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Web Zeitgeist

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the meta-surfing dept.

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."

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  1. Dragonball processor by Denito · · 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'.

  2. great...just great... by CySurflex · · Score: 5, Funny

    I worked hard ALL year to get "Wild Donkey Bestialty Porn" to the top 10 search terms, only to have CNN factor it OUT of the statistics.

  3. What google neglected to mention... by Morgahastu · · Score: 5, Funny

    What google neglected to mention was the words the top search words were teamed up with: ...

    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"

    1. Re:What google neglected to mention... by orthogonal · · Score: 5, Funny

      Don't forget that many people in the tech industry are women, and we do not appreciate schoolby attempts at humor.

      -jen

      Me: "How many tech industry women does it take to change a light bulb?"

      jen (shrilly): "That's NOT funny!"

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      Opinions on the Twiddler2 hand-held keyboard?
  4. Re:from the Lycos FAQ...Media Distortion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Prurient Content: We ignore pornographic, four-letter words and otherwise lewd queries, including names of decidedly adult film stars--unless such terms are driven by news events.

    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.
    --
    AC

  5. Room at the top. by DoraLives · · Score: 5, Funny

    How about the biggest declines? Boy bands. nSync down from 36 to 163, and Back Street Boys tumble to 250 from 58.

    While this might look like good news, it's not. It only means that cultural space is being made for even stupider things.

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    Is it fascism yet?