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FreeCar.com Helps 'Drive' Lycos Brand; More Than 40 Terra Lycos Employees to Drive Home the Brand

    LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29 FreeCar.com, creator of an innovative
new form of out-of-home advertising, today announced an agreement with Terra
Lycos to wrap more than 40 employee vehicles in
Mountain View, Calif. and Boston, Mass.  This employee involvement program
will promote several products within the Lycos Network, including: Lycos
Travel, MatchMaker, Lycos News, Lycos Computers, Lycos Communities, Lycos
Shop, My Lycos, Quote.com, Lycos Sports and Lycos Zone.
    "We are very excited to parlay the FreeCar concept into an effective
employee-involved program for Terra Lycos on both the East and West Coast,"
said Keith Powers, co-founder of FreeCar.com.  "Our goal is to strategically
plan a dynamic and effective mobile solution for our clients to spearhead
their advertising and promotional needs in a fresh and effective medium."
    "Working with FreeCar will help us to garner further exposure for the
various Lycos products," said Christy O'Rourke, promotions manager for
Lycos.com.  "We've had success with employees 'Lycos-sizing' their cars in the
past and we are pleased with the response and commitment we've received from
employees on this promotion."

    About FreeCar.com
    Based in Los Angeles with offices in New York and Japan, FreeCar.com's
wrapped vehicles are the newest innovation in alternative out-of-home
advertising, providing advertisers an interactive and visual marketing tool
with which to reach their audiences.  The company offers advertisers the
opportunity to wrap their name and logo around a vehicle model of their
choice, driven by a driver of their choice.  From retail chains to consumer
products and brokerage houses, FreeCar has a vehicle and driver to match each
advertiser's reach and target audience.  Existing advertisers include Thom
McAn, Sega, USA Films - "Traffic," Rawlings Golf, Jamba Juice, Andersen
Consulting, and Taco Bell.  To find out how to become an advertiser, or to
sign up as a driver, visit http://www.FreeCar.com.  For more information or to
schedule an interview, please contact Lisa Egizii at (619) 234-0345 or via
email at egizii@formulaPR.com.

    About Terra Lycos
    Terra Lycos is the new global Internet network operating in 41 countries
in 20 languages, reaching 91 million unique monthly visitors worldwide.
Created by the combination of Terra Networks, S.A. and Lycos, Inc., in October
2000, Terra Lycos is one of the most popular Internet networks in the U.S.,
Europe, Asia and Latin America, and is the third largest Internet access
provider in the world.  The Terra Lycos network of sites includes Lycos.com,
Terra.com, AnimationExpress.com, Angelfire.com, ATuHora.com, Gamesville.com,
HotBot.com, htmlGEAR.com, Invertia.com, Lycos Zone, Matchmaker.com, Quote.com,
Rumbo.com, Sonique, Tripod.com, Webmonkey.com, WhoWhere.com and Wired News
(Wired.com).  Terra Lycos, which is headquartered in Barcelona with operating
centers in Waltham, Mass (US) and Madrid, Spain, among others, is listed on
NASDAQ (TRLY) and the Madrid stock exchange (TRR).

    Lycos(R) is a registered trademark of Carnegie Mellon.  All other product
or service marks mentioned herein are those of Terra Networks, S.A., Lycos,
Inc. or their respective owners.  All rights reserved.