Novovirus (or how a typo can make you popular)

[1]: http://www.kpmartin.com/2006/02/27/so-theyre-calling-it-novovirus/
[2]: http://www.kpmartin.com/2006/06/28/world-novovirus-headquarters/
[3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwalk_virus

Why were so many people searching for “novovirus”, sometimes called the cruise ship sickness, and finding my blog? I [posted about it once][1], barely mentioning it. Recently, I even [posted my wonderment about the phenomenon][2].

Well, I figured it out. It’s not no**v**ovirus, it’s no**r**ovirus. I misspelled it. And so were all those searchers.

So all of you hapless wanderers in search of hope concerning your stomach woes and un-swallowing, start looking [here][3], and good luck.

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