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Lycos Selects Ask Jeeves to Power Search on Lycos.com
OAKLAND, Calif. and WALTHAM, Mass., March 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ask
Jeeves(R), Inc. (NASDAQ:ASKJ) and Lycos, Inc., today announced that Lycos has
selected Ask Jeeves' algorithmic search technology to power search on
Lycos.com. Effective immediately, the syndication agreement will bring Ask
Jeeves search to millions of Lycos users.
"The Lycos brand is known for search and we're committed to re-establishing
Lycos.com as a leading search site," said Adam Soroca, general manager of
search services at Lycos, Inc. "Ask Jeeves' Teoma search technology will
deliver outstanding results to users of our new search-centric experience at
Lycos.com."
Ask Jeeves, Inc. also syndicates its search technologies and advertising
products to other leading websites, including, InfoSpace, BellSouth, Mamma.com
and CNET Networks.
"Lycos is a great addition to the list of sites powered by Ask Jeeves, and we
look forward to bringing our differentiated search technology to millions of
Lycos users each month," said Jim Lanzone, senior vice president of search
properties at Ask Jeeves.
About Ask Jeeves, Inc.
Ask Jeeves, Inc. provides consumers and advertisers with information retrieval
products across a diverse portfolio of Web sites, portals and desktop search
applications. Ask Jeeves' search and search-based portal brands include: Ask
Jeeves (Ask.com and Ask.co.uk); Ask Jeeves Japan (Ask.jp, a joint venture); Ask
Jeeves for Kids (AJKids.com); Excite (excite.com); iWon (iwon.com); My Search
(mysearch.com); My Way (myway.com); My Web Search (mywebsearch.com); Bloglines
(bloglines.com) and Teoma (teoma.com). Ask Jeeves also owns the search
technology Teoma, proprietary natural language processing technology, as well
as portal and ad serving technologies. In addition to powering several of the
Ask Jeeves brands, the Company syndicates its technologies to help companies
increase revenue through powerful search. Ask Jeeves' advertising division,
AJinteractive, provides advertisers with targeted tools to reach a broad base
of valuable customers. Ask Jeeves, Inc. is headquartered in Oakland,
California, with offices throughout the United States, as well as in London,
England and Dublin, Ireland. For more information, visit http://www.ask.com/ or
call 510-985-7400.
About Lycos, Inc.
Lycos, Inc. (http://www.lycos.com/) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Daum
Communications Corp., a leading Internet portal and e-commerce destination in
Korea with a growing presence throughout the Asian markets. Lycos, Inc. creates
and operates search, community and technology lifestyle sites including
Lycos.com, Hotbot.com, Wired.com, Tripod.com, Angelfire.com and Quote.com.
Other Lycos products and sites include Lycos Mail, Gamesville and GetRelevant.
Lycos was acquired by Korean Daum Communications Corp. in October 2004 and has
its U.S. headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts. Daum Communications Corp. is
traded on the KOSDAQ: 035720, http://www.daum.net/.
NOTE: Ask Jeeves, AJinteractive, Ask.com, Teoma, My Way, My Search, My Web
Search, iWon, Excite and Bloglines are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Ask Jeeves, Inc. Lycos(R) is a registered trademark of Carnegie Mellon
University. All other product or service marks mentioned herein are those of
Daum Communications Corp., Lycos, Inc. or their respective owners.
DATASOURCE: Ask Jeeves, Inc.
CONTACT: Patrick Crisp of Ask Jeeves, Inc, +1-510-985-7696, or
; or Darcy Cobb of Dotted Line Comm., +1-310-472-8600, or
, for Ask Jeeves; or Kathy O'Reilly of Lycos, Inc.,
+1-781-370-3454, or Kathy.O'
Web site: http://www.ask.com/
Web site: http://lycos.com/
Web site: http://www.daum.net/