Christmas and Saddam Hussein Searches Can't Top Paris Hilton

Spider-Man 2, Already Spinning Web Search Activity

Lycos Search Presents The Lycos 50 for Week Ending December 20, 2003

WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Terra Lycos (Nasdaq: TRLY), the
global Internet Group, today announced the following information from The
Lycos 50(TM), the 50 most popular user searches for the week ending December
20, 2003. For a complete list of The Lycos 50(TM) 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/.

The Lycos 50(TM) Top 10 Search Terms for the Week Ending December 20,
2003:
1) Paris Hilton
2) Christmas
3) KaZaA
4) Britney Spears
5) Saddam Hussein
6) Lord of the Rings
7) NFL
8) Christmas Cards
9) Brooke Burke
10) Christmas Carols

Notes of Interest

The capture of Saddam Hussein garnered a great deal of search activity
from Web users, but still not enough to topple Paris Hilton from the number
one spot on this week's list. Saddam searches stayed high all week, with
online interest ranging from "how did we capture him" to "what are we going to
do with him now?" There were also a significant number of searches for Saddam
jokes.

Normally, this time of year would bring Christmas (#2) as the number one
search term. But even all the combined searches for trees, cards, carols,
ornaments, recipes, gifts, poems, prayers, and everything else associated with
Christmas cannot conquer the Paris Hilton sex tape, which continues at number
one for the sixth straight week. Meanwhile, from the world of movies, Spider-
Man 2 arrived this week at number 32 on The Lycos 50 partly because the first
trailer was released on the Web last week. Spider-Man 2 comes out next May
and features all the folks from the first film as well as Alfred Molina as
classic Spidey foe Dr. Octopus.

Other Notes of Interest

Survivor (#14) is super hot this week, not only because of searches for
the recently completed Survivor 7: Pearl Islands, but also in anticipation of
February's Survivor 8: Survivor All-Star, where top winners from Survivor's
past return to take each other on for even more money.

Short Subjects

Searches for college football (#50) continue to go up and down, in the
past four weeks going from number 23 to number 43, back up to number 14, and
then way down to number 50. Lord of the Rings (#6) is hot in theatres and
brings top actor Orlando Bloom (#37) back onto The Lycos 50. Food search
queries for Omaha Steaks and honey-baked hams have both doubled, although not
popular enough to make The Lycos 50.

About Terra Lycos

Terra Lycos is a global Internet group, with a presence in 40 countries in
19 languages. The group, which resulted from Terra Networks, S.A's acquisition
of Lycos, Inc. in October of 2000, operates some of the most widely visited
Web sites in the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America, and is the largest access
provider in Spain and Latin America. Terra Lycos' network of Web sites
includes Terra in 18 countries, Lycos in 22 countries, Angelfire.com,
Atrea.com, Azeler.es, Educaterra.com, Gamesville.com, HotBot.com,
Ifigenia.com, Invertia.com, Lycos Zone, Maptel.com, Matchmaker.com, Quote.com,
RagingBull.com, Rumbo.com, Tripod.com, Uno-e.com and Wired News (Wired.com),
among others. Terra Lycos, with headquarters in Barcelona and operating
centers in Madrid and Boston, as well as elsewhere, is listed on the Madrid
stock exchange (ticker: TRR) and on the NASDAQ electronic market (ticker:
TRLY).

Lycos(R) is a registered trademark of Carnegie Mellon University. All
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