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Business professionals also question the reliability of search information, with 52% only "somewhat confident" that results originate from credible sources. "Executives cannot make informed business decisions without the right intelligence," said Jay Gulick, director of BNET.

Still on Tuesday, spanish Internet firm Terra Lycos said it has received four offers for its U.S. portal Lycos, a company source said on Tuesday. "We are weighing the sale of Lycos. No decision has been taken yet, but Terra has four offers and we expect a decision will be taken in the short term," the source told Reuters without giving further details.

Terra, a subsidiary of Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica, bought Lycos for $12.5 billion in an all stock deal in May 2000, near the height of the Internet / dot-com boom. Its book value today is 75 million euros ($91 million).

Terra, Europe's third largest Internet service provider, posted first quarter earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of 0.7 million euros, its second quarter of positive EBITDA after years of losses. It expects to make its first net profit next year.

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