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Lycos, Inc. (stylized as LYCOS), is a web search engine and web portal established in 1994, spun out of Carnegie Mellon University. Lycos also encompasses a network of email, web hosting, social networking, and entertainment websites. The company is based in Waltham, Massachusetts, and is a subsidiary of Ybrant Digital.
Lycos Europe was a pan-European network of websites, offering services including communication tools, online communities, web search, e-commerce, web hosting, homepage building and Internet access.
Lycos or Great Zab, a river of Assyria, located in modern-day Turkey and Iraq; Lycus (river of Bithynia), flows into the Black Sea (Pontus Euxinus) near Heraclea Pontica; Lycus (river of Cilicia), flows from the Pyramus to the Pinarus; Lycus, now known as Kouris, in Cyprus that flows into the Mediterranean Sea at Kourion
In 1996, 9 months after Lycos was founded, he led the company to the fastest initial public offering in history. [6] Lycos was one of the first profitable internet businesses. [7] As CEO of Lycos, he led the company to acquire more than a dozen websites [8] including Wired.com, HotBot, Tripod.com, WhoWhere, Quote.com, and Matchmaker.com. [9]
By that time, Lycos was the third most visited portal in the U.S. [citation needed], and had a strong presence in key European and Asian markets. Lycos CEO Bob Davis was moved to the position of CEO of the combined company, from where he stepped down in January 2001, being replaced by then Chairman Joaquim Agut. [9]
In Greek mythology, Lycus or Lykos (/ ˈ l aɪ k ə s / LY-kəs; Ancient Greek: Λύκος, romanized: Lúkos, lit. 'wolf') was a ruler of the ancient city of Ancient Thebes (Boeotia).
Tripod.com is a web hosting service owned by Lycos.Originally aiming its services to college students and young adults, it was one of several sites trying to build online communities during the 1990s.
Bill Townsend (born c. 1965) [1] is an entrepreneur who helped launch several leading Internet companies including search engine Lycos, social networking site SixDegrees, now LinkedIn, GeoCities (sold to Yahoo!