A generic term for any site which provides an entry point to the internet for a significant number of users. Examples are search engines, directories, built-in default browser or service provider homepages, sites hardwired to browser buttons, sites offering free homepages, e-mail or personalised news and any popular (or heavily advertised) sites that significant numbers of people may bookmark or set as default pages.
Search engines, directories and service provider homepages are examples of this generic term. Basically, any site which provides an entry point to the internet for a significant number of users can be called a portal site.
a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet; "a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc."
a general site, such as findlaw
a site that draws information together for delivery to its community
a site that provides information to people for free, or for a fixed price, and sells digital products to site visitors
a site that serves as the entry point for locations and sites all over the World Wide Web
a Web site packed with information and usually has many links
a website that doesn't really sell anything, but there is tons of information, and links to other sites on them
A web site which aims to act as an entry point to users of the internet from which they can access a range of information within the site itself and/or through links to other sites.
Term used to denote a site offering information on a variety of topics or subjects intended to be of interest to a wide audience.
A Portal web site makes your time on the Internet more productive and rewarding because a Portal site can provide everything you want about a subject available in one place and makes it easy to search for information. Portals collect and archive information for later use and link visitors to the source of the information. They are designed for visitor convenience and act as a magnet for researching a particular subject on the Internet.
A term for an internet site providing an entry point for a significant number of users
A site that adds value with multiple services. Yahoo! is probably the best-known portal site, offering a directory, e-mail, chat, news, etc.
A full service website. Usually refers to any high traffic website that provides news, email, search, and some form of entertainment. Yahoo!, MSN, and AOL are portal sites.
Synonyms: portal, enterprise portal, web portal Related Terms: web search engine, enterprise portal, portlet Portals are web sites with organized links to other web sites; portals usually also have a search engine that can search through all of the sites that it links to. Portals are used as starting places to other sites content. Portals that are on the public Internet are referred to as web portals, such as Yahoo and MSN However, large companies also often have private portals inside their corporate networks that are only for their employees to access it. These corporate portals have useful links to important resources within the company, such as Human Resources and the IT department content, as well as a search box to search the company's internal data. The main difference between a portal and a plain search engine is that the portal also presents the links in an organized hierarchical manner that can be conveniently browsed, and may also include other editorial content.
Any site that proves an entry point for users to the rest of the Internet, for example, Yahoo!, AOL, or MSN.
Central point of entry to the Internet with an intelligent and personalized user interface that helps online customers navigate the content offered.
