The Lycos 50
These were the 50 most popular Lycos user searches for the week ending February 12, 2000. For more on how we create this list, see our FAQ.

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1   Pokemon
Still tops1|26
2   Valentine's Day
For surfin' lovers 5|3
3   Britney Spears
Pop music princess 2|26
4   Dragonball Z
Japanese 'toon 3|26
5   The IRS
Friendly tax folk 4|11
6   WWF
Pro wrassling league 6|26
7   Pamela Anderson
"VIP" actress 8|26
8   Black History Month
Strong rise 26|2
9   Tattoos
Go figure 13|26
10   'N Sync
Album due in march 10|26
11   Las Vegas
The new Tinseltown 12|26
12   Poetry
Still strong 11|24
13   Backstreet Boys
Unseated by 'N Sync 14|26
14   Final Fantasy
Video game series 15|24
15   Love poems
Valentines hottie x|1
16   Marijuana
Reefer madness 21|6
17   Prom Dresses
Fifth big week 17|5
18   Science Fair Projects
Hot school topic 27|6
19   Nascar
Week's big riser 44|3
20   Jennifer Lopez
Singer/actress 22|26
21   The Bible
Suddenly strong 31|23
22   The Simpsons
Cartoon family 25|6
23   DVD
Hot new format 24|22
24   South Park
Crude 'toon 30|26
25   Mariah Carey
Pop songstress 23|21
26   Korn
Krazy-name band 33|25
27   Jenny McCarthy
Inexplicably popular 43|8
28   Shakespeare
Explicably popular 35|6
29   Jessica Biel
In 'Gear' Mag x|1
30   Sailor Moon
Cartoon princess 39|9
31   NASA
Shuttle flying 38|26
32   Tupac Shakur
Joined by Big Pun 45|5
33   Martin Luther King
Civil rights leader 47|6
34   Christina Aguilera
Hot teen singer 28|7
35   The NFL
Draft a hot topic 29|23
36   Gear Magazine
Biel cover hot x|1
37   Carmen Electra
Ex-'Baywatch' star x|1
38   Rosa Parks
Civil rights hero x|1
39   Mardi Gras
Annual blowout x|1
40   Big Punisher
Late rapper x|1
41   Shania Twain
Midriff-baring singer 32|25
42   Metallica
Long-lived rock band 36|12
43   Madonna
Redoes "American Pie" 41|2
44   Hawaii
Warm-weather spot 46|2
45   Who Wants To Be a Millionaire
Big-money game show 34|4
46   Free Scholarships
New site; buzz fades 16|2
47   Baseball
Spring training time x|1
48   DMX
Up-and-coming rapper 48|2
49   Golf
Spring sport x|1
50   Star Wars
1999's hot movie x|1

 
 
 with Fritz Holznagel
The Lycos 50 Daily Report
 The things you're searching for.February 16, 2000 

Hitch Me Baby, One More Time

Search terms aren't all about Britney Spears photos and hunky boy bands, don't you know. Other things do occur to the online public.

Like, well... boat shows. It's one of the faster-rising terms of the last few months; boat shows queries have quadrupled since Christmas. All those sportsmen with winter time on their hands, one presumes. Miami and Detroit seem to be the two hottest shows going, judging from queries last week.

For that matter boats itself is a popular query, getting as many searches last week as Atkins diet or hot wrassler The Rock. For the nautically-minded, here are the top boating terms for the week:

1.  Boats for sale
2.  Used boats
3.  Sailboats
4.  Sail boats
5.  Fishing boats

6.  Bass boats
7.  Boating
8.  Pontoon boats
9.  Aluminum boats
10. Boat sales

A theme seems to be developing here: boat shows, boat sales, used boats... it's a buying frenzy.

Well, spring is coming and soon those boat owners will be getting out the boat trailers and saying "Hitch me baby one more time." (After all, Britney Spears is sports-minded too.)



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