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Lycos improved its user interface last November, including an enhanced version of Advanced Search and a new version of Fast Forward (formerly Side Search). The feature appears at the end of each Web Results listing. Click on Fast Forward, and it allows you to view all the listings from a left-side menu while viewing a destination site on the right. This makes it convenient to click to different destination sites while viewing results on the same page. Cool!
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The premier option, Lycos InSite Pro, features web site submission, paid spidering, and a Lycos hosted site search. The Lycos InSite Pro option allows for guaranteed inclusion within 48 hours of web site submission, as well as a complete web site refresh every 48 hours. The hosted site search is claimed to be 99% reliable, with customizable results pages, personalized web site submission reports, and access to "Search Services Central", where you can view billing, make changes, and more. As of April 10th, 2002, Lycos is listing the price for this service as $189.00 a month for pages 1-250, and $279.00 for pages 251-500. This is being listed as a "Limited Time Introductory Rate".
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Lycos plans to release a number of relevancy-enhancing features this year, many based on query analysis. Query analysis presents several choices to the user to make a query less ambiguous. For example, "Saturn" could mean the planet or the car. Synonyms and related queries can facilitate relevancy. "To do this on a large scale requires a huge knowledge base that understands the context underpinning the English language, resulting in many potential interpretations for a query. This is a major focus this year," said Wilde.
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Lycos ... uses indexed search results from Fast/AllTheWeb.com. Fast has a percentage stake in Fast. In addition, they supplement their search results with info from click through counters and their own database.
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Lycos displays Sponsored/Featured Listings at the top of its search results which are derived from Goto.com. If you'd like to be positioned here, you will need to setup a Goto.com account and purchase top rankings for as little as 5 cents per click-through.
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Lycos is in what appears to be a re-building phase. Until yesterday, it received its results primarily from FAST and Looksmart. Last week, Lycos announced a deal that combines the databases of four well known online dating sites as part of its growth upgrade. Acquiring listings from Ask Jeeves will help Lycos credibly brand itself as an alternative to its much larger rivals.
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