Web portal Lycos on Monday released new mechanisms for searching for individuals and for combing through discussion sites.
People Search is designed to retrieve information about people from online databases such as alumni directories, professional profiles, and public records, the company said. Discussion Search looks for postings on a particular topic from public boards and forums.
Lycos said it will promote the new offerings among the 37 million people who visit its site each month.
This month, South Korean online company Daum announced it is buying Lycos, the U.S. business of Spain’s Terra Lycos, for $95 million. Terra Lycos had been seeking a buyer since April. Lycos is ranked seventh in the United States in terms of site visits and has about 170,000 paid users, according to data provided by the Korean firm.
News source: c|net