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Lycos pioneered the use of automated abstracts. By using standard information-retrieval statistical methods, Lycos identifies the 100 most "weighty" terms (the 100 keywords most related to the document being indexed). Combining these weighty terms with the titles, header text, and an excerpt of the first 20 lines, or 10% of the document, Lycos creates an abstract that is about one-fourth the size of the original document. Lycos can display these abstracts along with the list of links during the retrieval process, allowing users to quickly determine which of the matched documents they wish to examine. Because the Lycos Catalog comprises abstracts and not copies of documents, it can ... be licensed or sold to third parties, generating additional funding sources for the service.
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Lycos Cinema has a fresh new face. With a new design and new content, Cinema is better than ever. Check out the new Mingle section that allows you to talk to other Cinema users in lobby chat while browsing current and future movie screenings.
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As an example, it plans to create and promote a virtual record label associated with the Lycos brand along with becoming a virtual publishing house for games, films and text creations. "Anybody has the ability to self promote, produce and market their own goods," says Kalinowski. The system will enable end users to drop-ship product and can accept payments via Visa, MasterCard or Paypal.
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