(Lycos, Inc., Waltham, MA, www.lycos.com) One of the major Web search and content sites on the Web. In 2000, Lycos and Terra Networks, S.A., the leading provider of content and Internet access to the Spanish and Portuguese markets, merged to become Terra Lycos.
In early 2004, the company restructured and redirected itself from portal status to become a vast social network and online community. This so-called Lycos, Inc. division, based in the U.S., was sold in October of 2004 to Daum Communications Corporation, the leading Internet site in Korea. Acquired in the transaction were the flagship Lycos.com and its specialty sites that include tripod.com, angelfire.com and hotbot.com. See Web search engines.
In early 2004, the company restructured and redirected itself from portal status to become a vast social network and online community. This so-called Lycos, Inc. division, based in the U.S., was sold in October of 2004 to Daum Communications Corporation, the leading Internet site in Korea. Acquired in the transaction were the flagship Lycos.com and its specialty sites that include tripod.com, angelfire.com and hotbot.com. See Web search engines.
 | Reproduced with permission from Computer Desktop Encyclopedia. Copyright (c) 1981-2008 The Computer Language Company Inc. All rights reserved. |
Additional Resources
- Microsoft and Yahoo: Ballmer's 'failure' now a 'dodged bullet'
- Microsoft and Yahoo: Ballmer's 'failure' now a 'dodged bullet'Microsoft and Yahoo: Ballmer's 'failure' now a 'dodged bullet'Ballmer was very lucky indeed. Now they can purchase Yahoo at a much cheaper price. Yes I'm still for the purchase.I said so at the timeWalking away from Yahoo was a good...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-13
- Top search engines in Asia-Pacific in July 2008
- Top 10 Properties Searches, mln. Share of Searches Total Internet 27,059 100.0 Google Sites 9,073 33.5 Baidu.com Inc. 7,406 27.4 Yahoo! Sites 5,342 19.7 NHN Corporation 1,239 4.6 Alibaba.com Corporation 823 3.0 TENCENT Inc. 513 1.9...
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- Top Web sites in Germany in July 2008
- July-08 Rank June-08 Rank Property Audience, 000 N/A N/A Total Audience 35,212 1 1 Google Sites 27,463 2 4 Microsoft Sites 18,653 3 2 eBay 18,283 4 5 United-Internet Sites 17,354 5 3 AOL LLC 17,278 ...
- Blog posts 2008-09-15
- Top sites in UK in June 2008
- Jun-08 Rank May-08 Rank Property Audience, 000 N/A N/A Total Internet 34,860 1 1 Google Sites 30,614 2 2 Microsoft Sites 28,212 3 3 eBay 21,093 4 4 Yahoo! Sites 20,801 5 5 BBC Sites 18,496 ...
- Blog posts 2008-09-13
- Top sites in Japan in June 2008
- Property May 2008 June 2008 % Change Total Audience 55,705 56,220 1 Adobe Sites 5,619 6,842 22 ITMEDIA.CO.JP 3,358 4,024 20 FRESHEYE.COM 3,317 3,940 19 SOFTBANK.JP 2,325 2,679 15 YOMIURI.CO.JP 4,567 5,251 15 Lycos Sites 2,228...
- Blog posts 2008-09-09
- Top search engines in Asia-Pacific in April 2008
- Top 10 Properties Searches, mln. Share Total Internet 22,363 100.0 Google Sites 8,737 39.1 Yahoo! Sites 5,366 24.0 Baidu.com Inc. 3,725 16.7 NHN Corporation 1,178 5.3 Alibaba.com Corporation 488 2.2 Microsoft Sites 401 1.8 ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Fasted-growing web categories in France in May 2008
- May-08 Rank Apr-08 Rank Property Audience, 000 N/A N/A Total Internet 31,066 1 1 Google Sites 23,054 2 2 Microsoft Sites 20,667 3 3 Orange Sites 16,031 4 4 Iliad/Free.fr Sites 13,478 5 5 eBay 12,257 ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Top Web properties in Germany in April 2008
- Apr-08 Mar-08 Property Audience, 000 N/A N/A Total Internet 34,539 1 1 Google Sites 25,790 2 2 eBay 18,394 3 3 Microsoft Sites 18,271 4 4 AOL LLC 16,602 5 5 United-Internet Sites 16,169 6 7...
- Blog posts 2008-06-28
- Googlenomics, Shrugged
- Come the morning of September 7, you'll probably go to the Google search box and find a fun-loving in-house artist has replaced the first "o" in the company name with a symbol that looks like a "1" and the second "o" with a slightly altered version...
