did you mean lookalike?

Before writing Thursday's post, I Googled the word hookalike and got only nine results, most of which were typos for "lookalike." There was only one tiny reference that was similar to mine. As of today, there are ten results. My site is listed second!

When I saw myself in the list, I tried clicking on "similar pages" to see what Google thought was related to my site. Here are the highlights of what they came up with:

• By Ken Levine - fair enough, his site is on my blogroll.
• AllAccess.com - the site of record for radio professionals
• Blogger.com - owned by Google, used by me
  
• FW Murphy - manufacturer in Oklahoma
• rosie.com - huh? can't figure that one out
• New York Post Online Edition Gossip - or just say Page Six
  
• Blog Flux - where I see how many (or how few) hits I received
• Paley Center for Media - a favorite place in N.Y. and L.A.
• Tournament of Roses - I've mentioned their parade a few times
• Frank Murphy Real Estate - I often get his email by mistake
• Access Hollywood - a show I watch every day
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers - used to have a Frank Murphy
• I'm Just Sayin' - for fans of Kevin & Bean
• jack.fm - a bit of an insult since it's an anti-deejay format
• Jefferson Bass - should be higher on the list, don't you think?
  
• Life In The Office - fan site for the best comedy on TV
• Metro Pulse - Knoxville's alt weekly
• Starlight Bowl - one of my favorite places in Burbank

There's one site on their list that I won't include here. It's got a bunch of Asian characters and the words "Credit Card." Why is it in my results? Because it has the same URL that my friend Bean used for his first blog. He posted every day for ten months and then deleted his blog, which is too bad because it was quite good and it would have been fun to re-read. Somebody swooped in and grabbed his user name and Blogspot address. After a year-long hiatus, Bean resumed blogging at his new site, Strongly Worded Letter.