Predictions from Lycos

It appears more and more people are wanting to know about Senator Barack Obama. Web search company engine, Lycos, who recently released their Top 50 searches of 2006 are maing predicitions about the top 50 of next year. The way they do this is by sudying surging queries in the final weeks of the year. From Lycos:

The following terms had strong showings in 2006. Based on growing search queries, The Lycos 50 predicts these are the ones to watch in 2007: from the political stage, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, and the topics of illegal immigration, global warming, bird flu and stem cell research.