SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., October 7, 1999 --
Lycos, Inc. (Nasdaq: LCOS), the fastest growing Internet portal and the world's largest online community, today announced that the WhoWhere People Finder has added new people lookups, has become the exclusive HotBot People Finder, and has been redesigned for even easier search and navigation.
Consistently rated one of the best People Finder services on the Internet,
WhoWhere (www.whowhere.lycos.com) provides email addresses, phone numbers,
street addresses, personal homepage lookups, and other services for novice and
experienced Internet users who are searching for information about people.
WhoWhere's redesign adds two new people lookups to the site, including a
People Almanac and a search for People in the News. The People Almanac,
provided by Infoplease, allows users to find information about people by
searching almanac, dictionary, encyclopedia, and biography databases. People
in the News is a search service provided by HotBot that offers information
about people mentioned in news stories. To further enhance the user
experience, WhoWhere offers improved search and navigation tools as well as
new people-centric Web guides that focus on information about and services
provided by people.
"With enhanced services and additional people lookups, WhoWhere is able to
provide an even easier-to-use and more effective method of finding and getting
in touch with other people," said Michael Armistead, general manager of Lycos'
Mountain View division. "WhoWhere will also continue to extend its reach by
giving HotBot users access to its helpful people-finding services."
The WhoWhere redesign includes integration into Lycos' award-winning
search site HotBot (www.hotbot.com). By selecting Email Addresses or White
Pages from the frontdoor, HotBot users can conduct a WhoWhere people search
and access the revamped WhoWhere services.
About Lycos
Founded in 1995, Lycos Inc. is a leading Web media company and owner of
the Lycos Network, one of the most visited hubs on the Internet reaching one
out of every two Web users. The Lycos Network is a unified set of Web sites
that attracts a diverse audience by offering a variety of services, including
leading Web navigation resources, homepage building and other Web community
services and a comprehensive shopping center. The Lycos Network is composed of
premium sites: Lycos.com, Tripod, WhoWhere, Angelfire, MailCity, HotBot,
HotWired, Wired News, Webmonkey, Suck.com, MyTime, Sonique, and Quote.com.
Lycos.com (www.lycos.com), "Your Personal Internet Guide," is dedicated to
helping each individual user locate, retrieve, and manage information tailored
to his or her personal interests. Headquartered near Boston in Waltham, Mass.,
Lycos Inc. is a global Internet leader with a major presence throughout the
United States, Europe, and Asia.
NOTE: Lycos is a registered trademark of Carnegie Mellon University. All
other product or service marks mentioned herein are those of Lycos or their
respective owners.
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