The things you're searching for.	August 30, 2001

Second Anniversary Special Today, the Lycos 50 celebrates its second anniversary; we published our first report on August 30, 1999. As a special gift to you, the readers, we thought we would take this opportunity to show, for the first time, what the second 50 looks like. That's right -- we've done a bit of extra digging to show you this week's topics ranked 51-100 based on Lycos searches. There are topics that have been in the Lycos 50 before, like Christina Aguilera. There are topics that always get searches, but have never made the Lycos 50, like the cities of London and Paris. And, there are topics that are big this week in particular, such as Anorexia. Anorexia has been getting a lot of searches recently because of some news reports regarding the popularity of pro-anorexia websites that actually encourage the eating disorder. Scary. Without further ado, here is the Lycos 50 for this week, extended to topics 51 through 100. 51) Soccer Popular sport peaks in September 52) Anorexia Recently newsworthy disease 53) London English city 54) New York City American city 55) McDonald's Monopoly Scam Go directly to jail 56) Half-Life Counter-Strike Computer game 57) Mariah Carey Troubled singer 58) Howard Stern Shock jock 59) Michael Jackson Comeback single released last week 60) Diabetes Insulin fun 61) Sailor Moon Popular anime 62) Buffy the Vampire Slayer Move to UPN renews interest 63) Shark Attacks Plaguing Florida 64) Gardening Popular pastime 65) Paris Romantic city 66) Martha Stewart Likes nice lace doilies 67) Shannon Elizabeth Miss American Pie 68) Winnie the Pooh Children's icon 69) Chess Checkmate 70) Max Payne Computer game 71) Slipknot Aggressive rock band 72) Tomb Raider Video game/movie 73) Lord of the Rings Come out December 19 74) American Pie 2 Teen comedy 75) Social Security Mistrust fund 76) Wine Good with cheese 77) Stem Cells Current controversy 78) Cancer Stem cells might cure it 79) Christina Aguilera #2 teen queen 80) Janet Jackson R&B icon 81) Cricket English sport (and wireless device) 82) Alyssa Milano Charmed star 83) Golf Clubs They've got wood 84) Formula One Open-wheel racing 85) Chicago Home of the Cubs 86) Trish Stratus Wrestling babe 87) New York Times Leading newspaper 88) Star Wars Movie series 89) Lisa Harrison WNBA star not posing for Playboy 90) Tupac Shakur Rap icon 91) Anna Nicole Smith Popular pinup 92) Aaliyah R&B star died Saturday night 93) Oprah Winfrey Media mogul 94) Shania Twain Country music star 95) Jessica Biel Summer Catch star 96) Metallica Rock and rollers 97) Josh Hartnett Continues rise to stardom with O 98) NBA Pro hoops 99) The Beatles Classic rock 100) Linkin Park Loud rock band TOMORROW: As promised, the fall movie preview.

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