Sarah Palin Continues to Dominate Online Interest on Lycos Top Search List

    WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 18 /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 Sept. 13, 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 Sept. 13, 2008:
     1.  Lance Armstrong           600%
     2.  Kanye West                555%
     3.  Tom Brady                 470%
     4.  9/11 Remembrance          425%
     5.  Houston Evacuation Zones  410%
     6.  Hurricane Ike             385%
     7.  Michael Phelps            333%
     8.  MTV VMA's                 290%
     9.  Tina Fey as Sarah Palin   245%
     10. Apple Announcement        170%
 
     Search Gainers:
 
     For the second straight week, Sarah Palin (#1) is dominating search
 activity on Lycos, generating more online interest than web darlings, Paris
 Hilton (#2), Britney Spears (#7) and Pam Anderson (#8). And this week, the
 GOP vice presidential candidate's daughter Bristol Palin (#6) and Bristol's
 boyfriend and father of her unborn child Levi Johnston (#15), make their
 first-ever appearances on the Lycos top search list, scoring bigger search
 numbers than Lindsay Lohan (#20) and Miley Cyrus (#22). Meanwhile, search
 interest doubles for Tina Fey following her Sarah Palin skit during the
 season premiere of Saturday Night Live, helping to bring in the show's
 highest overnight ratings in seven years. Lance Armstrong's decision to
 return to elite competition and the Tour de France in 2009 drives search
 interest up 600 percent for the 36-year-old champion cyclist. Also seeing a
 spike in search activity this week is Grammy-winner Kanye West, spiking 555
 percent as his heated confrontation with photographers, and subsequent
 arrest by police at LAX, was caught on tape and aired on YouTube (#3).
 
     About Lycos, Inc.
 
     Lycos, Inc. operates search and social media 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 search
 and Internet portal in Korea. 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.
 
     (C)2008 Lycos, Inc. 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.