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Thursday, 30 October 2008
Top Horror Films with Web Users this Halloween

With only one day left until Halloween, the original "Halloween," featuring bad guy Michael Meyers, is the most popular horror flick with web searchers on Lycos. "Halloween" generates twice as much search activity as the second and third most-searched scary movies, "Alien" and "Poltergeist," and generates nearly 10 times more search interest than "Friday the 13th." "The Shining," named by Entertainment Weekly, as the number one scariest movie of all time, is the sixth most popular horror movie based on web search activity on Lycos, while "The Exorcist," number two on Entertainment Weekly’s list, comes in at number four with web users this Halloween.

Celebrating its 40th anniversary, zombie cult horror flick "Night of the Living Dead," and horror classic "Nosferatu," round out Lycos’s list of top horror films, coming in as the ninth and 10th most-searched films this Halloween. Both "Nosferatu" and "Night of the Living Dead" are also included in HMV.com’s annual survey of the top 50 greatest horror movies of all time. Fans of "Night of the Living Dead" and "Nosferatu" can watch the classic cult favorites for free on Lycos Cinema’s horror channel. For more tips on where to watch classic Halloween horror films online, check out the Underwire Blog.

Top 10 Most Popular Horror Films Based on Web Search Activity, Week Ending Oct. 25, 2008:

1) Halloween                           6) The Shining

2) Alien                                     7) Nightmare on Elm Street

3) Poltergeist                          8) Saw

4) The Exorcist                       9) Night of the Living Dead

5) Friday the 13th                 10) Nosferatu


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Tuesday, 28 October 2008
Happy Birthday Zombies, Night of the Living Dead Turns 40

Did you know 2008 marks the 40th anniversay of Night of the Living Dead?  According to Fangoria, Night of the Living Dead is one of the most groundmaking horror films ever made. And online pop culture magazine PopMatters celebrates with a look at why Night of the Living Dead continues to be one of the classic horror cult flix of all time.   

Night of the Living Dead is one of the most-viewed horror films on Lycos Cinema, so with just a few days left before Halloween, treat yourself.  If you've never seen Night of the Living Dead, watch it now. Better yet, schedule an online viewing party and invite other fans and watch together.  And check out all the horror classics on Lycos Cinema.


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Monday, 27 October 2008
Young Voters put Obama & McCain to the test, Presidential Youth Debate

Still undecided on who to vote for?  With one week to go until the Nov. 4 election, Lycos Cinema gives all voters one last look at the presidential candidates with the Presidential Youth Debate, hosted by Walden University

The forty-minute debate features Senators Obama and McCain addressing previously unanswered questions from young voters, including new issues not addressed in the three previous presidential face-off's.

Young Americans chose 14 issues most important to them including, for the first time in history, questions from 13-17 year-old "Future Voters" of America.  The debate gives young Americans the answers they need to vote for the future they want and lets all voters get one last pre-Election look at where the candidates stand on the hot button issues.

Get informed.  Create your own debate viewing party and invite others to watch with you. 


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Wednesday, 22 October 2008
One State, Two State, Red State, Blue State: The Hottest Political Searches of Election '08

With the Nov. 4 election just two weeks away, the Lycos 50 looks at what's top of mind with web users this political season.  Gallup shows a five to eight point lead for Sen. Barack Obama, while a recent AP poll shows Sen. John McCain trailing his Democratic rival by only one point.  And today, Reuters reports Obama & McCain are running neck-and-neck for the rural vote.  These poll numbers are enough to make you dizzy.  So who's the real winner with web users? 

Today's Lycos 50 looks at the Top 15 most-searched political terms based on web search activity.  Check out the full list and commentary

And before you go criticizing today's political candidates, keep in mind, they all look much better than this.

  


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Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Horror Filmmakers Directors Chat Series Continues Tonight on Lycos Cinema

Award-winning horror filmmaker Len Kabasinski chats live tonight at 8pm ET/5pm PT for part 3 of the Lycos Cinema Directors Chat series. RSVP to book your seat now to join a live chat and screening with Len to watch his newest film, 'Curse of the Wolf.' 

