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 A screenshot of Lycos.com as of 2015 | |
| Type of business | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
Type of site | Search engine and web portal |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Founded | May 1994 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Headquarters | Waltham, Massachusetts, United States |
| Founder(s) | Michael Loren Mauldin |
| Key people | Suresh Reddy, CEO of Ybrant Digital[1] |
| Revenue | $250 million (2009)[2] |
| Parent | Ybrant Digital (Brightcom Group)[3] |
| URL | lycos.com |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | April 13, 1995 |
| Current status | Active |
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.
- ^ "Suresh Reddy is CEO of Ybrant Digital". e27.co. August 10, 2015.
- ^ Pahwa, Nikhil (August 16, 2010). "Lycos Sold To India's Ybrant Digital For $36 Million". MediaNama. India. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
- ^ "Lycos Privacy Policy". Lycos.com. May 11, 2023.