Lycos
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Lycos is an early web search engine and internet portal that was popular in the 1990s alongside rivals like AltaVista and Yahoo.
Aliases (1)
- Go.com ×1
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
internet company
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web portal → web search engine → |
| acquiredBy |
Terra Networks
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| acquisitionDate |
2000
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| acquisitionValue |
about $12.5 billion
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| basedOn |
research at Carnegie Mellon University
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| competitor |
AltaVista
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Excite → Infoseek → Yahoo! → |
| country |
United States
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| developer |
Carnegie Mellon University
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| era |
dot-com boom
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| formerHeadquartersLocation |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
NERFINISHED
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| foundedBy |
Michael Loren Mauldin
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| hasLanguage |
English
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multiple languages → |
| hasSubsidiary |
Angelfire
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Gamesville → HotBot → Tripod.com → |
| headquartersLocation |
Waltham, Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
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| inception |
1994
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| industry |
internet
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online advertising → web search → |
| laterOwner |
Daum Communications
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Ybrant Digital → |
| launched |
1994
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| notableFor |
being a major web portal in the 1990s
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being one of the earliest web search engines → |
| originalPurpose |
search engine for the World Wide Web
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| peakPopularity |
late 1990s
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| service |
email
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entertainment content → instant messaging → news → online communities → shopping directory → web hosting → web portal → web search → |
| status |
still operational as a portal with reduced prominence
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| stockExchangeListing |
NASDAQ
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| targetAudience |
general internet users
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| technologyType |
search index
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web crawler → |
| website |
https://www.lycos.com
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Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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AltaVista
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Infoseek → |
competitor |
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Infoseek
("Go.com")
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mergedInto |
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Overture Services
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poweredSearchFor |