One of the sites we own is Local Moa. It is a New Zealand local search we did as a bit of a test-bed for some implementation techniques.

I recently got an email from a visitor of that site. To quote:

hi,
I would like to order chicken
thats 1 box of boneless chicken breasts and 1 box of thighs with legs

My address is:
26 xxxxxxxxxx st
xxx xxxxxx
ph xxx 2231
or xxx 7261

THANKS

Another one went like so:

Dear Sir / Madam ,

I hope you can assist.

I need some general information. I lead a very busy lifestyle (work and
look after two children) am overweight , tend to eat quite healthly , have
always exercised , find myself tired quite a lot of the time, concentration
tends to vary , quite affected by PMS.

Can you help ? could this be down to diet or am I taking to much on ?

Please gice me a call xxxxx-xxxxxx .

Kind Regards

xxxxxxx

Go see what the contact page looks like.

This of course is a small sampling - I have resumes, love letters (okay, really just one letter), booking inquiries, and so forth. What is really stunning is the amount of personal data thrown in (including a credit card number once!)

The internet is still very confusing to end users. End users that include small business owners.

Interestingly enough - iBegin, with roughly 10x the traffic, gets 1/10th the amount of such emails. I wonder why?