Web portals

Here are entered works on Web sites that present themselves as starting points for Web browsing, usually offering topically arranged direct links to sites of general interest.

Use For: Internet portals, Portals (World Wide Web),

Broader Terms: Web sites,

Narrower Terms: Government Web portals,

Related Terms: Web search engines,

Editorial Notes:

• Info Trac business index July 9, 1999 (Web portals, portals, sites which sell themselves as starting points for World Wide Web browsing; Yahoo, Lycos, Excite biggest ones; often started as search engines, but now have in addition topically arranged direct links to sites on topics of interest to most browsers, and may also offer e-mail, calendar, or other services to users; often supported by advertising; special, topical portals with direct links only to a single topic or few related topics are also called vertical portals or simply hubs)
• WWW through AltaVista July 9, 1999 ("Web portal", 5118 hits, conforming to Info Trac meaning; "internet portal", 4756 hits, many conforming to Info Trac meaning of "Web portal," and many meaning "Internet gateway," or networking connectivity)
• Work cat.: 97077803: Official Excite Internet yellow pages, 1999.

Created: 2005-03-18

Last Modified: 2005-04-21T09:22:50

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