Christmas Finally Bumps Bin Laden to Take Over Top Spot; Cloning Controversy Sparks Online Interest; The Lycos 50 for Week Ending December 1, 2001.Business/Technology Editors WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2001 Terra Lycos (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : TRLY), the largest global Internet network, today announced the following information from The Lycos 50(TM), the 50 most popular user searches for the week ending December 1, 2001. 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. The Lycos 50(TM)Top 10 Search Terms for the Week Ending December 1, 2001: 1) Christmas 6) Morpheus 2) Dragonball 7) NFL 3) Harry Potter 8) Xbox 4) Osama bin Laden 9) Pokemon 5) Britney Spears 10) Tattoos Notes of Interest: Osama bin Laden's (No. 4) four-week run at number one was halted as Christmas finally claimed the top spot with Web users, two weeks later than last year. Christmas trees (No. 37) and toys (No. 42) also arrived on the new list and searches for Santa Claus Santa Claus: see Nicholas, Saint. Santa Claus jolly, gift-giving figure who visits children on Christmas Eve. [Christian Tradition: NCE, 1937] See : Christmas Santa Claus (No. 13) more than doubled. Meanwhile, this week's breakthrough in therapeutic human cloning Although genes are recognized as influencing behavior and cognition, "genetically identical" does not mean altogether identical; identical twins, despite being natural human clones with near identical DNA, are separate people, with separate experiences and not altogether (No. 12) spawned plenty of Web queries. Searches for the word cloning were up four times more than normal. The cloning controversy also caused searches for abortion to double, but still fell short of making the list. And Then There Were Two: The death of Beatle George Harrison pushed Harrison to number 19 with Web users. The interest in Harrison's death also meant more searches for The Beatles (No. 43), who return to The Lycos 50 this week. Console Combat: Gamecube (No. 23) once again falls back into the number three spot among the competing video game consoles This is a list of video game consoles by the era they appeared in. Eras are named based on the dominant console type of the era (even though not all consoles of those eras are of the same type). Some eras are referred to based on how many bits a major console could process. . Xbox (No. 8) continues its online dominance with Web users, with Playstation 2 at number 11 in online popularity. Searches for Gamecube games like "Luigi's Mansion Luigi's Mansion, originally released in Japan as Luigi Mansion (ルイージマンション " also fell this week, failing to make The Lycos 50. About Terra Lycos Terra Lycos is a global Internet network operating in 43 countries in 20 languages, reaching 103 million unique monthly visitors worldwide. Created by the combination Terra Networks Terra Networks, S. A., usually referred to as "Terra", is an Internet multinational company with headquarters in Spain. Part of Telefónica Group (the former Spain's public telephone monopoly and now one of the most important telecommunications companies in the world), Terra , S.A. and Lycos, Inc., in October 2000, Terra Lycos is one of the most popular Internet networks in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia and Latin America, and is the largest Internet access provider See ISP. (networking, company) Internet Access Provider - (IAP) A company or other origanisation which provides access to the Internet to businesses and/or consumers. in Spain and Latin America. The Terra Lycos network of sites includes Lycos.com, Terra.com, Angelfire.com, ATuHora.com, Gamesville.com, HotBot.com, Invertia.com, Lycos Zone, Matchmaker.com, Quote.com, Rumbo.com, Sonique, Tripod.com, RagingBull.com and Wired News (Wired.com). The company's headquarters are in Barcelona and it has major offices in Boston, Buenos Aires, Madrid, Miami, Monterrey and Sao Paulo among others. It is listed on the Madrid stock exchange Madrid Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Madrid) The largest of Spain's four stock exchanges. (TRR TRR Transportation Research Record (Journal) TRR Test Readiness Review TRR Target Ranging Radar TRR Total Rate of Return TRR Taiwan Research Reactor ) and on the Nasdaq electronic market (TRLY). For more information, please visit our corporate Web site at http://www.terralycos.com. (c)2001 Lycos, Inc. Lycos(R) is a registered trademark of Carnegie Mellon. All other product or service marks mentioned herein are those of Terra Networks, S.A., Lycos, Inc. or their respective owners. All rights reserved. |
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