Peek, R.: Wanting to be everything to everyone : Web search engines/directories battle to be your portal of choice (1998)
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- 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
