HotBot
HotBot是一个由科思（Lycos）研发的网络搜索引擎。它于1996年5月推出。
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网站类型 | 网络搜索引擎 |
|---|---|
| 语言 | 英语 |
| 持有者 | 科思(Lycos) |
| 网址 | HotBot.com |
| 推出时间 | 1996年5月 |
| 现状 | 活跃 |
历史
早年
HotBot became a popular tool with search results served by the Inktomi database and directory results provided originally by LookSmart and then DMOZ since mid-1999. Hotbot also used search data from Direct Hit for a period, which was a tool that used click-through data to manipulate results. It was launched using a "new links" strategy of marketing, claiming to update its search database more often than its competitors. It also offered free webpage hosting, but only for a short time, and it was taken down without any notice to its users. It was one of the first search engines to offer the ability to search within search results.
收购和经济衰退
Lycos acquired HotBot in 1998 and for a number of years HotBot languished with limited development and falling market share. At the end of 2002 HotBot was relaunched as a multiple option search tool, giving users the option to search either the FAST, Google, Inktomi or Teoma databases.[2]
20世纪90年代
Up to 2011, the HotBot website was merely a front end for three third-party search engines (Yahoo.com, MSN, and lyGo.com). The site still had an outdated classic designTemplate:According to whom?, and to search with HotBot, one had to click on which search engine of these three to use.
重新开张
In July 2011, HotBot was relaunched with a new robot-like mascot, a new logo, and a modern site design. In the beta, HotBot became a portal, returning not just web search results, but also searches from various Lycos websites, such as News, Shopping and Weather Zombie. The portal interface lasted for roughly 6 months, and these features were instead reincorporated into the 2012 Lycos website redesign, returning HotBot to a simplified search interface.
工具栏
早在2004年，Lycos推出了免费的搜索产品工具栏的测试版,DeskTop。该公司说这是“第一个整合浏览器中的Web搜索与传统的桌面搜索的产品。" 在HotBot的DeskTop可以搜索使用了Inktomi的互联网, e-mail folders for Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express, and user documents stored on a hard drive. It also incorporated a blocker for pop-up ads and an RSS News Reader syndication. Indexes created to track e-mail and user files remained stored locally to protect user privacy. Text-based ads were displayed when viewing results for several types of Internet searches. Lycos licensed dtSearch technology to power the local search options.[3]
参考
- ^ Hotbot.com Site Info. Alexa Internet. [2016-02-06]. （原始内容存档于2016-03-05）.
- ^ HotBot: A brief history of the HotBot search engine. [2016-04-26]. （原始内容存档于2016-06-02）.
- ^ Lycos HotBot Offers Free DeskTop Toolbar - March, 2004. [2016-04-26]. （原始内容存档于2016-03-04）.