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'''Lycos, Inc.''', é uma empresa criada a partir do [[motor de busca na web|site de buscas]] e [[portal web]] estabelecido em 1994, a partir da [[Carnegie Mellon University]]. A Lycos também engloba uma rede de sites de e-mail, webhosting, redes sociais e entretenimento.
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==História==
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Lycos é um [[spin-off da universidade]] que começou como um projeto de pesquisa por [[Michael Loren Mauldin]] do campus [[Carnegie Mellon University | Carnegie Mellon University]] principal [[Pittsburgh]] em 1994. '' ' A Lycos Inc. '' 'foi formada com aproximadamente US $ 2 milhões em financiamento [[capital de risco]] de [[CMGI]]. [[Bob Davis (empresário) | Bob Davis]] tornou-se o CEO e o primeiro empregado da nova empresa em 1995 e concentrou-se na construção da empresa em um [[portal web]] qu subsistisse a partir da publicidade. A Lycos gozou de vários anos de crescimento durante a década de 1990 e tornou-se o destino online mais visitado do mundo em 1999, com uma presença global em mais de 40 países.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UVz06fnwJvUC | title=Google |first=Virginia A. | last=Scott | publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group | year=2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Worlock|first=David|title=Paradigm Lost|url=http://www.davidworlock.com/2010/08/|accessdate=April 14, 2013|date=August 20, 2010}}</ref>
O '''Lycos''' é um [[portal (internet)|portal]] da [[Internet]] e está entre os [[website]]s mais antigos. Sua fundação ocorreu em Junho de 1995.
Em 1996, a empresa concluiu a [[oferta pública inicial]] mais rápida da história da [[NASDAQ]] até então. Em 1997, tornou-se uma das primeiras empresas de internet mais rentáveis do mundo. Em 1998, a Lycos pagou US $ 58 milhões por Tripod.com na tentativa de "entrar no mercado do portal".<ref>{{cite news | last=Price | first=Christopher | title =Gateway to the future: Christopher Price gives the lowdown on the sites which offer not only a way into the worldwide web but so much more | work=[[Financial Times]] | page=16 | date=December 15, 1998}}</ref>
== Histórico ==
Ao longo dos próximos anos, a Lycos adquiriu quase duas dúzias de marcas de internet, incluindo [[Gamesville]], WhoWhere, [[Wired News]] (eventualmente vendidas a [[Wired (revista) | Wired]], Quote.com , [[Angelfire]], [[Matchmaker.com]] e [[RagingBull.com]].
* Em Maio de 1997, é criada a [[Lycos Europe]]
* Em Novembro de 1997, a Lycos obtém seu primeiro trimestre com lucros satisfatórios
* Em Abril de 1998, é criada a [[Lycos Japan]], juntamante com a empresa [[Sumitomo Corporation]], e a [[Internet Initiative Japan]].
* Em Março de 1999, é formada a [[Lycos Korea]], em parceria com a [[Mirae Corporation]].
* Em Maio do mesmo ano o [[portal Lycos]] se une a [[Nasdaq]].
* Em Agosto de 1999, a Lycos adquire a Sonique Music Player.
* Em Agosto de 2000, o portal Lycos anuncia seu primeiro ano com lucros significativos, e adquire a [[Matchmaker.com]].
* Em Outubro de 2000, a Lycos se junta ao portal [[Terra Networks]], para fundar o portal ''Terra Lycos'''.
[[Lycos Europe]] foi uma joint venture entre a Lycos ea empresa de mídia transnacional [[Bertelsmann]], mas sempre foi uma entidade corporativa distinta. Embora a Lycos Europe continue a ser a maior empresa de empreendimentos no exterior da Lycos, várias outras subsidiárias da Lycos também entraram em acordos de joint venture, incluindo Lycos Canada, Lycos Korea e Lycos Asia.<ref>{{cite news | title=Lycos Asia seeks speed and performance | url=http://www.zdnet.com/article/lycos-asia-seeks-speed-and-performance/ | publisher=[[ZDNet]] | date=January 17, 2001}}</ref>
== Fusão ==
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Após a fusão, os dois portais tornam-se provedores de acesso à [[internet]], com conteúdos interativos e entretenimento para todas as pessoas que navegam na [[Web]].Tendo como sua missão principal, ser o destino online líder no segmento em todo o mundo, unindo tecnologias de última geração, com uma ampla diversificação de seus serviços.
