The Lycos 50
These were the 50 most popular Lycos user searches for the week ending February 10, 2001. For more on how we create this list, see our FAQ.

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1   Valentine's Day
Lovers' holiday4|5
2   Dragonball
Killed by love 1|78
3   IRS
Taxmen 3|7
4   Britney Spears
Pop tart 2|78
5   Napster
Days numbered? 5|50
6   Taxes
Everybody pays 6|3
7   XFL
He hate me 8|4
8   Tattoos
Under your skin 11|78
9   Cruise-Kidman Divorce
Now Nicole can find a tall man... x|1
10   Survivor
...like Mitchell 7|2
11   Pokemon
Not Digimon 13|78
12   Final Fantasy
Video game 12|76
13   WWF
Pro wrasslers 15|78
14   Las Vegas
Sin City USA 14|78
15   Pamela Anderson
Popular pinup 18|78
16   Jennifer Lopez
New CD, movie 16|78
17   Hannibal
Frugal gourmet x|1
18   Eminem
Slim shameless 20|42
19   The Bible
Good book 22|75
20   Prom Dresses
Springtime fave 21|5
21   Black History Month
February event 33|2
22   Temptation Island
Sexy show 24|5
23   NASA
Shuttle launch 34|11
24   Marijuana
Hot weed 26|6
25   Science Fair Projects
Academic hottie 23|6
26   Love Poems
They rhyme x|1
27   NASCAR
Daytona Feb. 18 45|2
28   The Simpsons
Cartoon family 30|58
29   Playstation 2
Game console 27|17
30   Mortgage Rates
Dropping 19|2
31   Harry Potter
Wizard of lit 29|33
32   Skateboarding
Teen transport 31|48
33   Golf
Dorf digs it 40|7
34   'N Sync
#1 boy band 38|78
35   Shakespeare
The Bard 44|5
36   IT/Ginger
Mystery product x|1
37   Martin Luther King, Jr.
Civil rights icon 39|6
38   Carmen Electra
Popular pinup 46|2
39   Greek Mythology
Ye gods! 36|5
40   Gnutella
Napster clone x|1
41   Baseball
Training starts 50|2
42   The Sims
Livin' large 43|12
43   Oprah Winfrey
Media magnate x|1
44   Limp Bizkit
Angry rockers 47|6
45   Diablo II
Computer game 42|14
46   Digimon
Not Pokemon x|1
47   Mardi Gras
Hedonist party x|1
48   George W. Bush
He's the Prez x|1
49   Backstreet Boys
#2 boy band 48|12
50   The Beatles
Rock icons 35|13

 
 
 with Aaron Schatz
The Lycos 50 Daily Report
 The things you're searching for.February 19, 2001 

Equally Popular:
Black History Edition

Here is a look at some of the most-searched figures for Black History Month, as well as other terms that receive a similar amount of searches. Historical figures are listed from most-popular to least-popular, and of course this is just a partial list of African-American historical searches.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Carmen Electra
Greek mythology

Rosa Parks
Denise Richards
Christina Aguilera

Harriet Tubman
Star Trek
O-Town

Malcolm X
Anna Nicole Smith
auto parts

Jackie Robinson
Wicca
Howard Stern

George Washington Carver
Xbox
Dave Matthews Band

Frederick Douglass
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Christian music

Louis Armstrong
Vietnam War
engagement rings

Thurgood Marshall
Pearl Harbor
guitars

Colin Powell
Gisele Bundchen
Maine

Benjamin Banneker
Chinese New Year
Pottery Barn

Nat Turner
Beastie Boys
Mexican recipes

Medgar Evers
The Mummy Returns
Robin Hood

Satchel Paige
The Pixies
Kazakhstan

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    10. Terry Labonte
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