Skeptical Search Engine Update

So far, my new experimental Skeptical Search Engine has been used hundreds of times, and the top searchers are:

  • deepak chopra
  • homeopath
  • ghost
  • high fructose corn syrup
  • god
  • evolution
  • zecharia sitchin
  • creationism
  • ghosts
  • global warming
  • ancient astronauts
  • ufo
  • pyramids egypt
  • love
  • vaccines
  • methane bubble
  • climate change
  • pyramids
  • fossil sirenia
  • carbohydrates
  • easter island
  • acupuncture
  • vaccine
  • Gmos
  • bigfoot

This is excellent. One suggestion: Use GMO rather than GMOs and ghost instead of ghosts in order to avoid limiting the search.

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That's obviously a faked result - who would believe that 'sex' isn't the #1 search item? :P~

By MadScientist (not verified) on 30 Jul 2010 #permalink

There's no accommodation for the special search styles of Crystal and Indigo children!

By Marion Delgado (not verified) on 30 Jul 2010 #permalink

Your search - "big fucking tits" - did not match any documents.

Crushed I am.

But keep up the good work anyway.

My search of "Watts Up With That" turned up mostly negative comments about said blog, no positive posts, and one neutral post (some blogger named Greg Laden posted, without comment, Wikio's rankings of top science blogs).