Lycos Asia is a joint venture between Lycos, Inc and Singapore Telecommunications Limited. By positioning the portal as a hub and comprehensive network of sites, Lycos Asia seeks to serve all the basic needs of its Internet visitors, acting as the home base and primary Web resource for its users.
The Lycos Asia Network of sites comprises of Lycos.com, Tripod and Contact. The Lycos Asia Network provides leading Web search and navigation, communication and personalisation tools, homepage building and Web community services. Integrated, these sites help each individual user locate, retrieve and manage information tailored to his or her personal interests.
Lycos Asia believes that COMMUNITIES are at the core of the hub. An Internet community personalises the Web, allowing people with common interests to seamlessly find, communicate and collaborate with each other, acting as participants, rather than observers. An online community personalises the Web, enabling members to have individual relationships in a global medium.
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Lycos Asia offers a wide variety of advertising opportunities throughout our network to drive traffic to your website. If you are interested in targeting specific audiences by keywords, word phrases, domains or channels, Lycos Asia will deliver your advertising message. Lycos Asia offers localized content across Asia in Hong Kong, Singapore, China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia, The Philippines and India. If you are interested in advertising on the Lycos Network in Asia, the U. S., Europe, Latin America and Canada, we can help you. Advertising packages start from as low as US$2000. Lycos Asia offices are located in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, India and Thailand. |
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| The Business Development Team at Lycos Asia is committed to enhancing your Internet site by providing solutions that allow your users to access the Lycos Asia family of award-winning products and services. These products and business strategies will result in more users visiting the Web site, thereby increasing the revenue stream associated with your web site. Let the Lycos Asia Business Development Team help you turn your web site into a profitable venture. We can provide web page enhancements such as search engines, e-mail, and community building tools on a co-branding basis.
For more information on Lycos Asia products and services, please send an email to [email protected]. A Lycos Asia representative will get back to you and discuss how we can benefit your business. Please provide us with as much information as you can on your business development plans so that we can serve you better. |
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Lycos Malaysia Brings Finance Content To Users
Kuala Lumpur Lycos Asia (M) Sdn Bhd (Lycos Malaysia) today formalised two partnerships with Stock188.com Sdn Bhd and Surf88.Com Sdn Bhd respectively, bringing a wealth of financial content to visitors of the Lycos Malaysia Finance Channel.
“Lycos Malaysia is bringing rich Malaysian-centric content and services to our Internet users,” said Leon Tan, Country Director, Lycos Asia (M) Sdn Bhd. “With the two partners, Lycos Malaysia will also be able to bring timely and relevant content to financial investors.”
The portal, which can be accessed at http://www.lycos.com.my, will provide users with a broad range of financial information and services, which includes subscription-based premier investment tools and financial research.
“At Stock188.com, our aim is to educate the younger, twenty-something segment of the market,” Jimmy Loke, Director, Stock188.com said.
“We believe that with our comprehensive financial tools, as well as timely financial news from various sources, we are able to help this less-experienced segment of the market to be smarter investors,” he added.
A subsidiary of Finexasia.com Sdn Bhd, Stock188.com Sdn Bhd, was founded on June 1, 2000. The online financial site provides financial tools, real-time quotes and news from various financial sources.
“Our partnership with Lycos Malaysia will only enhance our vision, giving us a better engine to drive our content and services,” Loke said.
Lycos Malaysia’s second Finance Channel partner, Surf88.Com Sdn Bhd, offers quality equity research service to Malaysian retail investors.
“We see a huge void for timely market information and quality research for individual investors,” Lee Siang Chin, Chairman of Surf88.Com Sdn Bhd said. “Surf88 has been formed to meet the need for this segment and the alliance with Lycos would be a further step to reach out to our target clients.”
Surf88.Com’s founders have over 50 years of institutional stock broking experience and have adapted their experience into a friendly and informative service. Surf88’s strength is its experience and independence, which not only ensures quality research but also unbiased recommendations, as it is not linked to any banks nor stockbrokers. Surf88 is the first and only bilingual website in Malaysia offering its services in English and Chinese.
Better decisions
The new Finance Channel is designed to be a community that will feature rich Malaysian-centric financial content to assist and educate Lycos Malaysia visitors in making personal investment decisions in the Malaysian equity market.
Visitors can expect to see live multiple portfolios and streaming real-time system with comprehensive filters such as KLCI, MSCI, Penny Stocks, Warrants, and Loan stocks. The channel will also feature equity research service for Malaysian retail investors.
About Lycos Malaysia
Lycos Asia (http://www.lycosasia.com), a joint venture between Terra Lycos and SingTel, was formed in September 1999 to jointly deliver localized versions of Lycos.com, Tripod and other services to more than 10 markets in Asia. Lycos Asia provides leading Web search and navigation, as well as “cOntact”, a powerful suite of closely integrated Web-based communication tools available in multi-languages, and homepage building and Web community services.
