searchengineland.com » Search Engines: Lycos http://searchengineland.com Search Engine Land: Must Read News About Search Marketing & Search Engines Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:34:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 A Look Back At The Old Search Engines http://searchengineland.com/a-look-back-at-the-old-search-engines-25766 http://searchengineland.com/a-look-back-at-the-old-search-engines-25766#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:31:12 +0000 Barry Schwartz http://searchengineland.com/?p=25766

The Six Revisions blog complied an excellent list of the classic search engines, some dating back to the 1990s. His list includes screen shots of both the old and current (if available) versions of HotBot, Excite, WebCrawler, Ask Jeeves, Ask.com, Yahoo, Google, Dogpile, AltaVista, Lycos, MSN Search, Bing, AOL Search, Infoseek, Go.com, Netscape, MetaCrawler, and All The Web.

Scrolling down the list and looking at some of those old screen shots bring back fun memories. Of course, there are many search engines missing, too many to list there or even here. But looking at the old screen captures of Google, Ask Jeeves and AltaVista reminds me of the simpler days in search.

Which was your favorite old search engine?

]]> http://searchengineland.com/a-look-back-at-the-old-search-engines-25766/feed 2 Google Zeitgeist 2008 Live; Lycos Announces Top Searches of 2008 http://searchengineland.com/google-zeitgeist-2008-lycos-adds-top-10-15784 http://searchengineland.com/google-zeitgeist-2008-lycos-adds-top-10-15784#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:47:15 +0000 Elisabeth Osmeloski http://searchengineland.com/?p=15784

As a followup to the aggregate list of 2008’s Top Search Terms from the major search engines, Google has officially released its 2008 Zeitgeist, or “spirit of the times” list, covering the most popular searches of the year.  This year’s data includes a global look at the most popular search terms, gathering top 10 lists in 30 countries to give insight to search behavior around the world. YouTube, Facebook appear on many of the lists.

Prior to releasing the full Zeitgeist for 2008, Google highlighted the fastest rising search terms of 2008, where Obama topped the list of U.S. based searches. Yet in the full wrap-up, Sarah Palin won out across the globe as the fastest rising search.

Fastest Rising Searches on Google (Globally)

  1. Sarah Palin
  2. Beijing 2008
  3. Facebook Login
  4. Tuenti
  5. Heath Ledger
  6. Obama
  7. Nasza Klasa
  8. Wer kennt wen
  9. Euro 2008
  10. Jonas Brothers

Google Image Searches – Fastest Rising U.S.

  1. Sarah Palin
  2. Obama
  3. Twilight
  4. Miley Cyrus
  5. Joker

Social Networks Get Searched

Top 10 Searches on Google for social sites, with almost half being global sites:

  1. Facebook
  2. MySpace
  3. Hi5
  4. Orkut
  5. Linkedin
  6. Nasza Klasa
  7. Netlog
  8. Mixi
  9. Meetup
  10. Odnoklassniki

Lycos Top Searches of 2008

Lycos also officially released its year end round-up of its Top 50 searches for its 9th annual list of popular searches, with additional trends published on Lycos’ daily stat tracker, the Lycos Top 50 (http://50.lycos.com) in 10 categories.

Lycos’ Top 10 Searches of 2008 (Overall)

  1. Poker
  2. Paris Hilton
  3. YouTube
  4. Golf
  5. Sarah Palin
  6. Britney Spears
  7. Clay Aiken
  8. Pamela Anderson
  9. Facebook
  10. Holly Madison

A complete wrap-up and analysis of both the Google Zeitgeist and the 2008 Lycos list will be added here.

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LYCOS sent me the top searches data from their database in 2006. Here it is:

The LYCOS 50 Top 10 Search Terms for 2006 are:

  1. Poker

  2. MySpace
  3. RuneScape
  4. Pamela Anderson
  5. Paris Hilton
  6. Pokemon
  7. WWE
  8. Golf
  9. Spyware
  10. Britney Spears

Here are some more top tens from LYCOS:

Top 10 Women of 2006: 1) Pamela Anderson 6) Jessica Simpson 2) Paris Hilton 7) Hilary Duff 3) Britney Spears 8) Anna Kournikova 4) Lindsay Lohan 9) Carmen Electra 5) Jennifer Lopez 10) Angelina Jolie

Top 10 Men of 2006: 1) Clay Aiken 6) Howard Stern 2) Zac Efron 7) Daddy Yankee 3) Eminem 8) Jesse McCartney 4) Nelly 9) Elliot Yamin 5) Chris Brown 10) Steve Irwin

Top 10 Bands of 2006: 1) Green Day 6) Nickelback 2) Pussycat Dolls 7) Evanescence 3) Fall Out Boy 8) Black Eyes Peas 4) Guns N Roses 9) All American Rejects 5) Rolling Stones 10) The Fray

Top 10 Films of 2006: 1) High School Musical 6) Scary Movie 4 2) The Da Vinci Code 7) Snakes on a Plane 3) Pirates of the Caribbean 3 8) Talladega Nights 4) X-Men 3 9) Saw 3 5) V for Vendetta 10) Nacho Libre

Top News Stories of 2006: 1) Iran Conflict 6) Global Warming 2) World Cup 7) Winter Olympics 3) War in Iraq 8) Debra LaFave Scandal 4) Heather Mills/Paul McCartney Divorce 9) Gas Prices 5) Israel/Palestine Conflict 10) Stem Cell Research

Top Fads of 2006: 1) Poker 6) Yoga 2) MySpace 7) Final Fantasy 3) RuneScape 8) Yu-Gi-Oh 4) iPod 9) Atkins Diet 5) YouTube 10) Pilates

Top Television Shows of 2006: 1) American Idol 6) CSI 2) Lost 7) The Simpsons 3) South Park 8) Scrubs 4) Smallville 9) Survivor 5) Family Guy 10) Dancing with the Stars

Top 10 Sports Stars of 2006: 1) Anna Kournikova 6) Michelle Wie 2) Maria Sharapova 7) Barry Bonds 3) Christiano Rinaldo 8) Lucas Neill 4) Tiger Woods 9) Lance Armstrong 5) Danica Patrick 10) Kirby Puckett

Top 5 Blog Sites of 2006: 1) Perez Hilton 2) Huffington Post 3) TMZ 4) Pink is the New Blog 5) PostSecret

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