Even Britney Spears' Wedding Can't Get Past Paris Hilton Who Has Dominated The Number One Search Spot For 11 Straight Weeks

Mars Spirit Rover And Nasa, Red Hot With Web Users

Lycos Search Presents The Lycos 50 For Week Ending January 10, 2004

WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 13 /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 January
10, 2004. 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 January 10, 2004:

1) Paris Hilton
2) KaZaA
3) Britney Spears
4) Clay Aiken
5) Mars Rover
6) NASA
7) NFL
8) Brooke Burke
9) Taxes
10) Atkins Diet

Notes of Interest

Britney Spears (#3) still can't get past Paris Hilton (#1) and KaZaA (#2)
to reach the summit of The Lycos 50 once more, despite her wacky New Year's
wedding to high school boyfriend Jason Alexander. Approximately 10 percent of
Spears' searches this week specified the wedding. Once again the planet Mars
finds itself high up on The Lycos 50 not because we can see it from Earth, but
because we can see it from Mars. Among the hottest items on the World Wide
Web over the past week are pictures of the planet Mars taken by the Mars
Spirit rover (#5). This exciting development in man's exploration of space
has people looking for NASA (#6), for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory that built
the rover, and for exciting pictures of rocks. Also heating up Mars queries
this week was President Bush's announcement of a plan to send America back
into space, with a goal of eventually sending astronauts to Mars.

Other Notes of Interest

The biggest auto show each year is the Detroit Auto Show (#32) in mid-
January. This year, it doesn't get quite as many searches as last year (when
it ranked at number 10), but for the first time, a specific car introduced at
the show makes it onto The Lycos 50. It's the 2005 Ford Mustang (#42),
featuring a retro style redesign of the classic sports car reminiscent of the
original pony car. Beneath that nostalgic styling will be a brand new engine,
transmission and chassis.

Election Watch

Over the past few weeks, the huge gap in online search popularity between
Howard Dean and the rest of the democratic hopefuls has turned into a huge gap
in search popularity between Dean and Wesley Clark and the rest of the field.
Dean is generating about 10 percent more search activity than Clark right now,
but Clark searches have tripled over the past two weeks. The other seven
candidates combined don't get as many searches as either Dean or Clark.

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
other product or service marks mentioned herein are those of Terra Networks,
S.A., Lycos, Inc. or their respective owners. All rights reserved.