The Lycos 50
These were the 50 most popular Lycos user searches for the week ending December 16, 2000. For more on how we create this list, see our FAQ.

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1   Christmas
5 weeks at #11|15
2   Dragonball
#2 for 2000 2|70
3   Britney Spears
#1 for 2000 3|70
4   Santa Claus
Jolly fat guy 7|4
5   Napster
Music swap 4|42
6   Playstation 2
Game console 5|9
7   NFL
Pro pigskin 8|21
8   U.S. Supreme Court
Scalia-riffic 21|3
9   clubs
#3 for 2000 6|70
10   Final Fantasy
Video game 11|68
11   WWF
#4 for 2000 10|70
12   Eminem
Not dead 12|34
13   Election 2000
Finally over 5|11
14   The Grinch
#2 flick of '00 13|5
15   Tattoos
Under your skin 14|70
16   George W. Bush
He's the Prez x|1
17   Pamela Anderson
Pinup queen 17|70
18   Marijuana
Wacky weed 15|50
19   Skateboarding
Teen transport 24|40
20   Claire Swire
Kinky email is not a hoax x|1
21   The Bible
Good book 23|67
22   Digital Cameras
Say e-cheese 27|2
23   Jennifer Lopez
New CD 1/23 33|70
24   Christmas Trees
Tinsel & popcorn 19|3
25   Al Gore
Not the Prez x|1
26   Snowboarding
Winter sport x|1
27   Toys
Xmas gifts 18|3
28   The Simpsons
Cartoon family 31|50
29   Barbie
Beetle popular 30|6
30   'N Sync
#1 boy band 22|70
31   Hanukkah
Jewish holiday x|1
32   The Beatles
New CD Beatles 1 32|5
33   Harry Potter
Wizard of lit 28|25
34   Science Fair Projects
Academic hottie 39|3
35   Christina Aguilera
Hot Xmas CD 36|6
36   Diablo II
Computer game 42|6
37   NASA
Space agency 25|3
38   Las Vegas
Sin City USA 35|70
39   Gundam Wing
Popular anime 43|2
40   Shakespeare
Bard of Avon 40|6
41   The Sims
Computer game 34|4
42   Majora's Mask
New Zelda game 37|6
43   South Park
Cartoon kids x|1
44   Backstreet Boys
#2 boy band 26|4
45   Carmen Electra
Popular pinup 45|7
46   Martha Stewart
Hot for holidays 46|2
47   Golf
Popular sport x|1
48   Madonna
Mrs. Ritchie? 41|4
49   Limp Bizkit
Angry rockers 48|2
50   Elf Bowling
Online fad returns x|1

 
 
 with Aaron Schatz
The Lycos 50 Daily Report
 The things you're searching for.December 20-26, 2000 

Web's Most Wanted Extra:
Items 51-100

Most WantedHere are the items which finished 51-100 for the year 2000. Items which appeared on last year's list include last year's place in parentheses.

51. NASA (50)
52. Shakespeare
53. Greek Mythology
54. The Sims
55. Soccer
56. Jenny McCarthy (43)
57. Kid Rock
58. Science Fair Projects
59. Ricky Martin (41)
60. Sable (23)

61. Cindy Margolis
62. Alyssa Milano
63. Beanie Babies (13)
64. Barbie
65. Death Penalty
66. Sisqo
67. Martha Stewart
68. Star Trek
69. Titanic
70. Celine Dion

71. Darva Conger
72. Witchcraft
73. Playstation 2
74. Oprah Winfrey
75. Martin Luther King, Jr.
76. George W. Bush
77. Jennifer Love Hewitt (39)
78. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
79. Al Gore
80. The Matrix

81. Gnutella
82. Justin Timberlake
83. Adolf Hitler
84. Scooters
85. Drudge Report
86. Mandy Moore
87. The Beatles
88. Tyra Banks
89. Atkins Diet
90. Howard Stern

91. Wicca
92. WCW (45)
93. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
94. Slipknot
95. Destiny's Child
96. Viagra
97. Sarah Michelle Gellar
98. Anna Nicole Smith
99. Firestone Tire Recall
100. Nintendo 64

Return to the Web's Most Wanted 2000.

Note: These rankings reflect all terms entered into the Lycos search engine by users between January 1 and November 30, 2000, except for Election 2000 and Christmas, which are estimated with the inclusion of December searches. All spellings and search variations are included in these totals: for instance, searches for Backstreet Boyz and Backstreet Boys pics are counted as searches for the Backstreet Boys. For more details about how we create these lists, please see our Lycos 50 FAQ.



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    2.  Chanukah
    3.  Hannukah
    4.  Hanukah
    5.  Hanukka
    6.  Chanuka
    7.  Channukah
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    9.  Hanuka
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