That's a lot of information, so you can improve your searches by being specific. Sometimes, subtle differences can have a dramatic impact on your search results. Both searches will point you toward Web sites that list computer magazines on and off the Web. That might not be what you want. If you're looking for sites that list many computer magazines, the second example will get you there faster.
Examples are full names or phrases.
You can tell Lycos to match your word pattern exactly by enclosing it in quotation marks. You wouldn't know it by browsing the Web, but they still publish magazines that have nothing to do with computers. If you wanted to find information on magazines other than those related to computers, Lycos can help you do that. The opposite of banning terms from your search results is requiring that certain words show up in the documents Lycos finds. This is just the beginning of what you can do with Lycos Search.