Document (#21521)

Author

Peek, R.

Title

Wanting to be everything to everyone : Web search engines/directories battle to be your portal of choice

Source

Information today. 15(1998) no.8, S.37-38

Year

1998

Abstract

One difference between a portal and a mere search engine is that portals are now the recipients of investments from major media interests, a trend which may have important ramifications for the Web publishing. Points to AOL as a successful portal, quotes a compilation of 10 favourite Web activities and examines the contents of a portal, typically a search engine or directory plus free e-mail but also news services. A significant trend is for portals to replicate themselves in different languages. Presents a list of the big portal players

Theme

Suchmaschinen

Object

AOL

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