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A WebSite which aims to offer a ``''view'''' of the WorldWideWeb, with links to everything a user from a particular demographic could want. Portals have a bad reputation for degenerating into pages of adds ([Yahoo] being a prime example). Many school and university libraries have portals which aim to provide relavent links to course materials, research materials and information that students need. General [Portal]s include: OpenDirectory, [Google], [Yahoo], [Lycos], [MSN] and many more. Many portals appear to be built and maintained within a single company in an effort to direct users (who possibly use the company as an [ISP] and have the portal as a default homepage) towards commercial clients of the company. Attempts to do this are of limited success due to the NetworkEffect. Subject specific portals include: [FirstGov|http://www.firstgov.gov] (a portal for the American Government), [Eco-Portal|http://www.eco-portal.com/] (an environmental portal) and [Alfy|http://www.alfy.com/] (a childrens portal). Generally the narrower the target demographic, the clearer the defining vision and the better the portal. (Some of the negative comments above are purely my personal opnion---StuartYeates) See also [My Portal|http://gallery.portal.net.nz/]... -- MatthiasDallmeier
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