http://www.charlotte.com/0727portal.htm
An interesting article that points out paradoxes in the portal concept. If
you're interested in the portal concept, the full article may be worth your
time:
Newest Internet fad 'Portal sites' may
be more illusion than solution
<snip>
Among the first to be seduced were Wall Street and a few big
media companies. All told, many billions of dollars
have been
invested in enterprises that with two notable
exceptions have
yet to make a profit.
<snip>
But the metamorphosis from search engine to portal is
something of a paradox, since one is the antithesis
of the
other.
Search engines are intended to point you to your
desired
destination in the increasingly complex terrain of
cyberspace.
Now they are becoming tools in a scheme to keep you
in one
place. If you actually go where they point you,
some other site
may get your attention -- and the few micro-cents your
attention is worth.
<snip>
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