Return-Path: <sentto-279987-1877-1000449558-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 13 Sep 2001 23:40:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 26259 invoked by uid 510); 14 Sep 2001 06:39:36 -0000 Received: from n25.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.75) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 14 Sep 2001 06:39:36 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-1877-1000449558-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.52] by mv.egroups.com with NNFMP; 14 Sep 2001 06:39:18 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_1); 14 Sep 2001 06:39:17 -0000 Received: (qmail 27835 invoked from network); 14 Sep 2001 06:37:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 14 Sep 2001 06:37:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta2 with SMTP; 14 Sep 2001 06:37:13 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id SAA20099 for iwar@onelist.com; Thu, 13 Sep 2001 18:55:28 -0700 Message-Id: <200109140155.SAA20099@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 18:55:28 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Web-Searchers-Thirsty-For-Information-On-Terrorist-Attacks] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Web Searchers Thirsty For Information On Terrorist Attacks By Steven Bonisteel, Newsbytes, 9/13/2001 <a href="http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170037.html">http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170037.html> The insatiable appetite for news and information related to Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington saw the phrase "World Trade Center" become the most popular query at search site Lycos. The Web portal's Lycos 50 report noted today that quests for information on the New York twin towers that were struck by two terrorist-hijacked airplanes helped unseat the usual leaders among the most-searched subjects, such as the Japanese animation series Dragonball, kids' game Pokemon and actress Pamela Anderson. The Lycos 50 report, edited by Aaron Schatz, said that, in a 36-hour period beginning at midnight Sept. 10 - before suicidal airborne attacks on the trade center in New York and on the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. - four of the top five search topics were related to Tuesday's tragedy. After the World Trade Center, the next-most popular topic was Nostradamus, reflecting keen interest generated by a widely circulated hoax e-mail claiming the famed seer had predicted the calamity in New York as long ago as 1654. (The words in the e-mail were not written by Nostradamus - who also was already dead by 1654.) In third spot was the phrase "New York," Lycos said, followed by "Osama bin Laden," the name of the exiled Saudi dissident found on most experts' lists of possible masterminds behind the attacks. Dragonball managed to grab fifth spot in the 36-hour count, but "Terrorism" and "Pentagon" also became top-10 search topics. The Lycos 50 report typically ignores the names of other Web sites and news organizations in order to focus on subjects. But Lycos said a separate analysis of searches between noon and midnight Tuesday that did not filter out news organizations showed that nine of the top 10 search terms all appeared to be attempts to find sources of more information. The raw data showed that three of the top 10 searches targeted cable news network CNN - "CNN," "CNN.com," and "CNN News" - while others sought out MSNBC, ABC News and topics such as "world news" and "breaking news." The top search in the raw data was "CNN," followed by "news," with "World Trade Center" in third spot. Lycos said the number of searches for links to CNN was about 160 times greater than would usually be expected during a 12-hour period. Other search terms frequently used in the 36-hour view of activity on Lycos included "American Airlines," "Camp David," "Afghanistan," "Red Cross," "FBI," "Palestinians" and "Israel." Lycos is at: http://www.lycos.com . ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Do you need to encrypt all your online transactions? Secure corporate intranets? Authenticate your Web sites? Whatever security your site needs, you'll find the perfect solution here! http://us.click.yahoo.com/wOMkGD/Q56CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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