- Blog posts 2008-06-20
- Google's search share tops 61 percent; That'll spook Microsoft more
- Google's search share tops 61 percent; That'll spook Microsoft moreWhen one thinks Google...they think search. Other players in the game don't even come to mind.A little marketing could go a long ways for other search providers.Why is it growing?I personally feel it is, by far, not the best search engine...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-22
- A U.S military botnet in the works
- Make botnets, not war? In April, last year, I asked the question "Why establish an offensive cyber warfare doctrine when you can simple install a type of Lycos Spam Fighting screensaver on every military and government computer and have it periodically update its hit lists?" A year...
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Top German WEb sites in February 2008
- Feb-08 Rank Jan-07 Rank Property Audience 000 N/A N/A Total Internet 33,814 1 1 Google Sites 24,380 2 2 eBay 19,102 3 3 Microsoft Sites 17,586 4 5 AOL LLC 16,058 5 4 United-Internet Sites...
- Blog posts 2008-04-16
- Top UK Web sites in February 2008
- Feb-08 Rank Jan-08 Rank Property Audience, 000 N/A N/A Total Internet 33,257 1 1 Google Sites 29,349 2 2 Microsoft Sites 27,601 3 3 eBay 21,022 4 4 Yahoo! Sites 20,614 5 5 BBC Sites...
- Blog posts 2008-04-14
- Top sites in France in February 2008
- Feb-08 Rank Jan-08 Rank Property Audience, 000 N/A N/A Total Internet 29,419 1 1 Google Sites 21,483 2 2 Microsoft Sites 19,193 3 3 Orange Sites 15,026 4 4 Iliad/Free.fr Sites 12,873 5 5 eBay...
- Blog posts 2008-04-03
- Top German Web sites in January 2008
- January 2008 December 2007 Property Audience, 000 N/A N/A Total Audience 33,904 1 1 Google Sites 24,589 2 3 eBay 17,610 3 2 Microsoft Sites 17,495 4 5 United-Internet Sites 16,278 5 N/A AOL LLC...
- Blog posts 2008-03-10
- PCSnapShot Keylogger (txt)
- PCSnapShot is a keylogger that records and monitors activity on a computer including chats, instant messages, emails, the web sites visited, what is being searched for, activity on MySpace, the pictures and images posted and looked at, the keystrokes being typed, the programs started up. And because of its advanced...
- Software downloads 2008-03-10
- Top Web sites in UK in January 2008
- January 2008 Rank December 2007 Rank Property Audience, 000 N/A N/A Total Audience 33,254 1 1 Google Sites 29,633 2 2 Microsoft Sites 28,102 3 3 eBay 21,363 4 4 Yahoo! Sites 21,208 5 5...
- Blog posts 2008-02-29
- Top Web sites in France in January 2008
- January 2008 Rank December 2007 Rank Property Audience, 000 N/A N/A Total Internet 29,231 1 1 Google Sites 20,814 2 2 Microsoft Sites 19,072 3 3 Orange Sites 15,331 4 4 Iliad/Free.fr Sites 13,057 5...
- Blog posts 2008-02-28
- ERP implementations and outsourcing: The white board rarely reflects reality
- ERP implementations and outsourcing: The white board rarely reflects realityMyriad of errors, but...the IT failure itself can only be blamed on IBM. And it is possible for your IT to break you. Whether it did or not will probably be decided by 12 people in a jury box......
- Discussion threads 2008-02-11
- Top UK sites in December 2007
- Google maintained its position as the top Web property in the UK, with nearly 29.3 mln visitors, reaching 89% of the online population, according to comScore. Microsoft ranked #2 with 27.8 mln visitors, followed by eBay with 21.7 mln visitors and Yahoo! with 21.1 mln visitors. Facebook.com broke into the...
- Blog posts 2008-02-05
Premier Vendor Content Whitepapers, webcasts & resources from our Power Center Sponsors
- Video: Intel Manufacturing Methods: Unit Level Traceability Auto Strap
-
This video provides an overview of Intel's Unit Level Traceability (ULT) system, a technology developed to address the complexities that exist with the introduction of new manufacturing technologies in Assembly/Test in Intel. Video playing time is 4 minutes.
- Observe this system in action on the Intel assembly line >>
-
- Visit the ZDNet Enterprise Mobility Hub sponsored by Verizon Wireless! It has the latest news, commentary, and resources for your mobile and wireless strategy development.
- Video: How to spoof a MAC address
- Five steps to protect mobile devices anywhere, anytime
- Fetch Your E-Mail from Anywhere
- From our sponsors
-
- Push to Talk from Verizon Wireless Choose Verizon Wireless and get a Push to Talk service you can rely on. The only service that comes with the Network. Starting at $699.
-
