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The Aftermath of Search Bombing

On the seventh day, I reflected.

Search Bombing

Yes, it’s been one week since Clay Morgan and I launched the Search Bomb on the blogging world. For the uninitiated, Search Bombing is when you intentionally search a specific phrase in order to get to someone’s blog; if you’re successful, your search will show up on that blogger’s stats, providing a bit of entertainment.

If you missed the Search Bombing video Clay made (and my acting debut), click here. Feel free to let me know whether it’s Clay or me who takes home the Razzie for Most Over-the-Top Acting. Merriam-Webster, by the way, has yet to add Search Bomb to their dictionary, but we know it’s only a matter of time.

I’ve come to believe that Search Bombing brings out latent mischief in people. I’ve certainly received hilarious bombs, as has Clay (some of which he shared in his Posts That Pop video here).

We’ve also Search Bombed hundreds of people, leaving our fingerprints on many a stats page.

We’re not done yet.

More Search Bombing is coming soon to a stats page near you.

Stay tuned.

But before I leave you, I thought I’d share some of the Search Bombs I’ve gotten. (You can read some of the SBs Clay received in the comments section; I am so nice I actually gave him an entire comment).

Here are some I received:

References to Clay Morgan, Search Bomb co-creator

  • i wish all teachers were as cool as clay morgan and ironic mom
  • ironic mom is waaaaaay cooler than clay morgan
  • my sheets would be so lucky to be folded by ironic mom and clay morgan

References to Other Bloggers

  • clay morgan thinks dances with chaos & ironic mom are blogging goddesses
  • jess buttram likes to think she’s best friends with ironic mom
  • clay morgan is scared of the search bomb shells, tamara & leanne

References to Colin Firth

  • colin firth daydreams about “ironic mom”
  • ironic mom sits on colin firth’s lap
  • colin firth pretended elizabeth was played by “leanne shirtliffe”

Skills (I’m sensing irony here)

  • ironic mom: closet craft genius
  • “ironic mom” leanne shirtliffe probably makes a killer sangria
  • ironic mom has mad skills with makeovers on thing 1 and thing 2

Attributes

  • ironic mom’s eyes follow me everywhere
  • ironic mom is hot in all black
  • ironic mom third funniest woman husband

O Canada

  • ironic mom sexiest canadian blogger with twins
  • ironic mom needs to write before i kick her canadian ass
  • does ironic mom know clay morgan’s plan to take over the world starting w/ canada?

Unclassifiable (and brilliant)

  • ironicmom.com search bomb goes off in ice cream truck disaster
  • who would have thought? it figures! leanne shirtliffe is alanis’ long lost sister
  • caged monkey bites ironic mom for no reason

Were you Search Bombed? Did you Search Bomb anyone?

Let me know.

Who knows, I might just send you one back. Or I might get Clay to do it.

Filed Under: Finding Humor Everywhere, On the Move Tagged With: blog, Blogging, Blogging Revolution, Clay Morgan, dictionary, Educlaytion, Ironic Mom, Leanne Shirtliffe, Search Bomb, Search Bombing, Search terms, searchbomb, SEO

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Olivia K says

    April 7, 2011 at 9:04 pm

    A whole new sport. I love it!

    Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      April 8, 2011 at 7:35 am

      Gotcha good, Olivia. Check your stats for a Friday bomb!

      Reply
  2. educlaytion says

    April 7, 2011 at 9:13 pm

    Great recap! So much fun. My search results are jammed with hilarious search bombs, especially those double entendres 😉

    Here are some other good ones:
    *i might read clay morgan but i’ll search bomb him first. thanks im.
    *educlaytion stuffs his bra
    *clay morgan should know better than to blog and drive at the same time
    *where can i get a clay morgan action figure

    From the mistaken identity files:
    *is clay morgan a real-life flynn rider? and is his name really clayton, or eugene?
    *christian bale was mistaken for clay morgan at a mud wrestling contest

    So proud of:
    *ironic mom and clay morgan are king and queen of the zombies.

    Fun one from the “subtle/wonder who?” camp
    *etiquette from the trenches: clay morgan would love to come over and fold amy stevens laundry.

    Love this one!
    *clay morgan king of pop has now been search bombed

    Thanks for all the great bombs everyone! Keep it going.

    Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      April 8, 2011 at 7:37 am

      That’s where the laundry reference came from. Epiphany. Amy.

      I like Queen Zombie. Make that QZ for short.

      I’m gonna haunt ya later, Clay. I’m an ultra-marathon SBer.

      Reply
  3. Larry Hehn says

    April 7, 2011 at 9:15 pm

    Oh, yes. I was Search Bombed. I loved it!
    And I see a couple of my Search Bombs hit their target. Sweet!

    Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      April 8, 2011 at 7:42 am

      I think I found your SB prints on my stats page yesterday.

      Ahem:
      – ironic mom and larry hehn: canadian blogging geniuses
      -ironic mom leads canadian search bombing team to victory over clay morgan

      I stand on guard for thee.

      But I’m coming to get you, eh?

