I found the new new Lycos Discussion Group Search Beta while looking through my web stats this morning. Someone had found Bruce Eisner’s Vision Thing with it. I tried it out and it gave me a variety of hits I have never seen before including Google’s group search and others.
Here is what Lycos says about the search:
“Lycos Discussion Search provides you the tools to search and retrieve information from millions of discussion threads and conversations taking place on the World Wide Web. These interactive conversations may include listings from some of the more popular community listings.”
“If you have an interest or need some information about a person, place or thing – find out what other folks are saying and search for a discussion on your interested topic. Lycos is working to provide you ONE place to find information about all your interests and your friends, family and colleagues, both current and future.”
Lycos says that they do not target blogs with the new search. However they admit:
” … you may see from time to time, Blog results that show up. Largely, Blogs would appear in results when they have features that are similar to typical forums, bulletin boards, or other discussion sites.”
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