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Lycos Blog Builder(TM) Tool on Tripod Adds New Premium Customization Features

User Blogs Now Customizable to Match Web Sites

Bloggers can Create Layouts, Organize Posts and Search by Topic

WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Terra Lycos
(Nasdaq: TRLY), the global Internet Group, today added new premium features
for advanced bloggers to its award-winning Tripod Blog Builder(TM) tool. The
advanced customization features give premium Tripod members complete control
over the appearance of their blogs. In addition to being able to choose
colors and fonts, premium members can now create their own blog layouts, or
make a Tripod Blog fit into any pre-existing Web site design.

Located at http://blog.tripod.lycos.com/ the redesign of the Tripod Blog
Builder tools includes a new control panel user interface for both free and
premium members, featuring easy-to-use colorful icons to help better organize
and navigate the blog. Additionally, new "list by topic" features are now
available for premium users allowing bloggers to post entries under specific
topics like sports, family and politics, and letting readers search by topic.
Lycos Tripod has also added simpler customization features for premium
users including signature and timestamp displays and will be adding new step-
by-step blogging tutorials in the coming weeks.

A current tutorial located at
http://blog.tripod.lycos.com/adm/learnmore/page1.html is also now available to
help guide members through the new advanced blog customization features.

"Blogs are a great way for people to express themselves, and to enhance
the blogging experience, these new advanced features let our Tripod members
who use Blog Builder create their own templates to match their personal or
company Web sites," said Jamie Riehle, global product manager of Web
Publishing for Terra Lycos. "The new features also allow us to now package
and sell custom blog solutions to various companies like movie studios, for
example, or any online business."

Blogs, short for Web logs, are online diaries or journals, letting users
post opinions, likes and dislikes, reaching and connecting millions of people
instantly. Blogs are easy to update, allowing users to create up-to-the-
minute opinions on any topic, sharing experiences with others who are
important to them. Lycos Tripod Blog Builder technology is the next evolution
in publishing tools, making it even easier to organize and post content online
without complex software commands.

Lycos Tripod Blog Builder received the Editor’s Choice Award in the
September 2003 issue of PC Magazine in recognition of its easy-to-use features
for first-time bloggers. Tripod, part of the Lycos Network, has been a
leader in Web publishing since 1994, providing consumers with everything they
need to create an online journal or Web site. With the new premium features
for advanced bloggers, Lycos gives consumers the most value in online
publishing. Lycos Tripod subscription packages range from $4.95 to $19.95 per
month.

About Terra Lycos

Terra Lycos is a global Internet group, with a presence in 40 countries in
19 languages. The group, which resulted from Terra Networks, S.A’s acquisition
of Lycos, Inc. in October of 2000, operates some of the most widely visited
Web sites in the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America, and is the largest access
provider in Spain and Latin America. Terra Lycos’ network of Web sites
includes Terra in 18 countries, Lycos in 22 countries, Angelfire.com,
Atrea.com, Azeler.es, Educaterra.com, Gamesville.com, HotBot.com,
Ifigenia.com, Invertia.com, Lycos Zone, Maptel.com, Matchmaker.com, Quote.com,
RagingBull.com, Rumbo.com, Tripod.com, Uno-e.com and Wired News (Wired.com),
among others. Terra Lycos, with headquarters in Barcelona and operating
centers in Madrid and Boston, as well as elsewhere, is listed on the Madrid
stock exchange (ticker: TRR) and on the NASDAQ electronic market (ticker:
Lycos(R) is a registered trademark of Carnegie Mellon University. All
other product or service marks mentioned herein are those of Terra Networks,
S.A., Lycos, Inc. or their respective owners. All rights reserved.

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