My dream home is?

[matgb]

Hmm, this is kinda cool:

Your home is a Futuristic Magnate's Hideout Your kitchen is someplace you never go, because you "have people for that." There's a Chocolatessen, which is rapidly becoming your favorite room of the house. Having one is also becoming a trend among your wealthy neighbors. Your master bedroom is the size of a small barn, with carpet thick enough to reach your ankles. Your study has hardback editions of every classic ever written, plus a special edition of Rich Dad, Poor Dad with the parts you ghost-authored highlighted. One of your garages holds your collection of ferraris, and is measured in acreage. Your home also includes a guest wing and private quarters for your servants. Your guests enjoy your home theater with hi-def plasma screen TV, and the thrones you watch it from. Outside is your hedge maze and gardens, meticulously tended by a team of world-class botanists. Below is a snippet of the blueprints:

Build YOUR Dream Home!

There's a Chocolatessen, which is rapidly becoming your favorite room of the house. Yes please. And I'm really liking the look of the library. Weird I got a pegasus but Sam got an X-wing.

Another reason I sort of approve? It's a legitimate SEO job, and the quiz is on topic for what they're trying to promote their site for. I sort of disapprove for the same reasons, because a chunk of people will post the quiz and thus tell Google this site is good for 'dream home' search results, but it's a choice, and it's not comment spam or similar.

Plus, whatever software they used to parse the test is actually pretty good, I like the way it generated sub options depending on main choices.

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[silentgreeneyes.livejournal.com]

Your home is a Spawn-camping Wizard's Stronghold Your kitchen is manned by a team of Keebler Drow Elves. There's a pantry with emergency backup caffeinated beverages. You also have some breakfast cereals in there, but you haven't had breakfast since last Spring. Your master bedroom is decorated to look like the treetop village of the Galadhrim. Your study has every fantasy novel ever written, including multiple editions of the Silmarillion and advance copies of Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition. One of your garages houses your Hummer, and others contain your H2, and H3... with room for an H4, if they ever invent one. Your home also includes a roost for griffons. You've never actually seen a griffon, but you keep the roost ready anyway. Your guests enjoy your home theater with hi-def plasma screen TV, and the thrones you watch it from. Outside is the moat that protects your home from goblin invaders and extended family. And, you have a pet -- a unicorn named "Shadowhooves". Below is a snippet of the blueprints:

Find YOUR Dream House!

[raggedhalo.livejournal.com]

SEO job?

[matgb]

The quiz is on:
http://www.directhomefind.com/dream-home
and the link text is:
Build YOUR Dream Home!

Google works by looking at links and what they say, links are votes, link text is a description. Every time someone posts this quiz (publicly), Google can read that as a vote for that site being dream home related, or indeed a combination of find, dream and home. Given that those words are also in the URL, the site will start scoring quite highly for dream home or find home searches as well.

All parts of the site as well, inbound links to a sub page also help the homepage, etc.

Essentially, if I were doing a company website, and wanted a cheap, effective search strategy, this is exactly what I'd do, I have in fact recommended it to a previous employer at one point.

So these guys know what they're doing, and may be a legitimate outfit as well, although I only gave the rest of their site a quick once-over.

[yuxonomei.livejournal.com]

Bwahahaha, I was hoping for an Evil Genius house. Instead, I got a Star Wars geek's dream home.

[pmoodie.livejournal.com]

My results are almost identical to yours, except I have a Secret Headquarters and a zombieproof safe-room! :D

[yuxonomei.livejournal.com]

I got a Martha Stewart reference library. I dread to think what that says about me.

[pmoodie.livejournal.com]

That you're a bit devious, but are a whiz at making hors d'oeuvres?

[ginasketch.livejournal.com]

[mooism.livejournal.com]

Nice easter egg in Section 2 → doing my favorite pasttime → hacking :-)

[matgb]

Click 'exercise' in section one.

[caseytalk.livejournal.com]

I have a gryffin, which is cool, and a fleet of Hummers, which is NOT. Apparently, the fact that I'm a martial artist seems to imply I'm aggressive, though I'm absolutely bound by my word and heart to use it in defense only.

I like my wizard's tower, though.

[matgb]

I think given the silliness some of the other options have, it's not a bad assumption overall--perception of martial arts as violent &c (that penguin looks scary to me).

I definitely concur with what happens to the display if you click 'exercise' on section 1.

[steely-glint.livejournal.com]

Should I be worried that mine is still the only one I've seen with a bar?

[mrsneeze.livejournal.com]

mine had a bar.

Matt's is the only one I've seen without a home cinema.