So back when we launched this site, I was tasked with writing a script to parse through our referrer logs on a regular basis, and make them accessible to the rest of the admin crew; partially to watch for trends in who was linking to us, what search terms led to what forum threads, and for the comedy generated by certain visitor IPs. I recently overhauled this system quite a bit to make things a bit more useful, and while the tool is still restricted to admins only, I figured I'd make a little thread here and post some particularly interesting or humorous hits that come up.
One of my all time favorites, from quite a while ago, involved someone arriving on my article about DC Simpson. While the search terms they used were amusing enough ("ozy and millie sex change"), it was the IP address, and the timing, that made it stick in my memory. Around 9am local time, the first hit came in from an IP resolving back to a proxy.disney.com address in Disney's Burbank IP block; then 8 hours later, another hit with the same exact search term came in, from an IP on Charter's network in Glendale, CA, a city not particularly far from Burbank itself. Furfag DCS fans within the big D? Who knows.
Much more recently, and what really prompted me to create this thread to share the info, a hit came through that once again involved DCS. Someone did a Goog search for "dc simpson shaving" and wound up in the DCS Megathread a few forums down. Once again, the search terms themselves aren't necessarily that funny; it's the IP. In this instance, a harmless-looking IP in the Comcast Business range, which just so happens to resolve back to "office.penny-arcade.com." So much for Tycho not liking furries I guess?
Anyway, future posts won't be so damned wordy; they'll mostly be search terms or originating sites, landing pages, and most likely what the IP resolves back to since that's the most common reason to find these things humorous. I encourage the other admin crew to post any good ones they find as well.