      Reply
  4. Paige Morgan says

    April 7, 2011 at 9:36 pm

    I didn’t see your post until yesterday and thought I had missed all the fun. Hmmm….

    Reply
    • Kelly K @ Dances with Chaos says

      April 8, 2011 at 7:33 am

      I swear I “bombed” you on April Fools.. Of course, you were probably just clueless.. 🙂

      Reply
      • Paige Morgan says

        April 8, 2011 at 8:05 am

        Kelly – I have heard it doesn’t work on WP.com. Or maybe , because I already get some strange ones I didn’t realize it was you. What did you say? I am fairly clueless in general…

        Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      April 8, 2011 at 8:05 am

      Never, Paige! The fun goes on. This is more than a fad.

      Found your prints: “ironic mom appears with slightly off balance paige on oprah.” Honey, we are the next Oprah. It’s that no one knows it yet.

      I see a lot of “slightly off balance” search bombs in my/your future.

      Reply
      • Ironic Mom says

        April 8, 2011 at 8:22 am

        Paige – I use WP.com too. It works. Check your stats now. I’ve been to visit.

        Reply
    • Kelly K @ Dances with Chaos says

      April 8, 2011 at 11:44 am

      Darn comments won’t let me comment upon the comment upon the comment.

      Paige – I’m sure it did work. I think they were all on April Fools Day.

      I’m not certain what I had for dinner yesterday – I don’t know what I typed. My guess: something about getting you chocolate or not pissing you off during lent.

      I could’ve just thought it though, and been interrupted before I typed it.. Off to bomb you again.. just in case.

      Reply
  5. Wendy Lawrence says

    April 7, 2011 at 11:25 pm

    I search-bombed a girl and I liked it! 🙂 Thanks for the inspiration.

    Reply
    • Chase McFadden says

      April 8, 2011 at 4:27 am

      That is a good one.

      Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      April 8, 2011 at 8:09 am

      That is a good one. Inspiration beats perspiration, though its often the cousin that’s hiding in the background.

      Metaphor fail.

      Better than a Search Bomb fail. Here I come!

      Reply
  6. Chase McFadden says

    April 8, 2011 at 4:34 am

    These may have been search bombs. I’m not sure:

    “some species wish they could have as many children as chase mcfadden” (like rabbits)
    “chase mcfadden’s left leg is shorter than his right” (true)
    “chase mcfadden can’t stop procreating” (great name for a band)
    “chase mcfadden needs a plunger” (another great band name… and true)
    “chase mcfadden is hungry, hopper looks tasty” (bastard rabbit)

    You two are innovators. Sort of in the way that the people who created the Shake Weight are innovators.

    Reply
    • Kelly K @ Dances with Chaos says

      April 8, 2011 at 7:37 am

      I actually did two of those.. Bwahaha!

      Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      April 8, 2011 at 8:21 am

      You crack me up. I’m pretty sure these weren’t SBs.

      But I”ll take the innovator compliment, even though I have no idea what a Shake Weight is and I’m too lazy to google it. I’m going to assume it was the invention of the century in Idaho.

      Watch your back. Or at least your stats.

      Reply
      • writerwoman61 says

        April 8, 2011 at 8:28 am

        You must watch the Shake Weight video, Leanne…
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbsSeVr5NSI

        Reply
      • Ironic Mom says

        April 8, 2011 at 8:37 am

        Thanks, Wendy. There are so many comments I could make, all of them inappropriate. Know that I’m thinking them all!

        Reply
      • Tamara says

        April 8, 2011 at 8:56 am

        I love that commercial, and that’s all I’m gonna say.

        Reply
  7. Tamara says

    April 8, 2011 at 6:27 am

    I’ve been bombed so many times I’m beginning to think I have a target on my face. I have a bunch of favorites, but I probably shouldn’t share them on a blog that gets read by 8th graders. :-0

    Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      April 8, 2011 at 8:42 am

      I have struck my target again.

      Yours in BombShell-i-ness

      Reply
      • Tamara says

        April 8, 2011 at 8:54 am

        Actually, it’s on my right side. But thanks for noticing. 😉

        Reply
      • Ironic Mom says

        April 8, 2011 at 9:00 am

        Maybe it was the left side from my perspective. Ahem.

        Reply
      • educlaytion says

        April 11, 2011 at 4:16 pm

        I don’t even want to know the full meaning behind all this banter. Probably.

        Reply
  8. Meet the Buttrams says

    April 8, 2011 at 6:38 am

    My personal favorite Search Bomb came before the Search Bomb Revolution – I think it was unintentional :
    “help+i+am+a+mermaid+i+need+to+know+what+side+affes+i+cold+get”

    You can’t make this stuff up.

    Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      April 8, 2011 at 8:45 am

      Funny. You’ve been further mermaid-i-fied.

      Reply
  9. sportsjim81 says

    April 8, 2011 at 6:44 am

    Here we go! This is gonna be a lot of fun!

    Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      April 8, 2011 at 8:50 am

      Welcome to Club Search Bomb. Initiation is complete.

