Web Portals: Multi-Service Web Sites
Web Portals are large multi-service web sites designed to be comprehensive one-stop destinations for users. Portals are large, well-funded, and staffed by full-time employees. Commonly, portals feature: search catalogs and engines, news, weather, shopping, online communities, and web email all in one place. These are very good places for beginners to learn the Internet, because every portal is like a tiny Internet in itself.
Digg.com: A New Wave in "Social Bookmarking" and Techno News!
They are a fast-growing group of thinking people who vote on what Internet news is best for their interests. "Diggers" are conscientious Internet users who vote on the value of thousands of news articles every day. Read how it works here...
They are a fast-growing group of thinking people who vote on what Internet news is best for their interests. "Diggers" are conscientious Internet users who vote on the value of thousands of news articles every day. Read how it works here...
About.com: The Internet's Most Comprehensive Portal
"About" is the single largest property of knowledge on the Internet. Comprised of 450 niche web sites, About is the ultimate knowledge portal. Each of the 450 guide sites has dedicated editorial staff to bring you the best knowledge resources and online communities for that subject.
"About" is the single largest property of knowledge on the Internet. Comprised of 450 niche web sites, About is the ultimate knowledge portal. Each of the 450 guide sites has dedicated editorial staff to bring you the best knowledge resources and online communities for that subject.
MSN: Microsoft Network Online
www.msn.com and www.msn.ca are two powerful portals. These full-featured web sites offer not only search engines, but free web email services, shopping and job databases, news, finance, dating, and games.
www.msn.com and www.msn.ca are two powerful portals. These full-featured web sites offer not only search engines, but free web email services, shopping and job databases, news, finance, dating, and games.
Yahoo: Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle
Yahoo.com and Yahoo.ca started in 1994 when two Stanford Ph.D. students, David Filo and Jerry Yang, started collecting their favorite web sites in one database. Today, Yahoo has grown immensely. It is one of the world's favorite online destinations for news, web mail, searching, meeting people, finding jobs, and more.
Yahoo.com and Yahoo.ca started in 1994 when two Stanford Ph.D. students, David Filo and Jerry Yang, started collecting their favorite web sites in one database. Today, Yahoo has grown immensely. It is one of the world's favorite online destinations for news, web mail, searching, meeting people, finding jobs, and more.
America Online: AOL
AOL, like Yahoo and MSN, brings you a comprehensive cross-section of the Internet: news, shopping, searching, communities, and more. The way it is different from its competitors is that AOL technically connects its subscribers with a custom on-screen interface and browser. AOL is very popular with beginning Internet users.
AOL, like Yahoo and MSN, brings you a comprehensive cross-section of the Internet: news, shopping, searching, communities, and more. The way it is different from its competitors is that AOL technically connects its subscribers with a custom on-screen interface and browser. AOL is very popular with beginning Internet users.