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Lycos: Lycos 50
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Lycos uses the standard search box at the top of the main screen, with links for Web, People, Discussion, News, Yellow Pages, Products, and Multimedia searches. In a departure from its competitors... the page is cluttered with several distracting Lycos promos and features, such as the Lycos 50, a "pop-culture barometer" that includes a who's hot list, a daily celebrity blog, and a handful of ads. This isn't a deal breaker, but Lycos doesn't have the clean, spare search interface of many other search sites.
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Dragonball finally hit #1 on the Lycos 50 in January and then held that spot for 25 out of the 52 weeks of the year. Only holidays, celebrity deaths, and the tragedy of September 11 could knock it from the top spot.
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The Lycos 50 editorial team opted to omit the generic term “Star Wars” from the Top 25 “Star Wars” search list. If it were included, the term “Star Wars” would be the number one search term overall when looking at all search terms associated with the six films and subculture surrounding the films, generating 126% more online interest than Natalie Portman.
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[F]rom the world of the WEE, Chyna jumps in search interest, up 153% this week, though not enough to land on The Lycos 50 list. Disney (#5) and the "High School Musical 2" juggernaut continue to crush the competition, gaining 93% in search popularity over the past week. Breakout star of the summer, Zac Efron (#36)... sees an 81% jump in searches, up from #45 the previous week. Efron not only stars on the small screen in "High School Musical 2," but is also enjoying the sweet small of success from his big screen role in "Hairspray."
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Britney went down to the #4 position on The Lycos 50, the 50 most popular user searches for the week ending May 5th, 2001. Britney has been on the The Lycos 50 for 90 weeks now.
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Morpheus didn't even make the Lycos 50 until June but it quickly ascended to the top ten and passed Napster in the last week of July. By the end of the year, Napster searches had dropped out of the Lycos 50 while Morpheus searches were firmly ensconced in the top ten. Nonetheless, Napster searches continued to be popular because the program has become a brand name for file sharing online, similar to how Xerox and Kleenex became part of the language instead of just "copy" and "tissue."
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