Since its launch in 1996, HotBot has been named the Number One search site on the Web in independent reviews from the top consumer-oriented computer and personal-finance publications in the United States. HotBot has been awarded top honors such as "best search site on the Web" by SmartMoney, PC Magazine, PC Computing, PC World, New Media, and CNET for its sophisticated search features and easy-to-use interface.

HotBot has garnered these awards by offering Web users one of the most comprehensive and up-to-date "snapshots" of the Web currently available. HotBot indexes every word, link, and media file on more than 110 million Web documents and refreshes its entire database of documents every three to four weeks. It also allows users to construct sophisticated search queries of its index without previous knowledge of complex search terms and methodologies. Instead, HotBot offers users a simple, point-and-click interface, intuitive pulldown menus, and the ability to use plain English terminology for constructing searches.

For the broadest search experience possible, HotBot has partnered with leading information and technology companies to provide users with relevant search results and free searchable access to valuable data not available on the Web, including stocks, electronic commerce, classifieds, news, and business information.

Based on its expanding feature set, ongoing content development, and significant traffic growth, HotBot has emerged as one of the major Web portals in operation today. HotBot is the search site of choice for experienced users and Web beginners alike.

HotBot is owned by Lycos, Inc., and is a part of the Lycos Network of sites.

The Lycos Network
Founded in 1995, Lycos, Inc., is a leading Web media company and the owner of the Lycos Network, one of the most visited hubs on the Internet, reaching nearly one out of every two US Web users. The Lycos Network is a unified set of Web sites, attracting a diverse audience by offering a variety of services.

The Lycos Network of sites offers leading Web-search and navigation resources; free homepage building; other Web-community and communications services, including free Web-based email, clubs, chat, and instant messaging; a personalized My Lycos start page; a comprehensive shopping center, featuring more than 2,400 merchants; and plenty of great content, such as games, music, investing information, news, technology information, entertainment, and more.

The Lycos Network is composed of Lycos.com, Tripod, WhoWhere, Angelfire, Lycos Communications, HotBot, HotWired, Wired News, Webmonkey, Suck.com, Animation Express, Sonique, Quote.com, Gamesville, and Lycos Zone.

Headquartered near Boston in Waltham, Massachusetts, Lycos, Inc., is a global Internet leader with a major presence throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

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