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Lycos was created in 1996 by Dr. Michael Mauldin at Carnegie Mellon University. The search engine charges for premium online services and content through its OBP (Open, Basic, Premium) model, which provides free services and charges fees for services that offer greater features. Updated every week, the Lycos 50 features the top 50 search queries performed within the Lycos Network.
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| Partners | Web results are provided by Ask Jeeves.LookSmart's editorial results appear in Lycos' first ten Web results if relevant. Directory results come from the Open Directory Project (dmoz).Lycos receives Yellow and White Pages results from SuperPages.Lycos image search powered by Picsearch.
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| Advertising | Lycos InSite: Paid inclusion product that charges on a pay-per-click basis.
Lycos Co-Reg: Pay-for-performance product that allows advertisers to present customers with additional information once an ad is clicked.
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| Headquarters | Waltham, Mass. |
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| Timeline |
| 2008 |
Lycos unveils cinema video sharing community.
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| 2007 |
Lycos introduces Lycos Cinema adding video on demand rentals to its existing ad-supported Lycos Cinema community.
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| 2005 |
Ask Jeeves begins powering Lycos' search results.
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| 2004 |
Lycos launches People and Discussion Search.
Daum Communications purchases Lycos from Terra Lycos.
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| 2003 |
Lycos begins using Google AdSense
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| 2001 |
Terra Lycos Launches "Lycos 411" With Live Operator-Assisted Web Surfing.
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| 2000 |
Lycos Combines with Terra Networks to Create Terra Lycos.
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| 1994 |
Lycos is developed by Dr. Michael Mauldin at Carnegie Mellon University.
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| Last Update: 09/10/08 |
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