Lycos gets a fresh look By Frank Barnako, CBS.MarketWatch.com (Feb 25) - reported that the U.S. Lycos has a new layout that emphasizes the Lycos services for Gamesville, Matchmaker, Angelfire and Tripod. Terra Networks intends to make the Lycos.com homepage "a hub for personal connections, giving users a single starting place to manage their Internet experience as a way to connect with others".
It has been a long time since I last looked at Lycos. People located in Canada are forced to Lycos.ca. Lycos sites and services are very prominent. There is also a link to Bell.ca for phone products - a remnant of the old Bell-Lycos association. Lycos Topics connect to content areas. Autos123.com is Canadian, but the Entertainment is a mix - there are Canadian television listings for members, but not Movie Showtime and Tickets. Searching is no longer the point at Lycos. Advanced Search is a dead link at Lycos.ca. There are fewer search results from Lycos.ca than Lycos.com (have to play tricks with the URL to get the .com results).
Search Lycos still exists with Advanced Search and the Open Directory categories. But this may not be for long.
Posted by Gwen at February 26, 2004 12:08 PM