Web terminology

[Jian Liu]

Another term, popping up more and more frequently, on the commercial
side of the web at least, is "Portal", referring mainly to the big
search engine sites, which have added other popular subject directories,
free email, chat room, and other shopping opportunities. There is
a recent article in PC Magazine Online that discusses Netscape's NetCenter
as being one of the portals.

Any comment on the use of the word, or this portal trend?

Jian
Indiana University Libraries

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> 
> I have a (probably dumb) question about terminology.....
> 
> What do you call those sites that basically consist of
> links to other useful sites? They can be annotated (like
> the Librarians' Index to the Internet), or simply lists of
> unannotated links.
> 
> I tend to think of them as meta sites, but I was wondering
> if there is another term that's commonly used........
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Bernie Sloan
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