The things you're searching for.	February 4, 2000

The Lycos 50 - Raw! People often ask what the unadjusted top 50 search list looks like -- before we cut the general terms, computer terms, company names and sex stuff, and before we add similar queries together to get the final weekly Lycos 50 list. Below is the answer: the plain top 50 terms as they came in for the week ending January 22. Moms can relax: we've taken out the naughty bits. (We left "sex" in -- it seems bland enough these days.) We've also removed company names to avoid any suggestion that we're favoring Lycos or its partners over other companies. Other than that, this is how the queries stack up: SEX POKEMAN MP3 WEATHER CHAT POKEMON BRITNEY SPEARS GAMES MAPS MUSIC JOKES JOBS LYRICS HOROSCOPES PICTURES CHAT ROOMS CARS LUNAR ECLIPSE WALLPAPER WAREZ MOVIES AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS HOROSCOPE LINGERIE JENNIFER LOPEZ DOGS TRAVEL BACKSTREET BOYS GREETING CARDS SEARCH ENGINES AIRLINES WRESTLING WWF PAMELA ANDERSON SCREENSAVERS ICQ DICTIONARY FURNITURE MARIAH CAREY REAL ESTATE DATA RECOVERY PERSONALS SCREEN SAVERS SNES ROMS ONLINE MOVIE REVIEW WINZIP SONG LYRICS DRAGON BALL Z BIKINI FREE STUFF Yep: "Pokeman" seems more popular than "Pokemon." We aren't sure about this; a parody site by that name used to exist, but seems to have faded. Either lots of people still misspell the name, or there's a product we haven't heard about, or there's a spam angle we haven't uncovered. In any case, that spelling has been popular since last fall. You'll also notice two terms specific to this particular week: lunar eclipse and the American Music Awards. Most of the other terms, like chat and games, are at about these levels every single week. If you have curiosities about this list, please post them on our boards message board. I'll be happy to answer questions there.

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