What Are Portal Web Pages?
A portal page--commonly referred to as a "Web portal" or "online portal"--is a multi-functional website that offers access to features like email, news, discussion forums, shopping and more.
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Yahoo!
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"Yahoo!," which launched in 1994, is a well-known, time-honored Web portal. The site offers users a customizable expeience that can include games, email, stock quotes, horoscopes, shopping and even online dating. The site's instant popularity led to an initial public offering in 1996.
iGoogle
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While it was once known merely as a search engine, "Google" has expanded its offerings to include email, shopping, news and more. The many branches of this ever-growing tree have been collected and displayed in a customizable portal called "iGoogle," which allows users to instantly access summarized content from their favorite sites.
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AOL
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Once America's leading internet service provider, "America Online" (or "AOL") joined the portal business in 2004. Though its approach wasn't considerably different than existing portals, the company had an already-loyal subscriber base to help it launch this new offering.
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