Terra Lycos Launches Lycos Search 6.0, the Largest, Freshest Most Comprehensive Search Engine On the Internet.Business/Technology Editors Lycos (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. Delivers Powerful Enhancements to Search Experience Including More Relevant Search Results and Dynamic New Features and Functionality Largest, Full-Text Catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. on the Web with Over Two Billion Web Pages; Largest, Freshest News Search on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the Terra Lycos (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 : TRLY and Madrid Madrid (mədrĭd`, Span. mäthhrēth`), city (1990 pop. 3,120,732), capital of Spain and of Madrid prov., central Spain, and the focus of its own autonomous region, on the Manzanares River. Exchange: TRR TRR Transportation Research Record (Journal) TRR Test Readiness Review TRR Target Ranging Radar TRR Total Rate of Return TRR Taiwan Research Reactor ), the largest global Internet network, today announced the launch of several new product features and enhancements to Lycos Search (http://search.lycos.com), one of the most popular and widely-used search engines in the world. The release of Lycos Search 6.0 extends Lycos's commitment to its core search service, by dramatically enhancing the relevancy of its search results and launching powerful new features and functionality. Key relevancy features of the new Lycos Search 6.0 include: -- New Search Tab Navigation: Gives users one click access to find what they need quickly, with easy-to-use tabs for relevant Web news and shopping search results. -- Lycos News Search: Offers access to the largest, freshest news catalog available anywhere on the Web, providing content from more than 3,000 news sites, refreshed every 60 seconds. -- Lycos Shopping Search: Provides one of the most comprehensive sources for products and services on the Web, featuring relevant search results from premier content providers like Overture, Barnes & Noble, Smart Bargains, Red Envelope, DealTime and more. New Lycos Search 6.0 features and functionality include: -- New Search Tab Navigation: Gives users one click access to find what they need quickly, with easy-to-use tabs for relevant Web news and shopping search results. -- Lycos News Search: Offers access to the largest, freshest news catalog available anywhere on the Web, providing content from more than 3,000 news sites, refreshed every 60 seconds. -- Lycos Shopping Search: Provides one of the most comprehensive sources for products and services on the Web, featuring relevant search results from premier content providers like Overture, Barnes & Noble, Smart Bargains, Red Envelope, DealTime and more. "Our users tell us the two most important driving factors in their search experience are relevancy and ease of use," said Tom Wilde, general manager of search services for Terra Lycos. "Lycos 6.0 delivers a premium experience for finding the highest quality documents on the Web, as well as the navigational features that help searchers find what they want quickly and easily." In February February: see month. , Terra Lycos launched Lycos InSite (http://insite.lycos.com), the first in a planned series of subscription-based search marketing services, giving Web site owners the ability to promote their sites to Terra Lycos's more than 115 million monthly users. Last month, Lycos Search entered the enterprise space with comprehensive search services including Enterprise Site Search and bulk inclusion. Over the next several months, Terra Lycos plans to rollout further enhancements and new product features to both Lycos Search and HotBot HotBot was one of the early Internet search engines and was launched in May 1996 as a service of Wired Magazine. It was launched using a "new links" strategy of marketing, claiming to update its search database more often than its competitors. (http://hotbot.lycos.com), the other award-winning search engine in the Terra Lycos Network. About Terra Lycos Terra Lycos is the largest global Internet network operating in 43 countries in 20 languages, reaching 115 million unique monthly visitors worldwide. The group, which resulted from Terra Networks Terra Networks, S. A., usually referred to as "Terra", is an Internet multinational company with headquarters in Spain. Part of Telefónica Group (the former Spain's public telephone monopoly and now one of the most important telecommunications companies in the world), Terra , S.A.'s acquisition of Lycos, Inc. in October 2000, operates some of the most visited Web sites in the US, Canada, Europe, Asia and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. and is the largest access provider in Spain and Latin America. The Terra Lycos network of sites includes Terra in 17 countries, Lycos in 26 countries as well as other sites such as Angelfire.com, Atrea.com, ATuHora.com, Azeler.es, Bumeran.com, Direcciona.es, Emplaza.com, Gamesville.com, HotBot.com, Ifigenia.com, Invertia.com, Lycos Zone, Maptel.com, Matchmaker.com, Quote.com, RagingBull.com, Rumbo.com, Tripod.com, Uno-e.com, and Wired News Wired News is an online technology news website, formerly known as HotWired, that split off from Wired magazine when the magazine was purchased by Condé Nast Publishing in the 1990s. Condé Nast later purchased Wired News on 2006-07-11. (Wired.com), among others. With headquarters in Barcelona and operational units in Madrid and Boston, Terra Lycos is listed on the Madrid (TRR) stock exchange and on the NASDAQ (TRLY) electronic market. For more information, please visit our corporate Web site at http://www.terralycos.com. (c)2002 Lycos, Inc. 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 Terra Networks, S.A., Lycos, Inc. or their respective owners. All rights reserved. |
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