O Brasil tornou-se destaque ao significar 73% do aumento do número de clientes do Terra Lycos.
Após uma trajetória de sucessos e grandes lucros, o portal Terra Lycos teve uma queda de 12 por cento em sua receita no ano de 2003, esta queda por sua vez provocada pela desvalorização do [[Dolar]] frente ao [[Euro]].
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'''Lycos, Inc.''' is a [[Web search engine|search engine]] and [[web portal]] established in 1994. Lycos also encompasses a network of email, webhosting, social networking, and entertainment websites.
==Corporate history==
Lycos is a [[university spin-off]] that began as a research project by [[Michael Loren Mauldin]] of [[Carnegie Mellon University|Carnegie Mellon University's]] main [[Pittsburgh]] campus in 1994. '''Lycos Inc.''' was formed with approximately US $2 million (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|2|1994|r=1}}}} million today) in [[venture capital]] funding from [[CMGI]]. Bob Davis became the CEO and first employee of the new company in 1995, and concentrated on building the company into an advertising-supported [[web portal]]. Lycos enjoyed several years of growth during the 1990s and became the most visited online destination in the world in 1999, with a global presence in more than 40 countries.<ref>{{cite web|last=Thackray|first=Neil|title=Lycos|url=http://www.themediabriefing.com/companies/lycos|publisher=Briefing Media LTD|accessdate=April 14, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Worlock|first=David|title=Paradigm Lost|url=http://www.davidworlock.com/2010/08/|accessdate=April 14, 2013|date=August 20, 2010}}</ref>
In 1996, the company completed the fastest [[Initial Public Offering|IPO]] from inception to offering in [[NASDAQ]] history. In 1997, it became one of the first profitable internet businesses in the world. In 1998, Lycos paid $58 million (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|58|1998|r=1}}}} million today) for [[Tripod.com|Tripod]] in an attempt to "break into the portal market."<ref>{{cite news
| last = Price
| first = Christopher
| title = Gateway to the future: Christopher Price gives the lowdown on the sites which offer not only a way into the worldwide web but so much more
| work = [[Financial Times]]
| page = 16
| date = December 15, 1998}}</ref> Over the course of the next few years, Lycos acquired nearly two dozen internet brands including [[Gamesville]], WhoWhere, [[Wired News|Wired Digital]] (eventually sold to [[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]), Quote.com, [[Angelfire]], [[Matchmaker.com]] and Raging Bull.
[[Lycos Europe]] was a joint venture between Lycos and the [[Bertelsmann]] transnational media corporation, but it has always been a distinct corporate entity. Although Lycos Europe remains the largest of Lycos's overseas ventures, several other companies also entered into joint venture agreements including [[Lycos Canada]], [[Lycos Korea]] and [[Lycos Asia]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Lycos Asia seeks speed and performance|url=http://www.zdnet.com/lycos-asia-seeks-speed-and-performance-2021172277/|accessdate=April 14, 2013|newspaper=ZD Net|date=January 17, 2001}}</ref>
Near the peak of the [[internet bubble]] on May 16, 2000, Lycos announced its intent to be acquired by [[Terra Networks]], the internet arm of the Spanish telecommunications giant [[Telefónica]], for $12.5 billion (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|12.5|1999|r=1}}}} billion today). <ref>{{cite web|url=http://money.cnn.com/2000/05/16/europe/terra/ |title=Lycos in $12.5B deal - May 16, 2000 |publisher=Money.cnn.com |date= |accessdate=August 4, 2013}}</ref> The acquisition price represented a return of nearly 3000 times the company's initial venture capital investment and about 20 times its initial public offering valuation. The transaction closed in October 2000 and the merged company was renamed Terra Lycos, although the Lycos brand continued to be used in the United States. Overseas, the company continued to be known as Terra Networks.
On August 2, 2004, Terra announced that it was selling Lycos to [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]-based [[Daum Communications Corporation]] for $95.4 million in cash (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|95.4|2004|r=2}}}} million today), less than 2% of Terra's initial multi-billion dollar investment. In October 2004, the transaction closed and the company name was changed back to Lycos Inc. The remaining half of the business owned by Terra was subsequently reacquired by Telefónica.