Each portal site reflects local content in the principal language of the respective countries. Lycos Asia has the largest Internet network in Asia with an extensive reach of 11 sites over Southeast Asia, Greater China and India.
About Stock188.com
Stock188.com Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary of Finexasia.com Sdn. Bhd., provides financial tools and operates the premier financial Web site, www.stock188.com. Founded on 1st June 2000, it serves to facilitate online investment. Stock188.com is a financial tools and information Web site dedicated to providing quality and timely news from various financial sources, as well as, equipping investors, with comprehensive financial tools to make timely investment decisions.
About Surf88.Com
Surf88.Com Sdn Bhd is founded and run by six shareholders with more than 60 years of stockbroking experience. We believe that experience offers a strong advantage to navigate prudently in the stockmarket, and the Surf88.Com website provides an avenue for us to share our insight with individual investors. In April 2001, Star Publications (M) Bhd became a 25% shareholder of Surf88.Com Sdn Bhd.
As far as stockbroking research goes, 90% of efforts are directed towards institutional fund managers. As a result, individual investors, who account for more than 70% of KLSE trading volume, have been sadly neglected. We see a glaring gap between institutional research and journalistic reporting, and as a result an acutely unmet demand from retail investors for timely information and quality analysis. This ‘misallocation’ of resources has created an exciting opportunity for Surf88.Com Sdn Bhd, and the timing cannot be more right with the rapid advancement of information delivery technology. Our focus is firmly on individual investors, and this is directing the way we write, deliver and market.
To reach out to the masses, the Surf88.Com website is bilingual, delivering in both English and Chinese, and multi-channel, offering our services though fax, Internet, and down the road, via mobile technology. Our reports are short and simple, free of technical jargon and offer clean investment action. To cater to individual investors, our research is multi-discipline encompassing both fundamental and technical analyses, while our coverage is broad with a clear focus on small to medium-sized companies.
Surf88.Com Sdn Bhd was approved as a licensed investment adviser by the Securities Commission on 18 July 2000. The website was launched on 18 July 2000 as a strategic partnership of Surf88.Com Sdn Bhd with VADS Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Telekom Malaysia. The partnership brings to you the best of research and technical expertise, a combination of ‘old economy’ experience and ‘new economy’ delivery. As a team, we offer users a friendly stock quotes system to retrieve real-time stock prices and indices, together with independent, timely and quality research reports.
Lycos Malaysia Appoints Country Director
Kuala Lumpur Lycos Asia (M) Sdn Bhd (Lycos Malaysia), the Malaysian arm of the region’s largest Internet network, today announced the appointment of Leon Tan as the company’s new Country Director.
Apart from the overall responsibility for Lycos Malaysia operations, Leon will lead the strategy and implementation of the company’s business development in Malaysia.
Leon has over five years of experience in high-growth new economy businesses, having held local and regional positions in areas such as corporate finance, business and marketing planning, as well as consulting.
“The Malaysian Internet population is a growing mosaic of unique and distinct communities. I’m looking forward to building Lycos Malaysia as the preferred destination to develop and enhance our dynamic online communities,” Leon said.
“By working with strategic partners, Lycos Malaysia aims to bring the best of the Internet to our expanding Internet market, suited to Malaysian tastes.”
According to Leon, Lycos Malaysia is strengthening its current suite of Web search and navigation, communication and personalised tools, homepage building and Web community services.
“We listen to our market, our communities and our clients. For our users, we will work harder to deliver a rewarding Internet user experience that is engaging, fast and user-centric. And for our partners, we offer a highly valuable channel with an unprecedented local and regional audience reach,” he added.
As part of Lycos Asia, the largest portal network in the pan-Asian region, Lycos Malaysia has the ability to draw upon regional resources in nine Asian countries. Lycos Asia is also part of the Terra Lycos network, the largest Internet network in the world covering 42 countries with more than 180 sites in 19 languages.
“Lycos Asia’s major shareholder Terra Lycos is a global Internet media giant spearheading new Internet technologies for its markets.
We intend to tap, transfer and transform this world-class expertise to suit Malaysia’s Internet environment. Lycos Malaysia is looking forward to bring these benefits to the market, the industry and the country’s IT future,” he said.
Win Round-The-World Air Tickets With the ‘Lycos Ultimate Search Challenge’
Major search promotion targets internet users in Malaysia & Asia
Kuala Lumpur : Internet users in Malaysia can look forward to loads of fun surfing and a chance to win for themselves a pair of Round-the-World air tickets with the Lycos Ultimate Search Challenge.
