business and personal development.
