Comments on: Did Lycos Dump Ask.com for Yahoo? http://www.webadvantage.net/webadblog/did-lycos-dump-askcom-for-yahoo-674 Internet Marketing Blog Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:17:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Erik http://www.webadvantage.net/webadblog/did-lycos-dump-askcom-for-yahoo-674/comment-page-1#comment-6179 Erik Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:13:59 +0000 http://www.webadvantage.net/webadblog/did-lycos-dump-askcom-for-yahoo-674#comment-6179 Guys, There is no evaluation at all. Code was written 1996. Forget it. Guys, There is no evaluation at all. Code was written 1996.
Forget it.

]]> By: Bonnie Jones http://www.webadvantage.net/webadblog/did-lycos-dump-askcom-for-yahoo-674/comment-page-1#comment-127 Bonnie Jones Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:15:20 +0000 http://www.webadvantage.net/webadblog/did-lycos-dump-askcom-for-yahoo-674#comment-127 Thanks for the post Sylvia - I took a look at Retriever and it's an interesting product though it makes me wonder if we're going backwards in time to the ODP? I see that Lycos is trying to differentiate themselves from Wikipedia and things like Digg etc - I wonder though how Lycos "evaluates both the quality and freshness" of the links they provide. Do you think they might be using some Yahoo! technology for this type of product? I'm not sure we're seeing the connection over here. <blockquote>Retriever evaluates both the quality and the freshness of the information it's reporting. What it returns to the user is a briefing book, with perspectives from all over the Web, not a dry encyclopedia article or one person's opinion on a subject.</blockquote> Thanks for the post Sylvia – I took a look at Retriever and it’s an interesting product though it makes me wonder if we’re going backwards in time to the ODP?

I see that Lycos is trying to differentiate themselves from Wikipedia and things like Digg etc – I wonder though how Lycos “evaluates both the quality and freshness” of the links they provide. Do you think they might be using some Yahoo! technology for this type of product? I’m not sure we’re seeing the connection over here.

Retriever evaluates both the quality and the freshness of the information it’s reporting. What it returns to the user is a briefing book, with perspectives from all over the Web, not a dry encyclopedia article or one person’s opinion on a subject.

]]> By: Sylvia Dombrowski http://www.webadvantage.net/webadblog/did-lycos-dump-askcom-for-yahoo-674/comment-page-1#comment-119 Sylvia Dombrowski Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:36:52 +0000 http://www.webadvantage.net/webadblog/did-lycos-dump-askcom-for-yahoo-674#comment-119 Have you seen Lycos Retriver (beta) yet? http://www.lycos.com/retriever.html An "educated" guess tells me there is a connection. Have you seen Lycos Retriver (beta) yet?
http://www.lycos.com/retriever.html

An “educated” guess tells me there is a connection.

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