The Lycos 50
These were the 50 most popular Lycos user searches for the week ending December 11. For more on how we create this list, see our FAQ.

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1   Christmas
Second week at #11|9
2   Pokemon
Holiday toy of '99 2|17
3   Britney Spears
Teen songstress 3|17
4   Dragonball Z
Japanese 'toon 4|17
5   Y2K
Final countdown 10|13
6   Santa Claus
Reindeer-powered rise 9|3
7   WWF
#1 wrassling league 5|17
8   Poetry
Hanging in there 6|15
9   Pamela Anderson
"VIP" bombshell 8|17
10   Playstation
Game platform 11|16
11   Jennifer Lopez
Latin singer/actress 18|17
12   NFL
Pigskin pros 14|14
13   Backstreet Boys
Still the #1 boy band 16|17
14   Barbie
Huge December rise 24|3
15   DVD
Holiday hottie 13|13
16   Elf Bowling
Comical holiday download x|1
17   Marijuana
Medicinal & otherwise 19|11
18   Football
Bowl frenzy rising 21|15
19   Mars
Latest mission fails 7|2
20   Korn
Hot new album 22|16
21   Wrestling
Sweaty and popular 32|2
22   NASA
Heavy Mars interest 12|17
23   South Park
Crude 'toon 23|17
24   Tattoos
Gift that never fades 26|17
25   Final Fantasy
Electronic game 25|15
26   Denise Richards
Bond's latest costar 15|4
27   Mariah Carey
Album buzz fading 29|12
28   'N Sync
#2 boy band 30|17
29   Pregnancy
Never out of style 20|17
30   Martha Stewart
Ubiquitous hostess x|1
31   James Bond
Cinematic superspy 17|5
32   Shania Twain
Sorta-country singer 28|16
33   Guns
Holding steady 31|14
34   Las Vegas
Big New Years' spot 33|17
35   Golf
Xmas gifts, perhaps? x|1
36   The Simpsons
Bart, Homer and clan 36|15
37   Witchcraft
One-ups the Bible 34|10
38   The Bible
'Tis the season 39|14
39   Metallica
New album: S&M 43|3
40   Tupac Shakur
New album on Dec. 14 50|2
41   Basketball
College season underway 35|4
42   Blair Witch Project
Movie that won't die x|1
43   Sable
Former lady wrassler 41|16
44   William Shakespeare
Former playwright 49|2
45   Beanie Babies
Former popular doll 42|16
46   Carmen Electra
Former popular doll x|1
47   The IRS
Tax folk 47|2
48   Ramadan
Islamic holy season x|1
49   Jenny McCarthy
She's baa-aack 48|2
50   Capital Punishment
Hot public debate x|1

 
 
 with Fritz Holznagel
The Lycos 50 Daily Report
 The things you're searching for.December 20, 1999 

Toys, Toys, Toys
So many toy-related queries are pouring into our search boxes that you have to wonder if St. Nick has laid off the elves and got himself a T-1 line. The fastest-growing choices of the past four weeks:

- Toys
- Toy stores
- ToysRUs
- Toys.Com
- E Toys

(This seems like a good moment to mention that LycoShop has an excellent toy selection.)

Other hot last-minute holiday terms: Christmas lights (all hunting for those confounded icicle lights, probably), Christmas trees, and Christmas wallpaper and graphics and clip art (huge favorites with the computing crowd).

 
Lil' Wayne & Eiffel 65
On the music scene, two artists are making big runs:

Eiffel 65 is a Dutch group with a new album titled Europop. The single "Blue" is apparently a hit in Europe already, which explains the big rise we're seeing in North American queries this month. Looks like you'll be hearing about them in 2000.

Lil' Wayne has been mentioned in this space before. He hasn't cooled down; in fact, searches for him have grown even more over the last month. LW broke in with the New Orleans rap group Hot Boys but now he's making noise on his own.

 
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Tomorrow we'll have this week's brand new Lycos 50. Join us, won't you?

 


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