At that time, Lycos was a pretty big player in search, with both lycos.com and hotbot.com. Mind you, the search engines that were considered at that time were Lycos, AOL, MSN, Yahoo, AltaVista, and Excite.
Google's third with a C+, followed by HotBot (C) and Ask Jeeves (D). Most Popular Search Terms 2004: Lycos SEW members should also see our SEM Tips: Search Term Research and Stats: Search Behavior categories of Search Topics for articles generally...
GoTo Live At AOL, Enters The UK,To Appear At Lycos & HotBot, Nov. Being listed in Google or even ranking well for a particular term doesn't mean you will rank exactly the same way at AOL Search, however.
Lycos announces that it is to acquire Wired Digital, owner of HotBot. Lycos and HotBot both add editor-compiled results originating from the Open Directory. It is the first major search engine to begin crawling the web since the launch of HotBot...
Ask Jeeves, Overture and HotBot are all making moves to get the word out about themselves. But do a search for "Infoseek" at Lycos, and you'll see what would really benefit users more -- a big link that says "Infoseek's home page" at the top of the...
HotBot is also going to be maintained as a search site. At Inktomi (as viewed via HotBot), Bush is holding firm at number one. Search becomes even more important to Lycos than before," said Tom Wilde, general manager of search services for Terra...
Like the HotBot Deskbar, the Google Deskbar is a free software download that appears as a search box in the Windows taskbar at the bottom right of most Windows-based PCs. Lycos Europe does homework to reduce losses.
Terra Lycos files a lawsuit against Overture in a contract dispute and also drops Overture paid listings from its search pages at Lycos.com and HotBot.com. Lycos drops Overture amid dispute CBS MarketWatch, Nov.http://www.marketwatch.com/news/yhoo...
HotBot is a play on the underlying crawler technology used by major search engines to discover web pages. HotBot was created by Wired, and the name seemed an appropriate match for the company's hip image.
Finally, the Submit Site link ironically does not lead you to a way to get listed with HotBot in Europe, at least if you try to make use of the "Submit your site to the Lycos Web Index" option. That's because the Lycos Web Index -- AllTheWeb -- is...
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. Direct Hit Debuts at MSN Search, Lycos, 8/99 If your LookSmart listing doesn't rank well for a...
HotBot: AllTheWeb's results are also presented to those who choose the "Lycos" setting at HotBot, which is owned by Terra Lycos. It uses AllTheWeb results for its various Lycos Europe sites in Europe (though not the Lycos Europe-owned HotBot Europe...
I tried the three canned examples from the home page and compared the same search to Inktomi, Google, AllTheWeb and Teoma results by using HotBot. Why is Lycos selling listings on other search engines?
HotBot Adds Directory, 3/98 Lycos Transforms Into Directory, 5/99 Instead, one term might go into your description while the less important term would go into your relevancy keywords area. For success with LookSmart, you want the title and...
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. What does it really mean when Lycos InSite advertises that I'll be shown on non-US search engines? In fact, that's been standard practice with search engines...
Everything above for Lycos-owned HotBot for paid listings is true at Lycos. HotBot 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.
HotBot has announced a contest for designers to create "skins" to customize the look and feel of the search engine's interface. Hack HotBot http://hack.hotbot.com Keep an Eye on iPhrase & Search Engine Forums Spotlight SearchDay, Mar.http...
HotBot has announced a contest for designers to create "skins" to customize the look and feel of the search engine's interface. Hack HotBot http://hack.hotbot.com Keep an Eye on iPhrase & Search Engine Forums Spotlight SearchDay, Mar.http...
