| LC control no. | sh 99005116 |
|---|---|
| Topical heading | Web portals |
| Variant(s) | Gateways (Web portals) Internet portals Portals (World Wide Web) |
| See also | Web sites Federated searching Web search engines |
| Scope note | Here are entered works on Web sites that present themselves as starting points for Web browsing, usually offering both a search engine and topically arranged direct links to sites of general interest, and sometimes also offering electronic mail or other services. |
| Found in | Work cat.: 97077803: Official Excite Internet yellow pages, 1999. 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) |
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