Secret Life of the American Teenager, Jonathan Knight, and Amanda Beard, Among Big Search Gainers On Web

Death of Dave Matthews Band Sax Player LeRoi Moore Causes Biggest Search Spike on Lycos

 

The death of LeRoi Moore, saxophonist with the Dave Matthews Band, pushes search interest up 700 percent for Moore, who passed away last week at the age of 46 from complications he suffered in an ATV accident in late June. Web search activity spikes 400 percent for ABC Family's hit TV show, Secret Life of the American Teenager, as Variety dubs the teen drama "this summer's hottest new series." Fans of the show can also visit http://secretlife.lycos.com/ to watch current episodes of the series simultaneously with other fans while chatting in real-time. Search interest triples for 2004 Olympic swimmer and Playboy cover girl Amanda Beard after Beard caused waves stating "Ew, no," she is not dating Olympic gold-medallist swimmer Michael Phelps. While rumors circulated about a Phelps/Beard romance, Beard responded Phelps is "not her type." And as the New Kids on the Block enjoy a successful comeback tour, search interest in NKOTB's Jonathan Knight increases four-fold, after gossip king Perez Hilton reported on rumors that Jonathan Knight is gay.

WALTHAM, Mass., Aug. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Lycos, Inc. (http://www.lycos.com/), a leading provider of social publishing, media and search services, today announced the following information from The Lycos 50(TM), the most popular Internet search terms and trends for the week ending Aug. 23, 2008. For more information on this week's list and commentary, go to http://50.lycos.com/. Readers of The Lycos 50 can also share their thoughts on Internet trends and pop culture on The Lycos 50 Blog located at http://lycos50.tripod.com/blog/ and the Under the Red Carpet Blog at http://redcarpet.tripod.com/blog/ .

  Biggest Movers and Shakers for Week Ending Aug. 23, 2008:

  1.  LeRoi Moore                             700 %

  2.  Ellen DeGeneres                         633 %

  3.  Katy Perry                              605 %

  4.  Gwen Stefani                            580 %

  5.  Jonathan Knight                         435 %

  6.  Secret Life of the American Teenager    400 %

  7.  Christina Applegate                     365 %

  8.  Amanda Beard                            320 %

  9.  The New 90210                           245 %

  10. Ricky Martin                            210 %