Web Zeitgeist 264
An anonymous reader writes "CNN has a story about Lycos and its 50 top "searched for" items of the year. After excluding "sex", "Dragonball" was #1, followed by "Kazaa", "tattoos", "Britney Spears", and the "NFL" (american football) rounding out the top 5. IRS was #7, and taxes acheived #14. "The Bible" is #21 followed by "Marijuana" at #22.
It appears that pop-stars, supermodels, computer games, sports, and september 11th related words heavily dominate the rest of the top 100. How about the biggest declines? Boy bands. nSync down from 36 to 163, and Back Street Boys tumble to 250 from 58. Lycos is hosting the top 100 results this year here with some commentary. Google also has their own comprehensive lists (and cool charts) as well."
Wait a second (Score:4, Funny)
Hmm... Spears included? (Score:4, Funny)
Question (Score:4, Funny)
Wow, are there people searching using Lycos?
Dragonball processor (Score:5, Funny)
Wow, the world is much geekier than i thought.
however, when I want info about dragonball, I normally just search for '68000'.
Who cares (Score:4, Funny)
Tim
Thank God For Google (Score:3, Funny)
great...just great... (Score:5, Funny)
What google neglected to mention... (Score:5, Funny)
2. "shakira" with "will compiling my own kernel get me ass like that"
3. "winter olympics" with "I can see your privates through that luge outfit"
5. "avril lavigne" with "what if i am attracted to a singer that looks like my daughter"
6. "star wars" with "askjeeves: will the next one suck?"
7. "eminem" with "hyprocritical dirty white skinny guy"
8. "american idol" with "please god kill me I watched it "
11. "natalie portman" with "candid nipple pics"
13. "trillian" with "when will this actually work properly"
15. "neverwinter nights" with "linux client when ??"
20. "ikea" with "crazy swedes"
ummm.. nSync what? (Score:2, Funny)
Damn, that must be a personal tradgedy for them
all your google (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe this cycle of "all your xxx" is finally coming to a close.
Re:from the Lycos FAQ...Media Distortion (Score:5, Funny)
Why? Sexual content is no less valid than any other form of expression. It's obviously popular -- why isn't it represented equally in the study?
It's an obvious form of media bias -- a slur against the so-called "adult" industry. It's hipocracy -- children can see guns and violence at an early age, but people without clothes, or worse, humans having sex is "bad" for them.
I decry this media bias. It's clearly a conspiracy by the Storks and their Baby Delivery Monopoly.
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AC
Room at the top. (Score:5, Funny)
While this might look like good news, it's not. It only means that cultural space is being made for even stupider things.
finally (Score:1, Funny)
Sex (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Dragonball processor (Score:2, Funny)
It's a joke, get it?
Re:People who think in bbcode can bite my ass (Score:3, Funny)
But it does have it benefits. With that, you can disable HTML but this limited language is parsable to (non-annoying) HTML.
I propose a crusade for next year! (Score:2, Funny)
Now go forth and spread the word.
egg
Doh (Score:3, Funny)
"Let the fun begin Majin Buu"
"Heh heh heh heh heh heh"
"This can't be happening"
"Buu go Bang Bang"
"We have got to stop them"
"Ready!"
"Yes"
"HAH"
"Stay with it"
"Buu not scared"
"Let's take it to the next level"
"Looks like our friend is in need of a haircut"
I guess this proves I have no life, even by slashdot standards
Re:Wait a second (Score:2, Funny)
Re:who use lycos ? aliens ? (Score:3, Funny)
1.) I get bombarded with requests for how to spell strange names that sound like "Gokugeeta".
2.) These kids get pissed when the crapass websites they go to eventually open enough popups that the computer gives up and freezes.
Tim
Re:What google neglected to mention... (Score:5, Funny)
-jen
Me: "How many tech industry women does it take to change a light bulb?"
jen (shrilly): "That's NOT funny!"
Re:What google neglected to mention... (Score:1, Funny)
Answer: Both of them.
The Bible beats out Marijuana (Score:1, Funny)