THE WHATIS.COM WORD-OF-THE-DAY September 19, 2003 vertical portal
________________ SPONSORED BY: Microsoft The Quick Guide to Windows Server 2003. Get the latest information on installation, new features and training. Click here! http://WhatIs.com/r/0,,18563,00.htm?microsoft ________________ TODAY'S WORD: vertical portal See our complete definition with hyperlinks at http://searchcio.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid19_gci213601,00.html On the Web, a vertical portal (sometimes called a vortal) is a Web site that provides a gateway or portal to information related to a particular industry such as health care, insurance, automobiles, or food manufacturing. (A vertical industry is one that is focused on a relatively narrow range of goods and services, whereas a horizontal industry is one that aims to produce a wide range of goods and services. Because most industry tends to specialize, most industry tends to be vertical.) A term that might also be used is "interest community Web site" since any vertical industry brings together people sharing an interest in buying, selling, or exchanging information about that particular industry. 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