Death of Dave Matthews Band Sax Player LeRoi Moore Causes Biggest Search Spike on Lycos

    WALTHAM, Mass., Aug. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Lycos, Inc.
 (http://www.lycos.com), a leading provider of social publishing, media and
 search services, today announced the following information from The Lycos
 50(TM), the most popular Internet search terms and trends for the week
 ending Aug. 23, 2008. For more information on this week's list and
 commentary, go to http://50.lycos.com. Readers of The Lycos 50 can also
 share their thoughts on Internet trends and pop culture on The Lycos 50
 Blog located at http://lycos50.tripod.com/blog/ and the Under the Red
 Carpet Blog at http://redcarpet.tripod.com/blog/ .
 
 

     Biggest Movers and Shakers for Week Ending Aug. 23, 2008:
     1.  LeRoi Moore                             700 %
     2.  Ellen DeGeneres                         633 %
     3.  Katy Perry                              605 %
     4.  Gwen Stefani                            580 %
     5.  Jonathan Knight                         435 %
     6.  Secret Life of the American Teenager    400 %
     7.  Christina Applegate                     365 %
     8.  Amanda Beard                            320 %
     9.  The New 90210                           245 %
     10. Ricky Martin                            210 %
 
     Search Gainers:
 
     The death of LeRoi Moore, saxophonist with the Dave Matthews Band,
 pushes search interest up 700 percent for Moore, who passed away last week
 at the age of 46 from complications he suffered in an ATV accident in late
 June. Web search activity spikes 400 percent for ABC Family's hit TV show,
 Secret Life of the American Teenager, as Variety dubs the teen drama "this
 summer's hottest new series." Fans of the show can also visit
 http://secretlife.lycos.com to watch current episodes of the series
 simultaneously with other fans while chatting in real-time. Search interest
 triples for 2004 Olympic swimmer and Playboy cover girl Amanda Beard after
 Beard caused waves stating "Ew, no," she is not dating Olympic
 gold-medallist swimmer Michael Phelps. While rumors circulated about a
 Phelps/Beard romance, Beard responded Phelps is "not her type." And as the
 New Kids on the Block enjoy a successful comeback tour, search interest in
 NKOTB's Jonathan Knight increases four-fold, after gossip king Perez Hilton
 reported on rumors that Jonathan Knight is gay.
 
     About Lycos, Inc.
 
     Lycos, Inc. operates search and technology web sites that foster online
 communities, including the new Lycos Cinema community, bringing people
 together one flick at a time. Other Lycos products and sites include
 Lycos.com, Hotbot.com, Tripod.com, Angelfire.com, Gamesville.com, Lycos
 Mail, Webon, WhoWhere.com and The Lycos 50(TM). Lycos, Inc. (www.lycos.com)
 is a wholly owned subsidiary of Daum Communications Corp., a leading
 Internet portal and e-commerce destination in Korea with a growing presence
 throughout the Asian markets. Lycos was acquired by Korean Daum
 Communications Corp. in October 2004 and has its U.S. headquarters in
 Waltham, Massachusetts. Daum Communications Corp. is traded on the KOSDAQ:
 035720, www.daum.net.
 
     Lycos(R) is a registered trademark of Lycos, Inc. All other product or
 service marks mentioned herein are those of Daum Communications Corp.,
 Lycos, Inc. or their respective owners. All rights reserved.
 
 
 

SOURCE Lycos, Inc.