Lycos Personalizes Portal
Date: 1999-04-14 Source: InternetNews.com
In a move designed to rival its community site competitors, portal player Lycos, Inc. Wednesday debuted personalization features of its newest service, My Lycos. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
CMGI Chief Quits Lycos Board
Date: 1999-03-09 Source: InternetNews.com
David Wetherell, chief executive officer of CMGI Inc., Tuesday resigned from the board of search engine Lycos Inc. Wetherell resigned in protest of Lycos' decision in early February to merge with Ticketmaster Citysearch. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Lycos To Merge With USA Network
Date: 1999-03-03 Source: Search Engine Watch
On February 9, Lycos and USA Networks announced plans to merge their various Internet and e-commerce businesses into a new company called USA/Lycos Interactive Networks. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Lycos, Ticketmaster-Citysearch Merging
Date: 1999-02-09 Source: InternetNews.com
The deal calls for Ticketmaster Citysearch and Lycos to be combined with USA Networks' Home Shopping Network and Internet Shopping Network/First Auction units to create USA/Lycos Interactive Networks Inc. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Lycos' Tripod Launches Homepage Studio
Date: 1998-11-12 Source: InternetNews.com
Tripod, part of the Lycos Network, unveiled Homepage Studio, a service designed for anyone with a Web browser and an Internet connection to build, edit, and promote homepages. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Lycos Buys Wired, Gets Facelift
Date: 1998-11-04 Source: Search Engine Watch
Lycos announced an agreement on Oct. 6 to acquire Wired Digital, which owns HotBot, HotWired, Wired News, Webmonkey and Suck, through a stock swap valued at US $83 million. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Lycos Acquired Wired Digital
Date: 1998-10-06 Source: InternetNews.com
Lycos Inc. today acquired Wired Digital, Inc. for $83 million in stock, in a deal the company said will expand the Lycos Network's reach to more than 40 percent of the Internet audience. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Hear Ye! Lycos Unveils "Announcement" App
Date: 1998-08-19 Source: InternetNews.com
Lycos, Inc. today launched a personalized service that invites users to post announcements on the Web, the latest offering in what many in the Internet space are billing as the "community craze." [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Lycos Acquisition Spree Continues
Date: 1998-08-11 Source: InternetNews.com
The Web portal's strategy to build the most comprehensive community-focused site on the Net moves to the next level with the acquisition of WhoWhere? Inc. for $133 million in stock, the companies announced today. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Lycos Inks iVillage Content Deal
Date: 1998-08-10 Source: InternetNews.com
Lycos, Inc. and iVillage.com extended a previous alliance by signing a new two-year agreement today under which Lycos will incorporate iVillage.com content into two new Web Guides. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Lycos Offers Surfing Families a SafetyNet
Date: 1998-06-29 Source: InternetNews.com
Lycos Inc. today added the new "SafetyNet" feature to its popular search and navigation guide, a free filtering service targeted at parents concerned about their children accessing adult content on the Internet. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Lycos Europe Secures $15 Million in Agreements
Date: 1998-06-16 Source: InternetNews.com
Lycos Europe announced today it signed in excess of $15 million in electronic commerce agreements in the last 60 days, including a $5.5 million deal with CDnow and an agreement that makes Lycos the exclusive search technology throughout Europe for America Online. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Lycos Web Spider Weaves Patent
Date: 1998-06-09 Source: InternetNews.com
Lycos, Inc. today announced that its "spider" search technology has been awarded a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, giving the portal player exclusive rights to the search tool. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Lycos/Tripod in Exclusive Software Pact With TestDrive
Date: 1998-05-06 Source: InternetNews.com
Lycos, Inc. and electronic software distributor TestDrive Corp. entered into a three-year agreement that names TestDrive as the exclusive software reseller for both the Lycos Shopping Network and new Tripod Shopping Zone sites. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Lycos Acquires WiseWire
Date: 1998-04-30 Source: InternetNews.com
Lycos, Inc. today announced the acquisition of targeted-content provider WiseWire Corp. for around $39.75 million in Lycos shares. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