This stuff is pretty scary so you better invite a friend to watch with you.  Don't come alone.  For updates on what's coming soon to Lycos Cinema, follow Cinema on Twitter or join Cinema on Facebook.


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Thursday, 16 October 2008
Top Sites for Discovering Popular Keywords

A recent blog post from Etienne Teo titled 6 Frequently Visited Sites For Dense Popular Keywords looks at how a number of major search engines "provide a way to glimpse into the web's query stream to discover the most popular search keywords or topics. This way you are able to narrow down the small pool of keywords that are popular and plan which niche you are targeting."

Here are the 6 sites worth visiting:

Lycos Top 50 It looks more like a MTV Hit-listing which shows you the ups and down of all popular search engine keywords.

ASK IQ Weekly top search trends displayed.Top current queries, or see those in the last hour, last day and within particular categories.

Google Trends LAB Google Trends analyzes a portion of Google web searches to compute how many searches have been done for the terms you enter. View the volume of queries over time, by city, regions, languages and so on. Compare multiple terms, as well.

Technorati Popular Search Allows you to tab into Technorati's search and popularity database and sieve out according to the top categories on the site.

DogPile Spy Choose to see either a filtered or non-filtered sample of top, real-time search terms from this popular meta search service.

Yahoo! Buzz What is hot and not on the search engine of Yahoo!: Read about Yahoo! Buzz

For a bigger and more comprehensive list of both free and paid Keyword Research Tools, check out this recent post over at Traffic Builder Site.com.


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Wednesday, 15 October 2008
Today is Blog Action Day, How You Can Get Involved

Blog Action Day is a non-profit, grassroots movement of thousands of individual bloggers coming together for one cause.  On Oct. 15, bloggers worldwide will publish posts to raise awareness and center a discussion on poverty.   

Some of the participating blogs include TechCrunch, Mashable, Lifehacker, GigaOM and many more. 

What can one person do?  If you have a Webon Blog, Tripod Blog or Angelfire Blog, you can get involved to add momentum to this important cause.  Let your readers know you're participating in Blog Action Day 2008. Post ideas on topic and share links to others who are making a difference.  For more information, follow Blog Action Day updates on Twitter. 


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Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Get in the Halloween Spirit with Classic Horror Films on Lycos Cinema

From Night of the Living Dead, to Attack of the Killer Leaches, what better way to get into the Halloween spirit than to watch classic horror films with friends.  Check out the line-up of great Horror classics on Lycos Cinema

And if you're looking for new horror flicks, join the Directors Chat Series on Lycos Cinema, each Tuesday night at 8pm ET during the month of October, featuring award-winning horror filmmakers from Brain Damage Films. 

Tonight, director John Johnson chats about his newest film, Skeleton Key 2. RSVP to book your seat now and watch live with the director.  Check out the full schedule of directors chats here.  And remember to bring a friend...these films are scary.


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Thursday, 9 October 2008
Webon introduces new image tools for easy cropping & zooming

Webon has just released two new features making it easier than ever to edit photos on your web site, and for visitors to subscribe to your blog's RSS feed.

Want more control over how photos appear on your site?  No need to purchase desktop software.  Webon's new crop & zoom feature lets you edit images on the fly.   Read how here.

Looking to increase traffic to your blog?  Webon's new Blog Subscribe add-on lets visitors subscribe to your blog using their favorite RSS readers. 

Read more on the Webon team blog and join the conversation.


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Causal Games Are Recession-Proof

All year long, journalists, bloggers and various analysts have wondered, "Are video games recession-proof?" The consensus seems to be: Yes! No! Maybe!

In this week's Left Click Column over at DailyGame.net, Gamesville's Chris Cummings looks at whether consumers will continue to shell out $30 - $50 bucks on console games during tough economic times, or will they fire up the PC and play more free casual games online.

Chris is senior product manager for Gamesville.com, where millions of people have been wasting time since 1996 playing free massive multiplayer games to win real cash prizes.  For more Gamesville fun, join the Gamesville group on Facebook and follow them on Twitter.


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