I think that Lycos has improved in to a better site and now is a definite competitor with other main web search engines especially those such as Yahoo and google.
Most famous for its sms messaging this has attracted many people to their site and has made it very popular. Lycos sms messaging has so popular that when most people give text messages they very often go to lycos. If you are looking to send simple text messages, this has got to be the service, its free, simple and very easy to use. The only disadvantage which sometimes occurs is that because of the large number of people using the site it does get quite slow and sometimes you have to keep sending a message does not got through.
I have found that the search on Lycos is very detailed which is useful as there is more options of what to choose from. There are not many deadlinks but they could cut down on them more if they really wanted to improve the site but I still I think that lycos results are quite accurate. Like other search engines there is an advanced search facility it just helps you to narrow down your search.
You can play online games with other net users, there are other games which you can play on your own. I use to play these games a lot when I was bored but now I dont really play them that much because they can get a little tedius at times so I feel that lycos should update and introduce new games every so often. There are many other feature which can be useful on this site.
This has got to be the most advertised search engines of them all, the adverts that come on about that dog who fetches anything you ask for, who can forget it. Yahoo is advertising more often now but still lycos has to be at the top. Advertising helps a great deal because if I did not see the adverts I would not have bothered to check out the site.
The site is generally quite fast and is very easy to navigate, it is very similar to the yahoo but has its own advantages and disadvantages. It is a good site.