Friday, November 21, 2008

SO HOW DID I PRODUCE A RABBIT FROM A BLOG?

I may have mentioned before, the Google ads on this page are generated randomly by the search engine locking on to key words and topics.

For instance a site about, say, golf might generate ads for Golf Clubs, Golf Balls, Golf Holidays, Golf Courses, Pringle Sweaters, The Weirdest Trousers, The Golfer’s Book Of Unusual Swearwords, and Divorces R Us.

But a blog about everything and nothing, say like this one, is more problematical. That’s why I often get lumbered with ads about Jackhammers, Jack & Cylinder Repair, Jackboots, Jack Russells Need Good Home, Jacket Potatoes U Like.

However … as several readers have pointed out, in recent days the ads have been headed by one promising “Rabbit Rampants Exposed”, with the blurb All Top Brands Tested, Reviewed & Rated. We’ve done the work for you, followed by a web address.

Sorry!? When did I write about Rampant Rabbits? Never. Very strange. My mate Frank mentioned the subject in a funny passage in his novel When It Comes To The Crunch, and I have mentioned the book once or twice (go to www.huckbooks.co.uk). But how did Google know about the Rabbit? Is it psychic as well as Freudian?

The ad isn’t there every time you open my blog. If it isn’t there now, try again later. You can’t keep a Rampant Rabbit down …

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