Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

The 7 Ways That People Search the Web

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the seven-stages-of-search dept.

SpaceAdmiral writes "After the recent release of AOL search logs, Paul Boutin used the site splunkd.com to analyse the logs. His analysis groups searchers into seven categories: The Pornhound, the Manhunter, the Shopper, the Obsessive, the Omnivore, the Newbie, and the Basketcase. My favorite example search is in the Basketcase category: 'i hurt when i think too much i love roadtrips i hate my weight i fear being alone for the rest of my life.'"

2 of 239 comments (clear)

  1. Re:One, two, three, four, five, six. by TrailerTrash · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Is not the fact that there are 6 listed ways to post on /., when 7 were advertised, just an ironic way to demonstrate he's a Fisher?

  2. Re:One, two, three, four, five, six. by Gulthek · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'd have thought that his UID would clearly put him in the "old timer" category.