Lycos is one of the original (est. 1995) and most widely-known Internet brands in the world, evolving from one of the first search engines on the web, into a comprehensive network of social media web sites that foster online communities. Lycos's award-winning products and services include tools for video viewing and sharing, social networking, blogging, web publishing and hosting, online games, e-mail, and search.
Lycos consistently averages 12 - 15 million monthly unique visitors in the U.S., and is a top 25 Internet destination worldwide, reaching nearly 60 million unique visitors globally. The Lycos Network of sites and services include Lycos.com, Tripod, Angelfire, HotBot, The Lycos 50™, Gamesville, WhoWhere, Lycos Mail, Lycos Cinema and Webon. Integrated, these sites help individual users retrieve, manage, consume and create information tailored to meet his or her personal interests.
Lycos has been a pioneer in intelligent spidering search technology, combining its proprietary technology with other best in class search services to provide a powerful and relevant search experience for its users. Through its acquisitions over the years, Lycos has added established brands including Tripod, Angelfire, Gamesville and WhoWhere to its network of products and services.
Lycos has always been at the forefront of the Internet evolution. Its latest foray into first-to-market proprietary technology includes Lycos Cinema, the web's first video-based social network platform allowing multiple users to watch video content simultaneously and chat in real-time through Lycos's patent-pending watch & interact technology. In July, 2008, Lycos launched Webon, the first user-extensible publishing platform with OpenSocial standards enabling users to build sites with social networking features, and import social gadgets created by others.
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