Web portal
Lycos has
highlighted the stellar growth of
Facebook
with the news that the social networking site has made its first appearance in
the Lycos 50
top searches.
Facebook, at number 25, generated more searches for the week ending 3
November than popular mainstays
Dragonball
(27),
RuneScape
(31) and
Wikipedia
(34).
Although
MySpace
(19) still ranks higher in search activity, Facebook's open source policy
regarding applications, combined with other unique functionality, has allowed it
to soar in popularity.
US movie American Gangster, starring Denzel Washington, gained 162
per cent in search activity after topping box office receipts this weekend to
take in $43.6m.
The film beat Jerry Seinfeld's Bee Movie, which saw a 700 per cent
surge in search popularity with web users. The death of Robert Goulet drove
search interest in the singer/actor up 800 per cent.
The Lycos Top 10 Search terms for the week ending 3 November were 'poker',
'Halloween', 'golf', 'fashion', 'Dancing with the Star's, 'YouTube', 'Disney',
'World Series', 'Thanksgiving' and 'Britney Spears'.
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