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Thread poster: Arianne Farah
Arianne Farah
Arianne Farah  Identity Verified
Canada
Local time: 15:30
Member (2008)
English to French
Nov 30, 2010

So I'm thoroughly confused.

I was looking through my profile's visitor log and I see:

Date: Nov 30
Viewer type: Not Logged In
IP address: 213.188.93.209
Came from: www.google.com
Keywords: muscular, dystrophy, disease, tearment, of, CTP2, for, year, NOV, 2010
Viewed: profile

I'm really surprised by the keywords, someone searched for them a... See more
So I'm thoroughly confused.

I was looking through my profile's visitor log and I see:

Date: Nov 30
Viewer type: Not Logged In
IP address: 213.188.93.209
Came from: www.google.com
Keywords: muscular, dystrophy, disease, tearment, of, CTP2, for, year, NOV, 2010
Viewed: profile

I'm really surprised by the keywords, someone searched for them and apparently I'm the 1st hit on google.. then I checked the IP address... Baghdad, Iraq. I imagine if someone was spoofing their IP Baghdad would not be their top choice.

Does someone have a rational explanation? I'm stumped! I've had people google my name or French translator China or something like that and access my profile but this is just completely random!

To mods, if you can think of a more appropriate forum please migrate but this is so weird that I can't think of anywhere else to post! ▲ Collapse
 
texjax DDS PhD
texjax DDS PhD  Identity Verified
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Why are you so surprised? Nov 30, 2010

Hi Arianne,

I checked your profile and you have the words Muscular Dystrophy in your About me section.

I don't see any reason for concern

 
Tsogt Gombosuren
Tsogt Gombosuren  Identity Verified
Canada
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These words may be contained in KudoZ questions you answered or asked Nov 30, 2010

Hi Arianne,

That's how I think of the situation. Please look at the KudoZ questions you're involved.
Hope this will help you.

Tsogt
 
Tsogt Gombosuren
Tsogt Gombosuren  Identity Verified
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Oh, well... Nov 30, 2010

texjax is correct. Your profile contains the keywords.

Tsogt
 
Arianne Farah
Arianne Farah  Identity Verified
Canada
Local time: 15:30
Member (2008)
English to French
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I'm actually surprised about the opposite Nov 30, 2010

I'm not surprised those keywords hit my profile, I'm surprised someone from Baghdad looked up, specifically "muscular, dystrophy, disease, tearment, of, CTP2, for, year, NOV, 2010" and then followed the link to my translation profile. Especially since CTP2 has nothing to do with muscular dystrophy so it's not someone reading on, say articles from November 2010 on muscular dystrophy.

[Edited at 2010-11-30 17:04 GMT]
 
texjax DDS PhD
texjax DDS PhD  Identity Verified
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If you think yours is the weirdest visitor... Nov 30, 2010

...what about this?

Check the post of Katalin Szilárd in this past thread:

http://www.proz.com/forum/prozcom_suggestions/143984-the_visitors_tab_of_your_profile_and_search_engine_robots-page2.html

That is... See more
...what about this?

Check the post of Katalin Szilárd in this past thread:

http://www.proz.com/forum/prozcom_suggestions/143984-the_visitors_tab_of_your_profile_and_search_engine_robots-page2.html

That is weird! ▲ Collapse
 
Arianne Farah
Arianne Farah  Identity Verified
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English to French
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That's hilarious! Nov 30, 2010

I'd never seen that thread before! I love the girl who got called in the middle of the night for chicken incubators!
 
Jaroslaw Michalak
Jaroslaw Michalak  Identity Verified
Poland
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Surprised? Nov 30, 2010

I am surprised that you are surprised!

Hey, it's the Internet, remember? You always end up reading for hours something completely different than what you were looking for...

http://xkcd.com/214/
 
Catherine Shepherd
Catherine Shepherd  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:30
Spanish to English
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Hmmm... Nov 30, 2010

Now that we're on the subject, I keep getting visitors coming directly from pages like rssnewstoday.info, elsmartthoughts.info, worlddiscoveryle.info and other pages like these. Does this happen to anyone else?? It's a bit strange...
 
Arianne Farah
Arianne Farah  Identity Verified
Canada
Local time: 15:30
Member (2008)
English to French
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Touché Nov 30, 2010

Jabberwock wrote:

I am surprised that you are surprised!

Hey, it's the Internet, remember? You always end up reading for hours something completely different than what you were looking for...

http://xkcd.com/214/


Touché.

Still weird though... maybe the person like my picture in google preview and followed the link

Good night fellow forum posters (it's 1:30am here)!
 


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