15.08.2006
The leak of the AOL search-logs have been all over the web. Not only is the logs all over the webs, but all sorts of amusing analyses too.
What is probably most interesting is that it reveals just how AOL users interface with a search engine. You'd think that people use search engines to search for stuff. Not so. As you can see from the linked article, some people chat up with the search engine, while another one threatens it. Some asks God why he isn't answering them. In a search engine.
These logs are gold and I applaud AOL for leaking them, even though it probably wasn't intentional.
Some people evidently just types in whatever has happened to them and hopes the internet will provide the answer they need. One of the more amusing ones might be this search: "i met a guy online and had sex with him and he left me".
I should start searching like that too, and see what I find. Could be interesting.