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Lycos

Definition: Lycos started life as one of many internet search engines, but has now expanded, like Google and Yahoo, to become a portal offereing e-mail, blogging, SMS and Text messaging, online shopping, entertainment news and much more.

Use in Education: Perhaps the best use of Lycos in education is the LycosIQ service... an 'Ask the Experts' service, but the experts are simply members of the general public who register with Lycos...so may not be 'experts' as such....so it should be used with caution. You need to register with Lycos (or provide your e-mail address) to submit qustions and verification that you have submitted the question is carried out via e-mail. You are notified by e-mail of responses being made.

Link to Example: With recent news events in mind, I asked the question "How are earthquakes measured?" at 10.23am on May 1st 2007. I received a response at 10.26am that sme day. The response contained a long quote from 'ThinkQuest' and a link to additional information from that site. Question and answer can be seen here 

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