DomaineScore
81/100

lycos.fr

Clean

Active, expires in 695 days

Analysed on 16/10/2026 ·

  • Change of topic over time: check that the history fits your project
  • Domain bought back after expiry: the history and old links are not guaranteed (check the continuity of content and anchors)
Estimated traffic~705visits/month from Google (France)
Keywords81ranking (top 100)
Traffic value~55 $per month in Google Ads equivalent (rankings × volumes × CPC)
Top 107keywords on page 1 · 2 in top 3
Referring domains19 931pic 45 311 en 2022
Backlinks596 95279 % dofollow · spam 39/100
Agedepuis 1997web archives · re-registered on 2026-09-11 (1 mois)
Authority7.9/10PageRank recalculated on the web graph

The 20 top links (one per domain)

Inherited or recent links? Domain re-registered on 2026-09-11 : 20 des 20 top links were already known before, 0 were detected after (including 0 suspect(s)) · 19 751 referring domains at the time of the takeover, 19 931 aujourd'hui · mostly inherited profile.

Sorted by link strength. Rank: authority of the source domain (0-1000). Spam: link risk score (0-100). In red: suspicious link; "auto": automatically generated page (bot directory, URL shortener, WHOIS page), worthless.

Referring domains month by month

20192020202120222023202420252026
2019-01 : 6 467max : 45 3112026-09 : 19 751

Trend: Maximum: 45 311 domains in 2022-10. Over the last 3 months (2026-07 → 2026-09) : +454 new domains, −813 perdus · stable profile.

Steady growth is natural; an isolated spike signals a campaign; a continuous drop, lost links (source site closed, links removed).

Main anchors

Breakdown (out of 5 618 referring domains seen): brand / URL / image 74 % · generic and keywords 26 % · risky 0 %. Natural profile: sites cite the name or the address.

Number of referring domains per anchor. In red: risky vocabulary (casino, pharma, SEO ads…).

  • (image / vide)2981
  • Lycos378
  • ici257
  • lycos.fr208
  • membres178
  • membre157
  • here113
  • site104
  • ICI100
  • http://www.lycos.fr/95
  • membres.lycos.fr89
  • lycos84

Main keywords (France)

Brand / non-brand: 76 % of the traffic from these keywords comes from queries containing the site's name. The traffic mostly relies on the name's reputation: a buyer who changes the brand loses it.

  • lycos marque
    6 600 rech./mois
    #1
  • espagne angleterre
    22 200 rech./mois
    #20
  • leboncoin france
    18 100 rech./mois · CPC 0,07 $
    #17
  • lycos chat marque
    4 400 rech./mois
    #16
  • capitaine equipe de france
    2 400 rech./mois
    #16
  • chatgpt français gratuit en ligne
    1 300 rech./mois · CPC 0,03 $
    #7
  • chaine en direct
    720 rech./mois · CPC 0,78 $
    #9
  • yiaho application
    260 rech./mois
    #8
  • champion du monde cyclisme
    14 800 rech./mois · CPC 4,69 $
    #18
  • vol paris lourdes air france
    70 rech./mois · CPC 0,32 $
    #3

Score breakdown

Security & blocklists25/25
  • Antivirus: 0/92 engine(s) flag it
  • HTTP security headers: grade D-
  • Absent from the 7 blocklists queried
Site history (archives)18/25
  • Archived over 58 half-year(s), from 12/1997 to 10/2026
  • Broken continuity: archives since 1997 but domain re-registered in 2026 (expired then bought back)
  • Topic: famille & animaux/auto & moto (2006) → actualité & médias/entreprise & marketing (aujourd'hui)
  • The site's subject changed completely (famille & animaux/auto & moto/voyage → actualité & médias/entreprise & marketing)
Link profile17/20
  • 19931 referring domains, 596952 backlinks
  • Medium backlink spam score (39/100)
  • Top 20 links: 20 dofollow, 2 suspicious, automated or high spam score
  • 74 % brand / URL anchors: natural profile
Authority15/15
  • PageRank 7.9/10 (global rank #18 205)
  • In the top 1M most visited sites (#5 199), 5 137 referring subnets
  • Cited as a source in 110 Wikipedia article(s) (fr, es, de, en, it)
  • Ranking for ~81 Google France keyword(s) (7 in the top 10, estimated organic traffic ~705 visits/month)
Registration & stability6/15
  • Registered since 2026-09-11 (0.1 years)
  • Archives since 1997 but registered in 2026: domain expired then bought back
  • The domain responds (DNS), site reachable over HTTPS
  • Authenticated email: SPF + DMARC (p=none)
  • Wildcard DNS: every subdomain responds (common on spam domains)

Detected type: Active site (web archives) — full analysis (site, traffic, indexing, links).

What the site was, year by year (web archives)

Click a year to open the archived snapshot. Below: title and topics of the home page at different times; a sudden change of subject or language gives away a takeover.

Cited as a source in Wikipedia (50+ article(s)) : 8°6 Crew fr · Crime de lèse-majesté fr · Ennéade fr · Gileppe fr · Liste d'émulateurs d'ordinateur fr · Lycos (portail web) fr

Technical sheet (registration, DNS, hosting, security…)
Type
Site actif
Created on
2026-09-11
Expires on
2028-09-11 (695 j)
Registrar
NETSAMPLE
Statuses
active
DNS
Responds (172.67.176.147, 104.21.96.100)
Name servers
pat.ns.cloudflare.com, josh.ns.cloudflare.com
Email (MX)
Configured + SPF + DMARC
DNSSEC
No
Hosting
Cloudflare, Inc. (US) · CDN/cloud
Current site
HTTP 200 · Lycos | Recherche, actualité et votre page sur lycos.fr
Current topic
actualité & médias, entreprise & marketing
Site keywords
lycos, jeux, actualité, actu, moment, cherchez, suivez, profils
Past topic
2006 : famille & animaux/auto & moto
Popularity
Top 5 199 of sites worldwide
Real traffic (Chrome)
Outside the global top 1M (normal below a few thousand visits/month)
Web & email security
HTTP headers: D- (25/100) · HSTS preloaded: non · MTA-STS : non · BIMI : non
Reputation
Antivirus: 0 malveillant / 0 suspicious out of 92 moteurs
Other extensions
Free in .eu, .co, .io · taken in .com, .net, .org
Typosquatting
4 close variant(s) registered out of 20 tested : ycos.fr, lyos.fr, lycs.fr, lyco.fr
Cited in Wikipedia
50+ article(s) : 8°6 Crew (fr) · Crime de lèse-majesté (fr) · Ennéade (fr) · Gileppe (fr)
Dofollow links
79 % · 52 016 broken link(s)
Link spam score
39 / 100
Link countries
FR, WW, US, GB
First known link
2019-01-15

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