Forever Geek » Lycos http://www.forevergeek.com Nerds are for Dorks Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:30:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 A Piece of Internet History Disappears http://www.forevergeek.com/2009/02/a_piece_of_internet_history_disappears/ http://www.forevergeek.com/2009/02/a_piece_of_internet_history_disappears/#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:44:46 +0000 Franky http://www.forevergeek.com/?p=10851 lycos-223

No that’s not Michael Arrington’s dog I want to discuss!

Those among us who have reached their ’30s, or especially Europeans, might remember the dog, Lycos’ dog. Today this ‘pre-Web 1.0′ portal, which started as a search engine in 1994/1995 and was the worldwide most visited website in 1999, has shut down in several European countries.

The news was announced last month already, still this is a dinosaur in the deadpool. Not just a dinosaur, for many Lycos was where everything started: their first email account, their first online dating profile and even their first website (Tripod and Angelfire hosting).

Shall we call today a _sad day_ for the internet?

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