LimeWire Surpasses KaZaA for First Time Ever as Most-Searched Music File- Sharing Site with Web Users

WALTHAM, Mass., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Lycos, Inc. (http://www.lycos.com/), a media destination for creators and consumers of quality content, today announced the following information from The Lycos 50(TM), the 50 most popular Internet search results for the week ending Feb. 18, 2006. 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 Feb. 18, 2006:
   1)  Valentine's Day           6)  Winter Olympics
   2)  Love Poems                7)  WWE
   3)  Poker                     8)  NFL
   4)  Pamela Anderson           9)  Neopets
   5)  Britney Spears           10)  Paris Hilton

  Notes of Interest:

The time is ripe for the death of KaZaA (#15). Since Napster was introduced in 2000, there has been a succession of file-swapping software programs. First it was Napster, heralded as the third most popular search term of 2001. The government took Napster down, leading to the rise of Morpheus, the fifth highest-ranking search term of 2002. When Morpheus had difficulties, it was replaced by KaZaA. KaZaA was the number one most popular search term of 2003, but fell to number 12 overall in 2005. For the first time since its debut more than a year ago, LimeWire (#13) lands higher than KaZaA on this week's Lycos 50.

Other Notes of Interest:

Making its first-ever appearance on The Lycos 50 is School Closings (#45), as the furious nor'easter that howled up the East Coast, broke a snowfall record in New York, closing schools -- hence the search -- dumping more than two feet of snow on parts of the Northeast and Middle Atlantic states. Meanwhile, shy of making this week's list is bad boy rocker Kid Rock, who sees a 125 percent jump in search activity over the past 48 hours, following news that a sex tape has surfaced, featuring Kid and former Creed rocker, Scott Sapp, along with several women on a tour bus.

  Biggest Movers and Shakers over the Past Week:
   1.       Eva Green           430%
   2.       Pheromone Oil       380%
   3.       Massage Therapy     222%
   4.       Karima Adebibe      175%
   5.       A Walk To Remember  155%
   6.       Gretchen Bleiler    150%
   7.       Anni Friesinger     145%
   8.       Shaun White         130%
   9.       Sasha Cohen         115%
   10.      Danny Keough        105%


  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. creates and operates search, community and technology lifestyle sites including Lycos.com, Hotbot.com, Wired.com, Tripod.com, Angelfire.com and Quote.com. Other Lycos products and sites include Lycos Mail, Gamesville and GetRelevant. 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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