Under new ownership, Lycos began to refocus its strategy. In 2005, the company moved away from a search-centric portal and toward a community destination for broadband entertainment content. With a new management team in place, Lycos also began divesting properties that were not core to its new strategy. In July 2006, [[Wired News]], which had been part of Lycos since the purchase of Wired Digital in 1998, was sold to [[Condé Nast Publications]] and re-merged with ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired Magazine]]''. The Lycos Finance division, best known for [[Quote.com]] and [[Raging Bull.com]], was sold to FT Interactive Data Corporation in February 2006, while its online dating site, [[Matchmaker.com]], was sold to Date.com. In 2006, Lycos regained ownership of the Lycos trademark from Carnegie Mellon University.
During 2006, Lycos introduced several media services, including [[Lycos Phone]] which combined video chat, real-time video on demand, and an MP3 player. In August of the same year, a new version of Lycos Mail was released, which allowed sending and receiving large files, including unlimited file attachment sizes. In November 2006, Lycos began to roll out applications centered around social media, including the first{{Citation needed|date=February 2008}} "watch and chat" video application with the launch of its Lycos Cinema platform. In February 2007, Lycos MIX was launched, allowing users to pull video clips from [[YouTube]], [[Google Video]], [[Yahoo! Video]] and [[MySpace Video]]. Lycos MIX also allowed users to create playlists where other users could add video comments and chat in real-time.
As part of a corporate restructuring to focus on mobile, social networks and [[location-based service]]s, Daum sold Lycos for $36 million in August 2010 to [[Ybrant Digital Limited|Ybrant Digital]], an internet marketing company based in [[Hyderabad, India]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100816005874/en/Ybrant-Digital-Buys-Lycos-36-Million
|title=Ybrant Digital Buys Lycos for $36 Million
|accessdate=March 7, 2011
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20013712-17.html
|title=Lycos is alive, acquired for $36 million
|accessdate=March 7, 2011
}}</ref><ref name="marketwatch1"/>
In May 2012 Lycos announced the appointment of former employee Rob Balazy as CEO.<ref>{{cite news|author=Chris Reidy|title=
Rob Balazy appointed CEO of Lycos
|url=http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2012/05/07/robert-rob-balazy-appointed-ceo-lycos/znExR2XDhUsRo860ew4IlL/story.html|accessdate=September 20, 2013|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=May 7, 2012}}</ref>
==Lycos Network sites==
*[[Angelfire]], a Lycos property providing free web hosting, blogging and web publishing tools
*[[Gamesville]], Lycos's massive multi-player gaming site
*[[Hotbot]], a Lycos-owned search engine
*HtmlGear, a Lycos property providing web-page add-ons (guestbooks, etc.)
*[[Tripod.com]], a Lycos property providing free web hosting, blogging and web publishing tools
*Webon, a webhosting and publishing platform
*[[WhoWhere.com]], a people search engine
*[[InsiderInfo]]
*[[Weather Zombie]], a Lycos property providing weather forecasts, with a zombie theme, via an Accuweather.com feed.
===Lycos-branded sites===
*Lycos Domains, Internet [[domain name]] purchasing
*Lycos Mail, an e-mail provider formerly known as Mailcity.com.
*[http://chat.lycos.co.uk Lycos Chat], an advanced photo chatting community suitable for all ages.
*Lycos Shopping
*Lycos Weather
*Lycos Yellow Pages
===Former Lycos sites===
*[http://www.GetRelevant.com GetRelevant.com], a Lycos online advertising site
*[[Quote.com]] and Raging Bull, finance sites
*[[Matchmaker.com]], a dating site
*[[Webmonkey]], web-building help and tutorials
*[[Wired.com]], the online arm of ''Wired'' magazine
*[[Lycos Radio]], allowed users to create and host their own free internet radio shows
==Web hosting==
[[Tripod.com]] and [[Angelfire]] are owned by Lycos and Angelfire has a free hosting plan.
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.ybrantdigital.com/ Ybrant Digital – Lycos' parent company]
* [http://info.lycos.com/ Lycos About page]
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