Comments on: Lycos Europe Attempting More Comebacks than Rocky Balboa

By: FranÃ§ois Houste

FranÃ§ois Houste — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:50:21 +0000

To complete what Lycosian is actually saying… Jubii is the orignal Lycos Europe portal brand in Danemark where it represents something like 80% of reach. Jubii brand, as an only european one had already been used for a pan-european blogging plateform by Lycos (www.jubiiblog.fr for the French one) and Lycos Europe using this brand opportunity to take share of US market is not a so big surprise after all… business-ly speaking of course.

And, as an answer for Mike, pronounciation is “Jubee”. And as Jubii is an original Danish word, pronounciation problem had come in several european countries

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 01:26:48 +0000

My life has hit a new low – receiving grammar lessons from Rocky.

By: Rocky

Rocky — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 01:03:26 +0000

Thanks for giving away the end of a movie. And as an SEO, you should avoid the word “thru” and ending questions when exclamation points.

By: Lycosian

Lycosian — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:02:17 +0000

Just to clarify again. Lycos Europe didn’t lose the U.S. trademark, they NEVER owned the trademark to Lycos. They are (and have been) the European licensee. Originally, they were a joint venture between Lycos, Inc. and Bertelsmann, but Lycos no longer owns any stake. Lycos, Inc is the original Lycos that has been operating in the U.S. for over a decade. The NYT is woefully incorrect on this point.

By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:55:18 +0000

I am hitting some of the same security code problems when trying to sign up, and just ripped apart the terms of service which are not to promising. Just pinged this post but that will probably have to wait moderation.

The signup process is a nightmare

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:49:24 +0000

Thanks Kathy. I updated the post to make it a little more clear.

By: Jubii Overview - Terms of Service and "The Invisible Captcha" Andy Beard

Jubii Overview - Terms of Service and "The Invisible Captcha" Andy Beard — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:29:47 +0000

[...] Despite the fact that Andy Beal thought it was a pain to sign up for the new Jubii service (it seriously is), I thought I would give it a try and give some feedback – 10GB of free storage could be useful, depending on usage restrictions. The NY Times piece didn't really give me any indication as to whether this service was just intended to be some kind of integrated Myspace, or dare I say it, something useful… [...]

By: Kathy O'Reilly

Kathy O'Reilly — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:12:55 +0000

Andy,

Please note. Today’s New York Times article pertains to Lycos Europe, and has nothing to do with Lycos, Inc. Lycos, Inc. and Lycos Europe are two entirely separate companies. It is Lycos Europe who is making an attempt to emerge in the U.S.under a new brand name.

By: Mateosquared

Mateosquared — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:04:06 +0000

Received this when trying to submit a comment at Jubiiiiiii: Sorry, but your comment has been flagged by the spam filter running on this blog: this might be an error, in which case all apologies. Your comment will be presented to the blog admin who will be able to restore it immediately.
You may want to contact the blog admin via e-mail to notify him.

By: Mateosquared

Mateosquared — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:03:03 +0000

I found it to be interesting at first. I then tried to sign-up, and was not able to enter the security code. None was provided.

Did you notice that there is not a contact us button anywhere on the site? It seems the only way to contact them is via a blog comment.

Did you also notice, that the blog is hard to get to? Only two words are linked, and they are the same color as the text that is not linked. They might as well throw in the towel, and get out of the Internet business.

By: Mike Mothner

Mike Mothner — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:31:45 +0000

This is just a personal pet peeve, but I cannot stand new brands that I am unsure if I am even pronouncing correctly; I mean how can I recommend even a great product or service to a friend if I really don’t even know for sure if I am saying it right.

Jubee? jube-eye? Give me a break…

By: FranÃ§ois Houste

FranÃ§ois Houste — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:15:13 +0000

I’m not supposed to say bad things about Lycos Europe… as I spent 6 years their… (oh my god, 6 years)…
but Jubii.com is nothing else than a free mail platform replacing the very old french Caramail one…