Lycos Turns 10, Relaunches Home Page

Online portal announces celebration of their decade of Internet life as they unveil new content on their front page and talk about other recent changes.

Lycos, old Internet buddy, has it really been ten years of fun under the sun already? I guess so, as the venerable Internet portal announced today the relaunch of their home page to start the kick off of their decade anniversary celebration.

Lycos, in a company press release, said the new home page provides more extensive daily content including streaming video and audio, games, photo albums, blogs, horoscopes, news and more. This is in addition to quick access to Lycos Mail, and content navigation with Lycos Search, including web, people, yellow pages, shopping, multimedia and discussion search tabs.

Other recent Lycos network related changes include the translation of Wired News content into Korean and several new services for Tripod users.

“As Lycos celebrates its 10th birthday, our mission is to deliver content, products and services to re-engage our millions of Lycos users,” said Brian Kalinowski, Chief Content Officer of Lycos, Inc. “The relaunch of our home page today appeals to our users who have appetites for all types of content. The recent partnerships and marketing alliances we’ve announced combined with our international expansion and product roll-out’s, are just the beginning of the reemergence of the Lycos brand.”