Famous Italian People

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The third most popular Google search term for finding this blog this week was "famous Italian people."

Huh? Yes, this blog has mentioned Italy occasionally lately, but I don't recall doing any survey of famous Italian people. Why is Google sending searchers with that phrase in mind to here?

The fifth most popular search yielding us hits is: "gene-callahan.blogspot.com"
A hint: If you've got that in hand already, you don't need Google!

Comments

  1. rob10:47 AM

    They are probably looking for the other gene-callahan.blogspot.com that deals with famous Italians.

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  2. Jonatan Krovitsky3:04 PM

    Mea Culpa
    Sometimes when I need some stuff from here I cross-search gene-callahan.blogspot.com with what I'm looking for.

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  3. gcallah3:41 PM

    Jonathan, I understand that explanation less than I understood the initial puzzle!

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