These are the most embarrassing things Mainers search for on the Internet, site says

Nickelback singer Chad Kroeger performs in Abu Dhabi in 2012. (Reuters photo by Jumana ElHeloueh)

Nickelback singer Chad Kroeger performs in Abu Dhabi in 2012. (Reuters photo by Jumana ElHeloueh)

The real estate blog Estately sorted through 11 years of Google search data to determine, as The Daily Dot reported, “which terms users in each state Googled more than any other.”

northeast google searchThen, breaking from its track record of applying some kind of mathematical analysis of those terms, Estately researchers picked out what they felt were the most embarrassing searches from each state.

It’s a pretty subjective standard, but the results are amusing nonetheless.

Estately apparently gave heavier weight to non-pornography-related terms, which would probably have been the No. 1 results for every state otherwise.

Some embarrassing search terms that stand out?

  • Georgia residents are Googling “meth recipe,” “herpes” and — perhaps not surprisingly, considering the previous two terms — “divorce lawyer.”
  • Alabama Internet users are asking Google “What does Alabama mean?”
  • Folks in a lot of states seem to be surfing the Internet in search of conspiracies about President Barack Obama, with questions about such things as whether he’s American, Muslim or the Antichrist showing in Arizona, Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee.
  • Vermont residents are Googling “age of consent.”
  • Internet users from Rhode Island, the smallest state, and Texas, one of the largest, seem equally insecure about the size of their… well, you know.
  • Our neighbors in New Hampshire are big on “pajama jeans.”

Here in Maine, the most shameful search terms Estately could pin on us were “Nickelback lyrics,” pop punk band “Good Charlotte” and “disc golf.”

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We may not be proud of our attachment to Nickelback or Good Charlotte — although millions of people have bought albums from both bands, so we’re obviously not the only ones (own it, America) — what’s wrong with disc golf?

It’s a fun game almost anybody can play and it’s gaining in popularity. Right?

Or are we the only ones who think that?

People play disc golf. (TNS photo)

People play disc golf. (TNS photo)