      Reply
  10. writerwoman61 says

    April 8, 2011 at 7:15 am

    Glad to see some of my work in there, Leanne…gave you a shoutout on my post yesterday about weird (but real) search terms…

    Wendy

    Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      April 8, 2011 at 8:54 am

      Thanks, Wendy. For the rest of you, here’s the link to Wendy’s post about bizarre search terms: http://writerwoman61.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/gentlemen-start-your-search-engines/

      By the way, I just sent you a new-and-improved SB.

      Reply
  11. Kelly K @ Dances with Chaos says

    April 8, 2011 at 7:32 am

    Sweet. Four of mine made the list.

    I admit it. I’m addicted.

    Forget tweeting. I say hi via search bomb now.

    Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      April 8, 2011 at 8:57 am

      Left my calling card on your stats page.

      Reply
  12. Paige Morgan says

    April 8, 2011 at 8:32 am

    While I do fear you are causing search bomb addiction, I am glad there is going to be rehab, just ask Clay.

    Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      April 8, 2011 at 8:57 am

      Can we monetize rehab? 😉

      Reply
    • educlaytion says

      April 11, 2011 at 4:17 pm

      A-ha! So it was Paige on the internet with the search bomb.

      Reply
  13. karmavore says

    April 8, 2011 at 3:00 pm

    Hilarious! I never found any bombs in my search results but feel free to bom with Colin F anytime (not that you need me as competition – haha).

    Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      April 8, 2011 at 5:42 pm

      You have so been search bombed. Couldn’t get to you with “Colin F” but I believe “hot British actor” worked. I am the Search Bomb Queen.

      Reply
  14. rob shepherd says

    April 8, 2011 at 6:33 pm

    I think this means that the two you deserve your own wikipedia page. Search Bomb needs to be added. And thank you for the search bombs. They were great to read in my stats.

    Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      April 9, 2011 at 9:03 am

      Thanks, Rob. Are you volunteering to write the entry? In all that 2:30 a.m. free time you have?

      More search bombing coming to a night time wake up near you.

      Reply
      • Rob Shepherd says

        April 11, 2011 at 1:59 am

        Thanks for the continued search bombs! The fill in the blank one was nice. My answer – like a swift kick to the groin followed by winning the lottery. Parts of it are crazy but I am so happy I don’t notice.

        Reply
  15. The Good Greatsby says

    April 8, 2011 at 8:23 pm

    I hope your search bombing days continue. I sent a few your way today.

    Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      April 9, 2011 at 9:06 am

      Target was hit. Why did I know you’d be good at this?

      Watch your back. Or your car. I’m adding a few more subversive clues.

      Reply
  16. Olivia K says

    April 8, 2011 at 9:20 pm

    Got my search bombs. Totally made my day. Thanks.

    Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      April 9, 2011 at 9:09 am

      Yay. Now you’re getting another one.

      Reply
  17. Tamara says

    April 9, 2011 at 9:38 am

    Has it really been a week? You guys have sucked the life out of me with this addiction. Getting bombed has never been so much fun. Except maybe in college.

    Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      April 9, 2011 at 9:42 am

      Laughing. And likely coming to get you, later, when you least expect it.

      Reply
      • Tamara says

        April 9, 2011 at 9:45 am

        You don’t scare me. I like it. I like it bad!

        Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      April 9, 2011 at 2:05 pm

      I got ya. Bad.

      Reply
      • Tamara says

        April 9, 2011 at 2:16 pm

        No one bombs my ass like Ironic Mom.

        Reply
      • Ironic Mom says

        April 11, 2011 at 7:45 am

        What can I say to that? 😉

        Reply
      • educlaytion says

        April 11, 2011 at 4:22 pm

        I am laughing so hard at this round of interaction between you two. Even if I am 2 days late.

        Reply
  18. Keenie Beanie says

    April 9, 2011 at 11:10 am

    I wish there was a way that search bombs could automatically be shared with the world, a la comments and tweets. It’s been so fun following along and those bombs are… the bomb!

    Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      April 9, 2011 at 2:06 pm

      KB. Yes indeed. The bombs are da bomb. Love that. Check your stats in 5.

      Reply
  19. Tamara says

    April 12, 2011 at 6:37 am

    I wonder if we’ve gone too far. I dreamed last night that you told me “Leanne Shirtliffe” wasn’t your real name but a modification of your former stripper name. What have you done to me?

    Reply
    • educlaytion says

      April 12, 2011 at 12:12 pm

      No way! I had the exact. same. dream.

      Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      April 12, 2011 at 12:21 pm

      Aha. And that is why my search stats reveal: “Is Leanne Shirtliffe a stripper?”

      Well, with a name like Shirtliffe, it’s possible (spell it over the phone and the F’s sounds like S’s).

      You both have me laughing.

      Reply
      • Tamara says

        April 12, 2011 at 12:30 pm

        Kaboom!

        Reply
  20. The Hook says

    April 13, 2011 at 11:13 am

    Glad you had fun!

    Reply
    • Ironic Mom says

      April 13, 2011 at 11:27 am

      I’m championing SB-ing for the Blogging Olympics.

      Reply

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