WALTHAM, Mass., April 3, 2008 /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 50 most popular Internet search results for the week ending March 29, 2008. For a complete list of The Lycos 50 and for in-depth text of The Lycos 50 Daily Report, 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 all new Under the Red Carpet Blog at http://redcarpet.tripod.com/blog/.

Biggest Movers and Shakers for Week Ending March 29, 2008: 1. April Fool's Day 715% 2. Vogue Magazine 654% 3. NCAA 600% 4. Angelina Jolie 455% 5. "21" Movie 322% 6. Demi Moore 300% 7. Jonas Brothers 254% 8. "American Idol" 225% 9. Kim Kardashian 200% 10. 2008 Kids' Choice Awards 189% Search Gainers:

Former WWE Diva Trish Stratus (#1) achieves her highest rank ever, topping the Lycos 50 this week, jumping ahead of web darlings Paris Hilton (#5), Britney Spears (#7) and Pam Anderson (#8). Stratus' most recent project is her new reality show "Stratusphere," currently in production and scheduled to air in August on the Travel Channel. Controversy and cries of racism continue to swirl around the April cover of Vogue Magazine, featuring basketball star Lebron James and supermodel beauty Gisele Bundchen, sending search activity soaring 654 percent for Vogue. The Vogue cover, shot by legendary photographer Annie Leibovitz, depicts James in a King Kong-esque pose, hoisting a very damsel-like Bundshen into the air. Critics of the cover see the photo of James, the first black man to appear on the cover of Vogue, as perpetuating the image of the aggressive black man, and worse, mimicking King Kong. Meanwhile, search activity increased threefold for actress Demi Moore who shot up the search logs this week following a recent appearance on the "Late Show with David Letterman" (promoting her new movie "Flawless") where Moore announced she's a huge fan of a detox treatment called leech therapy. And the movie "21" hit the jackpot at the weekend box office and scores hands down with web users, up 322 percent in online interest.

The Lycos 50(TM) Top 10 Search Terms for the Week Ending March 29, 2008: 1) Trish Stratus 6) Clay Aiken 2) Ashley Alexandra Dupre 7) Britney Spears 3) Madonna 8) Pamela Anderson 4) YouTube 9) Heather Mills 5) Paris Hilton 10) Naruto About Lycos, Inc.

Lycos, Inc. (http://www.lycos.com/) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Daum Communications Corp., a leading Internet portal and e-commerce destination in Korea with a growing presence throughout the Asian markets. Lycos, Inc. operates search and technology web sites that foster online communities, including the new Lycos Cinema video platform, combining community with high-quality broadband video content. Other Lycos products and sites include Lycos.com, Hotbot.com, Tripod.com, Angelfire.com, Gamesville.com, Lycos Mail, WhoWhere.com and The Lycos 50(TM). Lycos was acquired by Korean Daum Communications Corp. in October 2004 and has its U.S. headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts. Daum Communications Corp. is traded on the KOSDAQ: 035720, http://www.daum.net/.

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