LYCOS, Inc. (http://www.lycos.com/), a leading community destination for broadband entertainment content, announced the following information from The LYCOS 50(TM), the 50 most popular Internet search results for the week ending June 23, 2007. For a complete list of The LYCOS 50(TM) and for in-depth text of The LYCOS 50 Daily Report, go to http://50.lycos.com/. Readers of The LYCOS 50 can also share their thoughts on Internet trends and pop culture on The LYCOS 50 Blog located at http://lycos50.tripod.com/blog/.
Biggest Movers and Shakers for Week Ending June 23, 2007:
1. Chris Benoit 3638 %
2. Barry Bonds 267 %
3. Katie Holmes 233 %
4. Hillary Clinton 200 %
5. Ryan Phillipe 175 %
6. Elliot Yamin 107 %
7. Maria Sharpova 103 %
8. Tour de France 100 %
9. Elin Nordegren 95 %
10. Apple 50 %
Notes of Interest:
Search activity for pro-wrestler Chris Benoit jumped 3638% from Monday to Tuesday, making him the number one search term on Tuesday. This surge in activity followed news that Benoit, his wife, and their seven-year-old son were found dead in their Fayetteville, Georgia home earlier this week. It is being reported that the deaths were a murder-suicide; Benoit allegedly strangled his wife and suffocated his son before hanging himself with a weight pulley. Over the past 48 hours, search interest in Benoit has been 1518% more popular than searches for Vince McMahon and 53% more popular than searches for the WWE.
Search Gainers:
As the world awaits this week’s release of the new iPhone, search activity for Apple is up 50%. iPhone enthusiasts can enjoy a video retrospective of the iPhone hype on Lycos MIX at http://mix.lycos.com/mix/iphone-does-everything. Online interest in Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is also up 200% following her latest foray into the viral video world, with a campaign video spoofing the “Sopranos” ending (http://mix.lycos.com/mix/hillary-in-2008). And as San Francisco Giants’ controversial slugger Barry Bonds edges closer to breaking Hank Aaron’s home run record, search interest in Bonds continues to rise, up 267% this week (http://mix.lycos.com/mix/barry-bonds).
The LYCOS 50(TM) Top 10 Search Terms for the Week Ending June 23, 2007:
1) Paris Hilton 6) MySpace
2) Britney Spears 7) YouTube
3) Pokemon 8) Disney
4) WWE 9) RuneScape
5) Naruto 10) Clay Aiken