Users need only use the recently upgraded Lycos Search Engine to find the answers to a set of questions updated daily during the promotional period. Every correct answer will earn the participant 20 points. With every 200 points accumulated, each participant will stand a chance to win one of 20 Grand Prizes available to all users in Asia – a pair of round-the world air tickets! Winners will be determined in a grand draw to be held in Singapore at the end of the promotion. On top of that, there are 20 exciting weekly prizes of a one night stay at the First World Hotel, Genting Highlands, complete with Breakfast Vouchers and Theme Park Day Pass for two, complements of Genting Berhad.
The contest is part of a regional online search promotion organized by Lycos Asia, the region’s largest Internet network today, spanning Southeast Asia, Greater China and India
The Lycos Ultimate Search Challenge which can be accessed at http://www.lycosasia.com.my, aims to introduce Malaysian web users to the enhanced features and capabilities of the Lycos Search function. Users will experience added depth in the results when searching for information at the Lycos Malaysia site. There are 3 levels of search including a directory listing all the URLs of local websites, an Asia-wide directory and a worldwide catalog. Users have immediate access to the largest, most comprehensive and most up-to-date web catalogue indexing more than 600 million full-text web pages which include more than 17 million Chinese language documents. In addition, users will also be able to perform the type of search desired such as for MP3, FTP or Multimedia files.
“Lycos Search is one of the most important services we provide at our sites to help users retrieve information over the Internet. This campaign will in a fun and rewarding way draw the attention of our existing and potential users to the powerful features of our Search Engine,” Mr. Ralph Lim, Country Director, Lycos Asia (M) Sdn Bhd said.
“Looking at the way Internet technology is evolving and how users here in Malaysia are getting more savvy about surfing for information, we have to constantly examine our products and services, and look at various ways of improving and providing the best user experience possible.”
About Lycos Malaysia
Lycos Asia (http://www.lycosasia.com), a joint venture between Terra Lycos and SingTel, was formed in September 1999 to jointly deliver localized versions of Lycos.com, Tripod and other services to more than 10 markets in Asia. Lycos Asia provides leading Web search and navigation, as well as “cOntact”, a powerful suite of closely integrated Web-based communication tools available in multi-languages, and homepage building and Web community services.
Each portal site reflects local content in the principal language of the respective countries. Lycos Asia has the largest Internet network in Asia with an extensive reach of 11 sites over Southeast Asia, Greater China and India.
Job Opportunities with Lycos Asia
Advertising Sales Manager- Malaysia
Job Description
- To manage a sales team of 3-6 Account Managers.
- To establish relationship with clients and ad agencies to initiate advertising, promotion, and sponsorship programs.
- To work closely with content and technology departments to develop creative advertising programs.
- To provide timely sales reports and forecasts.
- To report to Regional Sales Director and Country Director
Pre-requisites:
- Have a minimum of 5 years of successful sales track record with at least 2 years in sales management. Internet Sales/Management experiences would be a plus.
- Customer focused with strong interpersonal skills to manage key client relationship.
- Strong desire to learn and to prove yourself in a highly competitive and fast-growing industry.
- Strong communication skills, able to write and present clearly in English.
- Knowledge of ad sales, and Internet an advantage. Experience in media sales or advertising agency preferred.
- College or university degree is required.
- Aggressive and hardworking.
PRODUCER (FINANCE/NEWS) – Malaysia
Lycos Asia, one of the world’s top three search engines-cum-portals seeks candidates for the following position:
A high calibre Finance Producer/Editor to manage the finance channel in our Malaysia portal.
We’re looking for experienced, ambitious, motivated and hard-working candidates with a background in business or financial journalism either in the print or electronic media. Deserving candidates who have no financial journalism experience but have some media or finance industry experience will be considered. They must be able to multi-task, have strong news and editing skills, a good nose for business and the ability to work independently. The rewards are great for those who have the passion and ability.
Job Description:
The successful candidate will have a good grasp of the workings of the various media. He/she must be an independent worker who can also work with a team of editors and web production staff in developing quality and comprehensive content for our Finance and News Channels in our Malaysia portal.
His/her strengths are a consummate knowledge of the media world and familiarity with financial reporting or editing. He/she brings to the job good editing skills, a nose for detail and a deadline-oriented pace of work.
Above all, he/she will have the ability to identify, aggregate and produce excellent Financial/News content that will generate high page views and revenue.
The successful candidate will also be responsible for the look and feel as well as the maintenance of the above-mentioned news sites. He/she will be required to work closely with product managers to identify and negotiate with external content providers and to work closely with the latter on content integration. He/she will be expected to generate new ideas to inject dynamism and life to the website to drive the growth of our portal in Malaysia.
Pre-requisites :
- Previous experience in financial journalism or a related industry. A good knowledge of the finance industry and the mover and shakers in it.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Excellent written and oral skills in the English language. A working knowledge of Bahasa Melayu would be an advantage.
- A good degree in any discipline.
- An ability to operate effectively in a high pressure and ever-changing environment.
- An ability to conceptualize the returns on investments for products being deployed.