A few years ago I emailed Hotbot (owned by Lycos, owned by someone or other) about buying the domain, just out of curiosity of what they would want for it. The

A few years ago I emailed Hotbot (owned by Lycos, owned by someone or other) about buying the domain, just out of curiosity of what they would want for it. They never responded. I'm not sure if it's because 1) they don't want to sell, 2) I'm a nobody who couldn't possibly afford it or 3) the page is so outdated the email address I tried is dead. There are many of these old web properties that are long since dead, but could still be of some value to a startup. It's too bad they were all purchased by companies who don't see that value.