Ducksnorts logged over 204,000 hits in 2004 from nearly 20,000 unique visitors (up from about 90,000 hits and 10,000 visitors the previous year). Thanks to all of you for helping to make this site such a success!

Top 10 keyphrases used on search engines to get to Ducksnorts in 2004:

1. ducksnorts
2. vince faison
3. petco park pictures
4. elizabethan theater
5. khalil greene
6. petco park
7. gerik baxter
8. khalil greene pictures
9. rule v draft
10. dennis tankersley

Honorable mentions:

• jake peavy
• oliver perez

Here are my personal favorite keyphrases and a links to places that might help folks who entered them:

• big puerto rican booty — Relax, it’s a recipe for rice and chicken stew. Comes up fourth on Google. You were expecting something else?
• duck job whose your daddy — Probably not what you were looking for, but it’s Dave Barry’s blog and it’s third on Google.
• johnny damon kings of leon — Um, I don’t really know what this is, but it’s the #1 result on Google for your phrase.
• l & l hawaiian barbecue san ramon — This came in second on Google. It’s not exactly what you asked for, but damn.
• padres khalil greene spicoli — Second on Google, this is an interview with Greene about music and his interest in writing lyrics.
• queensryche silent lucidity lyric analysis — Geez, I don’t know what to tell you about this one. The song is about a kid’s dreams, right?
• ruben rivera worst baserunning video — This one was much easier to find. Apparently the incident happened while Rivera played for the Giants. And I thought we had a lock on his worst plays. More info at ESPN.
• ugly baseball pictures of shawn green — I have no clue. You’re on your own here.
• welcome duck blogs — We’re #1 on Google for this one. Welcome. Duck. Blogs. We do it all.
• yeti batting cages — Good luck.

Also, a lot of people are looking for pictures of players’ wives. What’s up with that?

More later, when I have something of less dubious value to contribute…