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Search engine trends from Lycos

By Andrew Redfern @ 3rd March 2008 10:33 am

Lycos media and search services, today announced the following information from The Lycos 50(TM), the 50 most popular Internet search results.

Biggest Movers and Shakers this weekl are:
1. Lindsay Lohan                           700 %
2. “Juno”                                  475 %
3. Johnny Depp                             112 %
4. Easter                                  102 %
5. Candice Michelle                         72 %
6. Jennifer Lopez                           70 %
7. Baseball                                 68 %
8. Christina Aguilera                       60 %
9. Beyonce                                  50 %
10. Britney Spears                           42 %

Lindsay Lohan’s latest publicity move mimicking Marilyn Monroe’s 1962 final photo shoot, created quite an online buzz, catapulting Lohan to the top of this week’s list, and bumping Poker (#25) from its usual perch atop the Lycos 50. In New York Magazine’s current Spring Fashion issue, Lindsay Lohan bares it all; well most of it, sending search activity for Lohan skyrocketing 700 percent.

Meanwhile, Poker sees the biggest drop, falling ut of the top 10 for the first time in nearly two years. Even in the midst of the European Poker Tour Copenhagen, web users appear less than captivated with poker this week. American Timothy Vance took the chip lead into the final table and after a marathon heads-up battle, scored the $1,236,095 first prize money.

The Academy Awards(R) aired Sunday, Feb. 24 pushing “Juno” to its first-ever appearance on the Lycos 50, landing at number 10 this week.

The quirky “Juno” missed the Oscar(R) for best picture but was a big winner online, rising 475 percent in search activity. And baseball (#38) swings into action, re-entering this week’s list, climbing 68 percent, due in part to the official start of spring training games this week, and on-going news surrounding the steroids scandal.

Jennifer Lopez and Christina Aguilera see searches spike, up 70 percent and 60 percent respectively, hot on the heals of new baby news. Lopez and husband Marc Anthony, recently celebrated the arrival of a baby boy and baby girl, whose names have yet to be revealed, while Aguilera continues to see a rise in search interest following the first photos of baby Max, which hit newsstands last week.

The Lycos 50(TM) Top 10 Search Terms for the Week

(1) Lindsay Lohan
(2) YouTube
(3) Clay Aiken
(4) Britney Spears
(5) Naruto
(6) Paris Hilton
(7) Pamela Anderson
(8) WWE
(9) Pokemon
(10) “Juno”

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