lycos.com
lycos.com is ranked #5,033 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), down 74 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Apr 13, 1995, 31 years, 6 months ago, through GoDaddy.com, LLC, and is paid up until Apr 14, 2027. Its homepage uses Bootstrap, Cloudflare Web Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Taboola. It is served through Cloudflare and jsDelivr.
Popularity rank
#5,033 of the top 1 million sites in the Tranco research ranking, which averages several traffic and DNS sources over 30 days. Best rank in the period shown: #1,865.
Domain registration
- Registered
- Apr 13, 1995 (31 years, 6 months ago)
- Expires
- Apr 14, 2027
- Registrar
- GoDaddy.com, LLC
- Name servers
aarav.ns.cloudflare.com,maisie.ns.cloudflare.com- DNSSEC
- Not signed
From the registry's public RDAP record, checked Oct 1, 2026.
Technology stack
Detected from the homepage HTML and response headers on Oct 14, 2026. Tools loaded only after scripts run (or after consent banners) may be missing.
Homepage SEO check
Checked from the HTML our scanner received on Oct 14, 2026. Content added later by JavaScript isn't counted.
8 passed · 12 warnings · 3 failed
Content
- !Title12 characters — aim for 15–65
- ✕Meta descriptionMissing
- ✕H1 headingMissing in the served HTML
- ✓Subheadings3 H2 headings
- ✓Image alt textAll 27 images have alt text
- ✓Content lengthAbout 794 words
Indexing
- ✓IndexableNo noindex directive
- !Canonical URLMissing
- !robots.txtNot found
- !XML sitemapNot found
- ✓Language attributeen
- !Structured dataNo JSON-LD or microdata
Social sharing
- ✕Open GraphMissing
- !Twitter / X cardMissing
Technical
- ✓HTTPSServed over HTTPS
- ✓Mobile viewportFound
- !FaviconMissing
- ✓Character encodingUTF-8
Security headers
- !Strict-Transport-SecurityNot set
- !Content-Security-PolicyNot set
- !Clickjacking protectionNot set
- !X-Content-Type-OptionsNot set
- !Referrer-PolicyNot set
Server response
- Final URL
https://www.lycos.com/- HTTP status
- 200
- Server
cloudflare- Response time
- 8.49 s (first byte 8.47 s, from our scanner in a US data centre)
- HTML size
- 66 KB
- Compression
- br
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| Rank | Website | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| #5,028 | cbp.gov | 2003 |
| #5,029 | ixbt.com | 1998 |
| #5,030 | meli.com | 2002 |
| #5,031 | ice.com | 1990 |
| #5,032 | dtscdn.com | 2014 |
| #5,034 | king.com | 1994 |
| #5,035 | louisvuitton.com | 1997 |
| #5,036 | byteeffecttos-g.com | 2021 |
| #5,037 | frameo.net | 2016 |
| #5,038 | qzwxrtyk.com | 2025 |
Questions about lycos.com
How popular is lycos.com?
lycos.com is #5,033 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.
How old is lycos.com?
lycos.com was registered on Apr 13, 1995, which makes the domain 31 years, 6 months old.
What is lycos.com built with?
We detected Bootstrap, Cloudflare Web Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Taboola, Cloudflare and jsDelivr on its homepage.
Who is the registrar of lycos.com?
GoDaddy.com, LLC, according to the registry's RDAP record.