Chu Mei-Feng Internet Sex Scandals Still Dominates Online Searches; Stephen King Miniseries Rose Red and Actor Shane West Score Big Hits With Web Users.Business/Technology Editors WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 5, 2002 The Lycos 50(TM) For Week Ending February 2, 2002 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 February 2, 2002. 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 February 2, 2002: 1) Chu Mei-Feng 6) Britney Spears 2) Dragonball 7) Super Bowl 3) Taxes 8) Tattoos 4) Morpheus 9) Anna Kournikova 5) The IRS 10) Valentine's Day Notes of Interest: For the third straight week, Chu Mei-Feng Chu Mei-feng, (璩美鳳 pinyin: Qú Měifèng b. August 5, 1966), is a Taiwanese TV journalist, former Taipei City councilwoman and the former director of Hsinchu City's Bureau of Cultural Affairs. has held the number one spot with Web users. Even the Super Bowl (#7) couldn't top Mei-Feng. Meanwhile, ABC's Rose Red (#15), the highest-rated miniseries of the past three years, also scored big points with Web users, as viewers of the Stephen King movie flocked to the Web for more information on the movie and its main character Ellen Rimbauer--although Rimbauer did not make the list. Latest Hunk: Actor Shane West (#39) is the latest in the line of young hunks hunks pl.n. (used with a sing. verb) A disagreeable and often miserly person. [Origin unknown.] to make The Lycos 50. West has an established fan base from his weekly role on ABC's Once and Again, but he's now reaching Josh Hartnett-like levels of online adoration with his starring role in the romantic drama A Walk to Remember. West searches have doubled every week over the last five weeks. Super Patriots: The New England Patriots  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled until (UTC) due to vandalism. may have been underdogs offline, but Web
users love them, as the team nearly made this week's list falling
short at number 59. The Patriots received more searches than Black
History Month (#61) and the State of the Union Address “State of the Union” redirects here. For other uses, see State of the Union (disambiguation).The State of the Union is an annual address in which the President of the United States reports on the status of the country, normally to a joint session of Congress (the (#65). In fact, the Patriots received twice as many searches as the St. Louis Rams About Terra Lycos Terra Lycos is a global Internet network operating in 43 countries in 20 languages, reaching 109 million unique monthly visitors worldwide. Created by the combination Terra Networks, 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) 2002 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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