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CommentWednesday, June 6, 2007

Lycos Popular Internet Searches

Lycos has released their list of the 50 most popular Internet search results for the week ending June 1, 2007.

The top ten biggest movers and shakers for the week ending June 1,2007 were:

    1.          Fred Thompson                                        1100 %
    2.          David Blaine                                            1100 %
    3.          Father's Day                                          209 %
    4.          Keith Richards                                        200 %
    5.           Pirate Bay                                            200 %
    6.          Sarah Silverman                                       157 %
    7.          FIFA                                                       117 %
    8.          MySpace                                                  97 %
    9.          Lindsay Lohan                                          82 %
   10.         Katharine McPhee                                      

Lycos also looked at the 2008 presidential candidates to see which ones were the most popular with Internet users.

The top 5 most popular candidates were:

    1. Hillary Clinton (D)
    2. Fred Thompson (R)
    3. Ron Paul (R)
    4. John Edwards (D)
    5. Barack Obama (D)

Hillary Clinton had the most search activity, receiving 125 percent more search interest than Fred Thompson. Thompson has not officially entered the race but is expected to in the coming weeks.

Ron Paul, who has generated Internet buzz, but not much mainstream media, is going to appear on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" this week. Paul was shown to be 133 percent more popular in online interest than candidates John Edwards and Barack Obama.

News Tags: Searches, Lycos, Internet
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Mike is a staff writer for WebProNews.

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