Provider: Lycos, Inc.
Browsable index: Yes, the Lycos "a2z" Directory.
Search capabilities: Yes
Item submission method: Robot, also takes human submissions
Editorial function: No
Annotated: Yes, from the page itself
Notable feature: Size of index
FAQ: Yes, for both on the home page under "Help."
Originally provided by Carnegie-Mellon University, this site is now maintained by Lycos, Inc. It supports Boolean AND/OR searching (through menu picks), relevance feedback, and allows the user to control the level and amount of feedback, as well as the level of relevance. It brings back annotation about the site from the page itself. Lycos also maintains an "a2z" directory based on the number of links maintained to each site by other sites on the Internet, in over 15 subject categories.