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Lycos began as a search engine research project by Dr. Michael Loren Mauldin of Carnegie Mellon University in 1994.Lycos then enjoyed several years of growth and, in 1999, became the most visited online destination in the world, with a global presence in more than 40 countries. Lycos was sold to Terra Networks of Spain in May 2000 for $5.4 billion, forming a new company Terra Lycos and maintaining a position as one of the world's largest Internet companies. In October 2004, Lycos was sold by Terra's parent company Telefonica to Daum Communications Corporation, the second largest Internet portal in Korea, becoming once again Lycos Inc. Until now, Lycos is still active.
Bing formerly known as Live Search, Windows Live Search and MSN Search is the current web search engine or advertised as a "decision engine" from Microsoft. Unveiled by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on May 28, 2009 at the All Things Digital conference in San Diego, Bing is a replacement for Live Search. It went fully online on June 3, 2009, with a preview version released on June 1, 2009. In its first few weeks Bing was successful in gaining some market share.
Notable changes include the listing of search suggestions in real time as queries are entered and a list of related searches called "Explorer pane" on the left side of search results based on semantic technology from Powerset, which Microsoft purchased in 2008. Bing also includes the ability to Save & Share search histories via Windows Live SkyDrive, Facebook and email.
On July 29, 2009, Microsoft and Yahoo! announced a deal in which Bing would power Yahoo! Search.
Bing formerly known as Live Search, Windows Live Search and MSN Search is the current web search engine or advertised as a "decision engine" from Microsoft. Unveiled by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on May 28, 2009 at the All Things Digital conference in San Diego, Bing is a replacement for Live Search. It went fully online on June 3, 2009, with a preview version released on June 1, 2009. In its first few weeks Bing was successful in gaining some market share.
Notable changes include the listing of search suggestions in real time as queries are entered and a list of related searches called "Explorer pane" on the left side of search results based on semantic technology from Powerset, which Microsoft purchased in 2008. Bing also includes the ability to Save & Share search histories via Windows Live SkyDrive, Facebook and email.
On July 29, 2009, Microsoft and Yahoo! announced a deal in which Bing would power Yahoo! Search.
Interface
Lycos offers a Web search engine, subject directories, and several other services. In April 1999, it made its main directory a version of the Open Directory. In terms of general searching, Lycos made significant changes during the summer of 1997, tossing out their old search system for a new one. Lycos interface was quite not attractive because there is no colourful background. For me, I love search engine that offer the beautiful scenery or image and not only the words.
Only ten hits at a time are displayed. Lycos displays the title, a keyword-in-context extract, and the URL. No date, language, or file size information is available. The "Sidesearch" (formerly "Fast Forward") link after the title opens up the result on the right and move the search results to a frame or pane on the left. As some point in spring 2001, Lycos added a translation capability, with a link after each record and directly at translation.lycos.com. It uses the same system software that AltaVista uses. Then, Lycos is not case sensitive. All search terms look for a match regardless of upper and lower case are searched.
Bing interface was quite attractive compared to Lycos interface. Bing was always changing their background image. The images are mostly of remarkable places in the world. The background image also contains information about the elements shown in the image. I can view the information by hovering over the image. The background images can be switched off and switched on.
It is so nice to look and the user did not feel boring when use this search engine. Bing also have left side navigation pane. Includes navigation and on results pages, related searches and prior searches. In addition to its tool for searching web pages, Bing also provides the following search offerings such as health, images, maps, news, shopping and many more.
Lycos offers a Web search engine, subject directories, and several other services. In April 1999, it made its main directory a version of the Open Directory. In terms of general searching, Lycos made significant changes during the summer of 1997, tossing out their old search system for a new one. Lycos interface was quite not attractive because there is no colourful background. For me, I love search engine that offer the beautiful scenery or image and not only the words.
Only ten hits at a time are displayed. Lycos displays the title, a keyword-in-context extract, and the URL. No date, language, or file size information is available. The "Sidesearch" (formerly "Fast Forward") link after the title opens up the result on the right and move the search results to a frame or pane on the left. As some point in spring 2001, Lycos added a translation capability, with a link after each record and directly at translation.lycos.com. It uses the same system software that AltaVista uses. Then, Lycos is not case sensitive. All search terms look for a match regardless of upper and lower case are searched.
Bing interface was quite attractive compared to Lycos interface. Bing was always changing their background image. The images are mostly of remarkable places in the world. The background image also contains information about the elements shown in the image. I can view the information by hovering over the image. The background images can be switched off and switched on.
It is so nice to look and the user did not feel boring when use this search engine. Bing also have left side navigation pane. Includes navigation and on results pages, related searches and prior searches. In addition to its tool for searching web pages, Bing also provides the following search offerings such as health, images, maps, news, shopping and many more.
Time
For Lycos search engine, in the advanced search there is a URL/Site limit for restricting to or excluding specific domains. There are also 47 language limits. Only one language limit at a time can be used. Unlike on AlltheWeb, a language limit cannot be combined with a field search. For me, Lycos search engine is quite fast and easy to search the information that we want.
The Bing best match feature cuts down the number of clicks and gets me to my final destination faster. Best Match results include customer service numbers for retail sites, the ability to track a package right from the search page, deep links to common pages within the site and much more. Bing examines what you are typing in the search box and will automatically suggest similar terms or common refinements related to the term you are typing. So that, it will save our time and my work can be done on the time.
As a conclusion, both search engines are good and have their own specialties. We as the user have to know which search engine that suitable to use and so that, it will not waste our time.
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