Terra Lycos Slash Workforce by 20 Percent

[Kal]

Source: Reuters / Search Engine News Blog

http://www.high-search-engine-ranking.com/TerraLycosSlashesWorkforceBy20Percent.htm

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=2175411

Snippet:
In a serious cost cutting measure, Spanish Internet Search firm Terra Lycos has sacked more than 20 percent of its United Staff staff this week, bringing total US staff down to 500.

[markymark]

Can't say I'm surprised. No one uses them to search - that's for sure. The US site currently represents less than 1% of traffic for just about all my sites, except a client who sells golf clubs, for some reason, who gets quite a lot from Lycos (about 7-8%).