All-New Lycos Offers Most Advanced Search Technology.FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 1997-- Faster and More Accurate Searching Complement New Interface Design After close to a year of intensive consumer study and R&D, Personal Internet Guide company Lycos, Inc. today launched an all new search service on its popular home page. Engineered to deliver the most relevant search results on the Web, a version of the new search technology was first inaugurated this past June as "Lycos Pro." Targeted at more sophisticated searchers, Lycos Pro proved to be extremely popular, tripling the previous Lycos "Custom Search" traffic in just a few weeks. Today's announcement brings the advanced infrastructure and technology of Lycos Pro to millions of Internet users all over the world. The new Lycos features a search algorithm In computer science, a search algorithm, broadly speaking, is an algorithm that takes a problem as input and returns a solution to the problem, usually after evaluating a number of possible solutions. designed to give users the most relevant results on the Web and a spidering algorithm capable of visiting up to 10 million Web pages per day. A database building process engineered to put a new catalog online every week ensures that the Web's freshest content is always available. Despite its advanced technological underpinnings, the new search maintains the familiar blue Lycos search bar and gold "GoGetIt" button as an easy-to-use doorway to the vast universe of Web information. The search enhancements accompany a brand-new home page design launched by Lycos last week and engineered to enhance the user's experience with significantly faster downloads and easier navigation. The sleek new design offers quick access to the Lycos search, the popular WebGuides, and the wide array of Lycos features such as PeopleFind, StockFind, Yellow Pages, City Guides, Road Maps and more. "Lycos Pro is our staging ground for the Web's most advanced search technology," said David M. Burns, Director of Product Marketing at Lycos. "After watching the tremendous success of Lycos Pro, it was clear that we had a winner on our hands. Now we've brought the Lycos Pro infrastructure to the home page so millions of people can enjoy the most relevant results on the Web." What's New on Lycos: - New Search -- enhancements to Lycos' search infrastructure mean users can enjoy the Web's best search experience. - Most Relevant Results -- with a new search algorithm and a continually updated database, Lycos delivers the most relevant results from users' search queries. Lycos Pro offers unprecedented control over the criteria that determine the relevancy ranking of search results. - New Interface -- a sleek design based on extensive consumer research, offers faster downloads, cleaner navigation and easier access to the information Internet searchers want most. - Most Powerful Search -- Lycos Pro offers the industry's most comprehensive set of logical operators which allow users to construct precise queries. The Java-based Lycos Pro Power Panel gives users the most in-depth control over their searches. - Freshest Database -- a spidering process capable of visiting more than 10 million sites daily, and engineered to put a new, updated catalog online every week. Lycos, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :LCOS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) A technology used to make microdisplays for rear-projection TVs and head-mounted displays (HMDs). Each LCoS chip hosts a grayscale LCD shutter sandwiched between a cover glass and a mirror. ) is a rapidly expanding, global Internet navigation center, dedicated to helping the increasing number of online users locate, retrieve and manage relevant information on the Internet and World Wide Web. Lycos' free navigational-assistance services -- located on the Web at http://www.lycos.com -- afford users with personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. , ease-of-life information tools, such as TOP 5%, a Directory of Web site reviews voted No. 1 by Internet World Magazine, StockFind and GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) Yellow Pages. In addition to offering its world-renowned Lycos search and spidering technology covering more than 100 million URLs, Lycos offers 18 Lycos WebGuides -- Internet activity centers housed within the Lycos service providing a broad range of key information resources (1) The data and information assets of an organization, department or unit. See data administration. (2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT. . Headquartered in Framingham, Mass., Lycos maintains U.S. offices in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , Pittsburgh and San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , and international offices in Germany, Italy and France. CMG CMG Coastal & Marine Geology (USGS) CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (stock symbol) CMG Companion (of the Order Of) St Michael and St George CMG Computer Measurement Group Information Services See Information Systems. , Inc. (NASDAQ:CMGI CMGI Commonly Maintained Grounds Infrastructures CMGI College Marketing Group Information (Services) ) is a majority shareholder in Lycos, Inc. through its strategic investment and development business unit, CMG@Ventures. CMGI is a leading provider of direct-marketing services investing in and integrating advanced Internet, interactive media and database management technologies. -0- (c) 1997 Lycos, Inc. All rights reserved. Lycos(R) is a registered trademark of Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University, at Pittsburgh, Pa.; est. 1967 through the merger of the Carnegie Institute of Technology (founded 1900, opened 1905) and the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research (founded 1913). . All other product or service marks mentioned herein are those of respective owners. CONTACT: Lycos, Inc. Ruder Finn Ruder Finn is an United States public relations firm founded in 1948 by David Finn and William Ruder. Ruder Finn is a privately held, family-owned company that employs more than 450 people. Sarah Garnsey Tracy Pozil 508-424-0453 212-593-5836 sgarnsey@lycos.com pozilt@ruderfinn.com |
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