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United Internet Buys Lycos Domains
December 17, 2008 -- According to a report posted today on Data Center Knowledge, which in turn cites a Friday post on Domain Name Wire, United Internet AG has acquired the United Domains unit of Internet portal Lycos Europe.
Ratepoint Adds Jeff Bennett To Board
July 15, 2008 -- Customer feedback and online reputation management services provider RatePoint announced Tuesday it has added NameMedia president and chief operating officer Jeff Bennett to its board of directors.
ICANN Allows New Top-Level Domains
June 26, 2008 -- International internet regulation body ICANN has given approval for new top-level domain names including multilingual ones following a unanimous vote in Paris.
Lycos Offers Tripod for Teachers
August 17, 2007 -- Search engine provider Lycos announced on Wednesday that through its Tripod Web publishing and hosting tools, it is helping US teachers connect with their students, parents and fellow educators.
SixApart: We Won't Be Happy Until Every Company Can Have a Blog
Posted on 2007-01-29
A few months ago, Bambi Francisco from MarketWatch wrote a really interesting article on Google's success. Google beat Yahoo, Lycos, Excite, Netscape, AltaVista, etc because its search-based approach to monetization is better aligned with end users'
If Classic Shared Hosting is an Endangered Species, What's Next?
Posted on 2006-11-28
I've been thinking about Dan Golding's comment on my post from yesterday. If classic shared hosting is an endangered species, what's next?
Lycos Europe starts 99 Cent Hosting
Posted on 2006-10-19
And I thought, the price war was over... Lycos Europe, the joint venture of Germany based Bertelsmann and Spanish Telefonica, just launched a new shared hosting offer for its European customers: For a monthly fee of 99 Euro Cent (approx. US$ 1,20) an
WestHost Picks CM4all Website Creator
February 18, 2005 -- Software developer Content Management AG (cm4all.com) said on Friday that Web hosting provider WestHost (westhost.com) had licensed CM4all Website Creator, the company's flagship Web site building
Developing Effective Search Engine Strategies
2005-01-03
If you're planning to operate a successful Web hosting business that goes beyond attracting clients by word of mouth, you're going to need an effective search engine marketing strategy. Search engines remain the number one way to attract visitors to your Web site, and you'll need to corral their pow...
Buying Marketing Tools from Web Hosts
2004-12-19
Many customers take advantage of popular search engine submitter tools that enable them to submit their Web site locations to all the top search engines .....
Digital PhishNet To Combat Phishing
December 10, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Representatives from a variety of industries and international law enforcement agencies announced on Wednesday that they had launched Digital PhishNet, a collaborative enforcement operation that unites industry leaders in technology, banking, financial services and online auctioneering with law enforcement to tackle "phishing," a destructive and growing form of online identity theft.
Lycos Europe Ends Anti-Spam Campaign
December 7, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- According to research and analysis firm Netcraft (netcraft.com), Lycos Europe says it is taking down the MakeLoveNotSpam.com Web site and bringing its controversial MakeLoveNotSpam anti-spam campaign to an end. The company said it had achieved its objective, which was to ignite a debate about anti-spam measures.
Lycos Screensaver Slows Spam Web Sites
December 2, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- According to a report released Wednesday by Internet research firm Netcraft, (netcraft.com) the MakeLoveNotSpam.com screensaver launched earlier this week by Lycos Europe has seriously hampered the performance of several spammer Web sites through a distributed denial of service attack, though some other targets remained available.
T-Online Expands Marketing of CM4all
October 8, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web site building software developer Content Management AG (cm4all.com) announced on Thursday that the starter version of the CM4all WebSite Creator is now available to T-Online Internet customers with DSL and ISDN access contracts. T-Online Web hosting customers have been using CM4all since the spring of 2003.
MyDoom Disrupts Google Search Engine
July 27, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- In an event that severely hampered the performance of Google's search engine, the Google (google.com) Web site was hit by the MyDoom virus on Monday, seriously disrupting service for several hours. Users who attempted searches during the disruption received a server error page.
Google Seeking Compromise on Gmail
May 19, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- According to reports released this week in the San Mateo County Times, Web search giant Google (google.com) has been very cooperative with lawmakers in accommodating the concerns of legislators and privacy advocates into plans for its recently-announced Gmail free email service, which would feature 1GB of storage for every account.
