How can I contact Bill Gates?
February 15th, 2009
Before I tell you why I’m writing this post, I have a thought. I heard one time that Elvis was so popular that mail simply addressed to “Elvis, Memphis, Tenn.” would get to him. That kind of puts you on the same level of popularity as, say, Santa Clause. Now I’m not sure if this was an urban legend or if he really got mail like this. But somehow I can believe it. Anyway, Bill Gates may be about that famous, and is certainly as powerful. So my answer to “How can I contact Bill Gates?” is simply to write a letter and address it to “Bill Gates, Redmond, WA.”
Now… why I’m writing this post. As part of my overall SEO experimentation, I researched a few famous people and how often the exact phrase, “How can I contact (celebrity name here)?” gets searched for. It turns out that Bill Gates wins this unscientific survey. What phrase gets searched for next? It’s hard to believe, but it’s actually “How can I contact Flavor Flav?” Who would have thought it? The following are the approximate number of daily searches for a few random celebrities:
- How can I contact Bill Gates? 750 searches a day
- How can I contact Flavor Flav? 97 searches a day
- How can I contact Tom Cruise? 44 searches a day
- How can I contact Barry Manilow? 5 searches a day
By the looks of this, and doing some simple math to extrapolate how many people are trying to contact these celebrities, you’d be about 17 times more likely to contact Tom Cruise than Bill Gates (if you were trying). And 150 times more likely to contact Barry Manilow. And oddly enough, I think I would rather talk to Barry than either Tom or Flava. Now Bill Gates, sure, I’d love to have lunch with him someday. That’s all for tonight. Check out my cool science toys if you’re in the market for something educational. Now if you really want to contact Bill, and you’ve read this far, you might be able to via the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation site. Good luck.



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