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This is before most people even knew what a "search engine" was. The company quickly grew and started providing search results both in the US and in many other countries which it continues to do to this day, effectively establishing a global search brand. </p> <p>Over time, Lycos was able to grow into other areas such as web publishing via acquisition of Tripod.com and Angelfire.com. Lycos also launched other user focussed products such as <b>Lycos Mail</b> and <b>Lycos Domains</b>, effectively creating a network of products and services that include <a href="http://www.tripod.lycos.com/">Tripod.com</a>, <a href="http://www.angelfire.lycos.com">Angelfire.com</a>, and of course, <a href="https://www.lycos.com">Lycos.com</a>.</p> <p>This has been Lycos' key to survival , diversification. The integration of the various products, services and brands provided to Lycos users for the last 25 years</p> </section> </div> </div> <footer> <div class="network-footer"> <ul class="nav nav-h network-nav-f"> <li class="nf-mobile">Copyright © 2024 Lycos</li> <li class="nf-mobile"><a href="https://info.lycos.com" title="About Lycos">About</a></li> <li><a href="https://info.lycos.com/career-opportunities/job-openings" title="Careers at Lycos">Careers</a></li> <li><a href="https://advertising.lycos.com" title="Advertise with Lycos">Advertise <span class="mobileHide">With Us</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://info.lycos.com/resources/terms-of-service" title="Lycos Network Legal" rel="nofollow">Legal</a></li> <li><a href="https://info.lycos.com/resources/privacy-policy" title="Lycos Privacy Policy" rel="nofollow">Privacy</a></li> <li><a href="https://registration.lycos.com/helpcenter_passthrough.php?m_PR=1" title="Lycos Help Portal" rel="nofollow">Help</a></li> <li class="search-provider modern-browsers"><a onclick="window.external.AddSearchProvider('https://search10.lycos.com/opensearch.xml')" href="https://info.lycos.com/resources/lycos-search" title="Make Lycos Search the Default Search Provider"><span>Add Lycos Search to Browser</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="network-social"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lycos.search" title="Friend Lycos on Facebook" target="_blank"><img src="https://ly.lygo.net/static/lycos/images/facebook.png" alt="Facebook"></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SearchLycos" title="Follow Lycos on Twitter" target="_blank"><img src="https://ly.lygo.net/static/lycos/images/twitter.png" alt="Twitter"></a> </div> </div> </footer> </body> </html>