Diana Olick and I are "fun and exciting to date". Phil LeBeau and Jim Goldman are "quiet, devoted and sympathetic". Mike Huckman and Darren Rovell "tend to take the path of least resistance".

Really? Goldman quiet? Rovell a pushover?

Apparently, though, that is what the names of our blogs say about us, according to a website called Typealyzer.com. The website aims to research blog names and "how the language reflects our psychological type, and thus our motivations and interests." Reading over the website I get the feeling that English isn't the primary language spoken by the Typealyzer folks, but more on that later.

I started typing in the names of various CNBC.com blogs to see what "types" we are.

My blog, Funny Business, and Diana Olick's, Realty Check, both came up as the same type—we are Mechanics: "The independent and problem-solving type. They are especially attuned to the demands of the moment, are masters of responding to challenges that arise spontaneously. They generally prefer to think things out for themselves and often avoid inter-personal conflicts... They enjoy adventure and risk such as in driving race cars or working as policemen and firefighters."

Oh, wait, there's more.

You can also find out what "love type" and "sports type" your blog name suggests. For love, Diana and I "enjoy the present moment and are usually fun and exciting to date." For sports, we "love action and will go boldly down roads that others consider risky or impossible." Uhhh, yeah, that's me.

But while Diana and I are described as "Mechanics", Phil LeBeau, who covers cars (and, therefore, mechanics) at Behind the Wheel, is described as a "Nurturer". Same with Jim Goldman, based on the blog name Tech Check: "The quiet, devoted and sympathetic type. They are especially attuned to the present moment, the details of the task at hand and the people involved. They are not big-picture people and tend to be suspicious of future possibilities...Because they are so nice and generous...they have to look out not to be taken advantage of. It might be important for them to learn to speak up for themselves."

Yes, those two are a couple of shrinking violets.

However, when it comes to love, LeBeau and Goldman tend to be "giving and loving people and will probably make their date feel very attended to".

Finally, Mike Huckman and Darren Rovell, for whom there is NO "love type" yet, both qualify as "Artists" based on the names of their blogs—Pharma's Market and Sports Biz: "The gentle and compassionate type. They are especially attuned (to) their inner values and what other people need. They are not friends of many words and tend to take the worries of the world on their shoulders. They tend to follow the path of least resistance and have to look out not to be taken advantage of."

So, to summarize, Diana and Jane are can-do, exciting people, while the men are a bunch of wusses.

I guess it makes sense after all.

One more thing. I said earlier that reading over the website, it did not appear English might be the group's first language. There were a lot of errors. I got a hint of what language might be preferable when I typed in the name of a blog which doesn't actually exist—JaneWells.com. Here's what Typealyzer said: "Not enough data to determine language. The only supported languages are English and Swedish. But stay tuned, we are expanding." What's Swedish for Funny Business?

Here are how some of the other blogs at CNBC.com are "typed":

THE MECHANICS ("independent and problem-solving type")

• Bullish on Books (so Gloria McDonough-Taub is not...bookish)

THE NURTURERS ("quiet, devoted and sympathetic")

• By the Numbers
• Market Insider

THE DOERS ("active and playful type")

• Charting Asia (It must be Daryl Guppy's mustache.)

THE DUTY FULFILLERS ("the responsible and hard working type")

• Media Money
• Trader Talk   (In describing Julia Boorstin and Bob Pisani responsible and hard working, we may have finally hit an accurate "type".)

THE ARTISTS ("gentle and compassionate"):

• There Must Be A Pony In Here Somewhere

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