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Which search engine, founded at Carnegie Mellon University in 1994, was once a top-five destination on the early web before being sold for just $95 million in 2004?
Answer
Lycos
Lycos launched out of Carnegie Mellon University in 1994 and quickly became one of the most visited sites on the early web. Its dramatic decline in the early 2000s culminated in a 2004 sale for $95 million — a fraction of its peak dot-com-era valuation.
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Lycos, once a top-five search engine, declined so rapidly that by 2004 it was bought for $95 million—a fraction of its peak value just five years earlier.
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