Serendipitous Traffic
I suppose everyone's heard by now about the cleaning lady in Massachusetts who is claiming that $294 million lottery prize. Her winnings have yielded an unexpected windfall for the Gazette, as well, in the form of a bunch of new visitors.
Apparently, the mention in news reports of Jack Whitaker's record $314.9 million Powerball prize in 2002 has brought renewed interest in tracking him down (to ask for a loan, no doubt), and the googlers are ending up here in droves due to this post.
I can't decide if it's more prestigious to be fifth on Google for "Jack Whitaker lottery" or first for "Texas Barbie." I guess since the latter got Scott all worked up, and you don't really want to get crossways with him, I'll opt for basking in the temporary glow of untold numbers of really greedy people.
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Shoot. It's durn near impossible to get crosswise with me.
Posted by: Scott Chaffin at July 9, 2004 08:51 PM