Yahoo may be dead, but Lycos still survives. Somehow.

Jan11

by Sindy Cator on January 11, 2017 at 12:04 am

For all intents and purposes, Yahoo as we know it is dead. The main part of the company has been devoured by Verizon in a deal worth $4.8 billion. What remains of it has rebranded as the (perplexingly-named) Altaba, which let’s face it, sounds like a brand of weight loss milkshake aimed at seniors. Beyond the screwups (and let’s face it, there were many), it’s often said the real reason why Yahoo failed was because it’s impossible to compete with Google on search. This isn’t an unreasonable point. After all, Google is a hegemony. People use it because its search product produces…