Yankee Group Acquired From Reuters
May 14, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Monitor Clipper Partners (montiorclipper.com) and a group of private investors have acquired the Yankee Group (yankeegroup.com) from Reuters, the company said on Thursday. Founded in 1970, the Yankee Group is a research technology advisory firm. The firm said the acquisition allows it to reaffirm its leadership role in communications and networking research.
Terra Considers Sale of Lycos USA
According to the report, Terra issued a statement, saying that it was in the process of reviewing the possibility of selling some of its operating units. And while a number of alternatives were being considered for the US division, a final decision has not yet been made.
LookSmart, BellSouth Partner for Search
November 21, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Internet search solution provider LookSmart (looksmart.com) and telecommunications carrier BellSouth (bellsouth.com), publisher of print and Internet versions of the yellow pages in the Southeastern United States, said this week that they have entered into a partnership to help advertisers with BellSouth achieve exposure through search results across the Internet.
Site Finder Boosts VeriSign Traffic 541 Percent
October 24, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- VeriSign (verisign.com) has moved into the top 50 Internet properties, according to comScore Media Metrix's (comscore.com) Internet property rankings for September 2003, released this week.
Netcraft: The Planet Surges in Size
October 14, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- The Planet (theplanet.com), a Dallas, Texas-based hosting provider, has been the fastest growing Web hosting company over the last six months based on percentage growth in active sites, according to research conducted by Netcraft (news.netcraft.com).
Overture Launches Services in Spain
September 17, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Overture Services Inc. (overture.com), a provider of Pay-Per-Click Web search solutions and a popular marketing channel among Web hosting firms, said today it had launched in Spain.
LookSmart Signs Search Deal with Lycos
July 9, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- LookSmart (looksmart.com) announced today it has singed a multi-year agreement with Terra Lycos (terralycos.com) for search distribution on Lycos, one of the largest portals in the U.S. As part of the agreement, LookSmart will provide its search product to Lycos beginning in the third quarter of 2003, while Lycos will have the option to resell LookSmart?s LookListings to Lycos?s paid inclusion and paid placement search engine marketing platform.
Register.com Offers Search Engine Tools
March 27, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Domain name registration and Web presence services provider Register.com Inc. (Register.com) announced on Wednesday that it will offer its customers the Direct Submit suite of Web site search engine submission services, powered by Position Technologies Inc.
Tripod Introduces Blog Publishing Tools
February 6, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Global Internet network Terra Lycos announced on Wednesday that it has launched the Tripod Blog Builder (blog.tripod.lycos.com) tool, designed to allow Tripod's millions of members to easily publish ideas and photos online.
Terra Lycos Launches Portal Services
January 24, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Global Internet network Terra Lycos (TerraLycos.com) announced this week that it has deployed a broadband private label personalization platform tailored to high-speed Internet service providers.
Corio Supports Application Upgrades
December 17, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Enterprise application service provider Corio Inc. (Corio.com) said on Tuesday that its services have been used by a number of world class enterprises, including Ingersoll-Rand GBS and Ingersoll-Rand Energy, CSAA, TheraSense and Terra Lycos, to lower risks and costs for upgrading enterprise applications.
Corio Supports Application Upgrades
December 17, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Enterprise application service provider Corio Inc. (Corio.com) said on Tuesday that its services have been used by a number of world class enterprises, including Ingersoll-Rand GBS and Ingersoll-Rand Energy, CSAA, TheraSense and Terra Lycos, to lower risks and costs for upgrading enterprise applications.
Guardent Appoints VP Operations
October 25, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Information security service provider Guardent (Guardent.com) announced this week that it has appointed Ron Rainville to the position of vice president of operations.
Summer a Season of Change for Europe?s Web Hosts
September 20, 2002 - For most businesses, summer is a time to slow down, take vacations and gear up for the fiscal New Year.
Lycos Adds Streaming Communications Offering
August 20, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Terra Lycos business unit managed service provider Lycos Enterprise Services (Enterprise.Lycos.com) announced on Monday that it has expended its offerings by adding a television-class content creation service.
