At that time, Lycos was a pretty big player in search, with both lycos.com and hotbot.com. Warning: today's column is strictly editorial, so those of you looking for actionable tips might want to check back in next week.
Google's third with a C+, followed by HotBot (C) and Ask Jeeves (D). In other words, it's all ads, all the time -- none of those pesky editorial listings to get in the way! Most Popular Search Terms 2004: Lycos
GoTo Live At AOL, Enters The UK,To Appear At Lycos & HotBot, Nov. AOL Search in other countries may be different, though you should find that in terms of web results, all will pull from Google in some way for editorial and paid listings.
Run on over to HotBot.com, and you can easily try all three and Google as well. Actually, this was Yahoo that I was talking about -- and it's a reason why Yahoo might have wanted Inktomi, in order to use paid inclusion as a means to earn more off...
Lycos left HotBot to fester for ages. Overture suggested Google was taking a loss and also dismissed the idea that having good editorial results for partners was necessary (something it flip-flopped on a year later, when buying AltaVista and...
Google paid results also appear on Lycos-owned HotBot.com. Lycos also runs its own paid listings in addition to those from Google on Lycos and HotBot. Main: Indicates that a search provider provides the "main" editorial results to a particular...
HotBot For example, in a search at Google, the main results are typically editorial listings that come from Google having crawled the web. Every major search engine has paid listings that are also presented alongside its editorial results.
Google paid results also appear on Lycos-owned HotBot.com. Lycos also runs its own paid listings in addition to those from Google on Lycos and HotBot. Main: Indicates that a search provider provides the "main" editorial results to a particular...
HotBot, which is owned by Terra Lycos, doesn't gather its own editorial or "free" listings. To appear in HotBot's Web Results section, you need to be listed in the editorial web results from one of the four partners it provides access to.
Honorable mentions went to Google for simple search and HotBot for advanced search. HotBot took the top honors in the search engine category, while Excite and Yahoo got finalist mentions. Review of the major search engines, with AltaVista rated...
Google paid results also appear on Lycos-owned HotBot.com. Lycos also runs its own paid listings in addition to those from Google on Lycos and HotBot. HotBot (Lycos-owned) Main: Indicates that a search provider provides the "main" editorial results...
This means that just because you rank well at one Inktomi-powered search engine (such as HotBot), you may still rank differently at MSN Search. Sites are listed here because they are part of the MSN network, are major MSN advertisers or in some...
HotBot Adds Directory, 3/98 Finally, LookSmart provides editorial guidelines for submitting, and these provide other advice on how to submit correctly. Lycos Transforms Into Directory, 5/99 For advice on writing good titles and descriptions with...
HotBot has renamed three of the four engines it searches, but search results are still provided by the original sources. Changes Afoot at HotBot SearchDay, July 29, 2003 http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/2241301
HotBot has released its Quick-Search Deskbar, which not only provides instant access to the search engine, but is jam-packed with other useful tools and goodies as well. HotBot's Swiss Army Knife Deskbar SearchDay, June 24, 2003 http...
Ask Jeeves, Overture and HotBot are all making moves to get the word out about themselves. AOL Search in Canada now gains paid listings from Google, in addition to the editorial results it has carried.
Everything above for Lycos-owned HotBot for paid listings is true at Lycos. It is not disclosed for searchers via the HotBot help pages, much less via a dedicated page with a close link near the Web Results heading.
Ads run on Terra Lycos-owned Lycos and HotBot. HotBot (Lycos-owned) Main: Indicates that a search provider provides the "main" editorial results to a particular search engine, the most dominant listings that will be seen.
HotBot For example, in a search at Google, the main results are typically editorial listings that come from Google having crawled the web. Every major search engine has paid listings that are also presented alongside its editorial results.
The Search Engine Results page and the Who Powers Whom Search Providers Chart have been updated with new changes mainly applicable to HotBot, while the Major Search Engines page has also had minor updates.
