The Lycos 50
These were the 50 most popular Lycos user searches for the week ending October 14, 2000. For more on how we create this list, see our FAQ.

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1   Halloween
Coming soon1|10
2   Dragonball
Anime hit 2|61
3   Britney Spears
Teen singer 4|61
4   Napster
Music player 5|33
5   Football
Fall favorite 6|13
6   The Olympics
Still popular 3|13
7   Pokemon
Bouncing back? 8|61
8   Tattoos
Body art 9|61
9   The NFL
Pigskin pros 7|12
10   Costumes
Halloween hit 13|3
11   Eminem
Pasty rapper 12|25
12   Pam Anderson
Pinup queen 15|61
13   The WWF
Pro wrasslers 11|61
14   Columbus Day
Annual event 33|2
15   Al Gore
Edges past Bush 14|6
16   Christmas
Early interest 24|6
17   George W. Bush
GOP candidate 10|6
18   'N Sync
Hot boy band 17|61
19   Final Fantasy
Video game 28|59
20   Las Vegas
Gamblin' town 18|61
21   Voter Registration
Now online 25|2
22   Marijuana
Hot weed 21|41
23   Madonna
New album out 34|4
24   Nascar
Auto racers 46|38
25   Jessica Alba
'Dark Angel' star 32|2
26   The Bible
Ancient text 30|58
27   Harry Potter
Wizard of lit 31|16
28   Science Fair Projects
Student fave 20|6
29   Sailor Moon
Cartoon princess 36|44
30   Israel & Palestine
Tensions high x|1
31   Chyna
Playboy poser 19|4
32   Digimon
Japanese hit 43|9
33   Christina Aguilera
Teen crooner 44|42
34   Skateboarding
Gnarly hottie 38|31
35   Diablo II
Video game 41|20
36   Jennifer Lopez
Latin bombshell 42|61
37   Anna Kournikova
Tennis teen 45|20
38   Baseball
Playoffs here 27|36
39   Election 2000
Last 3 weeks 22|3
40   Limp Bizkit
Resurgent band 48|3
41   The Simpsons
Bart's clan 37|41
42   Alyssa Milano
'Charmed' star x|1
43   Witchcraft
Spooky topic x|1
44   NASA
Space jockeys x|1
45   Nelly
Rapper du jour 49|10
46   Backstreet Boys
#2 boy band x|1
47   USS Cole
Yemen attack x|1
48   South Park
Crude 'toon x|1
49   Anna Nicole Smith
Wealthy widow 29|3
50   Cindy Margolis
Web pinup fave x|1

 
 
 with Fritz Holznagel
The Lycos 50 Daily Report
 The things you're searching for.October 18, 2000 

Goosed About Gosling

Here's a name that's ruffling feathers: Ryan Gosling.

Gosling is a Leno-jawed young lad of the James Van Der Beek school. He's currently appearing in the new movie Remember the Titans. Gosling is only one of a large cast, but we notice that he's the guy Web surfers are suddenly searching for.

Gosling was previously known as "that kid from Young Hercules," the TV show that followed on the heels of Hercules (which also inspired the distaff hit Xena, Warrior Princess.)

Before that Gosling starred in The Mickey Mouse Club -- right alongside Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, and seemingly every other young star of the last two years. He also starred in the 1997 TV series Breaker High -- a cult fave among some teens.

Teen females seem to be Gosling's big audience. He's already inspired fan pages like Ryan Gosling, This Is For You and The Ultimate Ryan Gosling Page. Judging from the rise in searches, you should expect to see more.

A final point: Gosling was born in 1980 in London, Ontario. Perhaps he's ready to replace Michael J. Fox as Hollywood's resident boyish Canadian?



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