Beatles still topping polls

In this day and age of Britney Spears and Hanna Montana, a band from 40 years ago is still one of the most popular bands on the Internet.

In Lycos' Year-End List of most-popular web searches, The Beatles comes in at number 2 on the list of Most Popular Bands of 2008, second only to The Jonas Brothers.

The 9th annual list of top 50 search terms for the year 2008 is based on the Lycos 50, a weekly list of the most popular people, places and things Lycos users search for every day. The Lycos 50 Top Search Terms of 2008 list is based on Lycos user searches from Jan. 1, 2008 through Dec. 1, 2008.

For a complete list of the Lycos 50 Top Search Terms of 2008 and for in-depth text of the Lycos 50 Daily Report, go to 50.lycos.com.