Guitar Pequannock…what the…?

Guitar Pequannock is a particularly interesting phrase I’ve been acutely interested in since I discovered it while doing some keyword research for a site I was developing, and I’m hoping that it will prove to be a classic illustration of how Keyword Analyzer easily identifies keywords that drive traffic to a site. Time will tell.

So what makes guitar pequannock such an interesting phrase then? The first thing that struck my interest was that my initial search, using Overture data, which incidentally has been frozen since February 2007, revealed that there were 9885 monthly searches for guitar pequannock and that there were only 602 competing results. Thats an extremely compelling R/S ratio! Even today Google shows that there are only 963 competing pages for that phrase. Really, I couldn’t resist the temptation to write this piece.

No one, considering it’s undoubtedly one of the most popular musical instruments of all time, needs much of an explanation about the Guitar. Pequannock, on the other hand, is a town with a population of approximately 14,000 inhabitants located in Morris county, New Jersey USA. Wikipidia information on the subject isn’t particularly enlightening, stating some small facts about the town being a campsite for George Washington’s troops during the American Civil war, that it’s name is derived from an American Indian word meaning land cleared for grazing, but there is absolutely no indication of any connection with Guitar.

Pequannock’s main claim to fame, for me anyway, seems to be that it is, or was, the home of actor Jason Biggs from the movie American Pie.

So, why are there so many searches for guitar pequannock? What exactly are people searching for, is there some significance, is it some kind of mysterious code, an event, or simply an anomaly of keyword statistics? I would love to know.

Looking at the top sites for the phrase gives no real indication of what people are searching for either. When I first discovered it the top site was some kind of project Black Mask site that’s not there any more and, in it’s place there are a few more sites that, like me, seem to be shamelessly using the keyword phrase “guitar pequannock” for no other reason but to attract traffic to their sites.

The only vague hint I can see is some reference to one acoustic guitar playing Pequannock religious group suing another because they called them a cult, surely that wouldn’t have generated the interest I am seeing. Apart from that, and please enlighten me if that’s not the case, there is no apparent significance to the keyword phrase guitar pequannock.

and another thing…

Being brought up in New Zealand, rugby union is in your DNA, in terms of priority it sits, in the heirachy, slap bang between family and beer, so this morning’s exit of the once (a very distant once) invincible NZ All Blacks from the 2007 world cub was a disappointment to say the least.

But, like other momentous mind shifts that occur during your life, such as realizing that the tooth fairy was actually your mum, there is no Santa, or Easter Bunny, and your father’s cute secretary, who you had a crush on, was shagging the local petrol head, I’ve come to accept that the mighty All Blacks aren’t invincible, they’re simply the best team in the world…except when it counts!

About Damian Saunders

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