Lycos Looking Forward, an Interview with COO Brian Kalinowski
Date: 2006-02-16 Source: Search Engine Guide
Last week, word of a restructuring phase at Lycos spread around the web based on a post on John Battelle’s blog and an article written by me. As it turns out, the information was correct but our assumptions were wrong. Lycos is not getting out of search, exactly, it is simply changing the way it approaches the search engine marketplace as consumer use of search engines evolves.
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Lycos Asks Jeevespop
Date: 2005-03-04 Source: InternetNews.com
Internet portal Lycos has jettisoned Yahoo's Inktomi search technology. Its major site search is now powered by Ask Jeeves, the companies said on Thursday. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Dating Search Engine is Latest Offering from Lycos
Date: 2005-02-23 Source: Search Engine Guide
Lycos announced this morning that they were launching a new beta "dating search engine" that is designed to search and index popular dating sites and provide a comprehensive database of personal profiles. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Lycos to Launch Dating Search
Date: 2005-02-23 Source: ClickZ
Lycos is expected Wednesday to launch a niche search product -- a dating search engine -- with a paid inclusion model, in which dating sites pay per-click, per-acquisition or via another model when they get referrals. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Lycos army shoots itself in foot?
Date: 2004-12-02 Source: ZDNet
According to security company F-Secure on Thursday, one of the Web sites Lycos targeted in its zombie army attack -- www.mortgage.info -- redirected traffic back to www.makelovenotspam.com. This means that Lycos could have targeted its own Web site. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Lycos Europe Pushes Limits in Anti-Spam Fight
Date: 2004-11-30 Source: ClickZ
The screen saver software, "Make Love, Not Spam," is a distributed computing application, which activates when the user's machine is not being used. When active, it continuously generates traffic on the sites of alleged spammers, slowing them down and making them more difficult to operate. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Lycos Debuts Social Sharing Platform
Date: 2004-10-13 Source: ClickZ
Lycos today announced the beta release of Lycos Circles, a "social sharing platform" that focuses on helping users keep in touch with people they already know, rather than on meeting new people. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
New discussion search engine from Lycos
Date: 2004-08-27 Source: Pandia
We believe this can become a very useful addition to our search engine arsenal. The best discussion groups are very problem oriented, and may often provide a solution to your particular problem. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Daum buys Lycos for $95 million
Date: 2004-08-01 Source: News.com
South Korea's top Web site operator, Daum Communications, said Monday it would acquire Lycos, the U.S. business of Spain's Terra Lycos, owner of popular sites such as Wired News and Tripod, for $95 million. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Lycos to Change Hands?
Date: 2004-07-29 Source: ClickZ
According to reports published in Korean newspaper The Chosun Ilbo and Spanish newspaper Expansion, Spanish Internet service provider Terra Lycos is set to sell its U.S.-based Lycos portal business for $100 million to Korean ISP Daum Communication Corp. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Web portal for sale, slightly used
Date: 2004-04-27 Source: News.com
Spanish Internet company Terra Lycos has retained investment bank Lehman Brothers to explore a possible sale of its U.S. Internet business, including its flagship Lycos.com Web site, according to a document obtained by CNET News.com. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
