portal site
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Definition
Noun: A portal site is a website that serves as a main starting point or gateway for users when they connect to the internet. It is designed to be an entrance to a wide range of other sites, services, and information sources. Typically, it aggregates useful tools like search engines, email, news, and chat rooms to provide a comprehensive and convenient online hub.
Usage and Examples
- In the early days of the web, portal sites like Yahoo! were extremely popular as homepages.
- Many internet service providers offer their own customized portal site for their subscribers.
- The company's intranet features a portal site that gives employees access to all internal systems.
Advanced Usage
- Vertical Portal (Vortal): A specialized portal site focused on a specific industry, interest, or niche, providing deep content and tools for a particular audience (e.g., a portal for medical professionals).
- Enterprise Portal: An internal portal site within an organization that integrates information, applications, and collaboration tools for employees.
Variants and Related Words
- Portal (n.): A common shortened form of "portal site."
- Web Portal (n.): A synonymous term for portal site.
- Hub (n.): A more general term for a central point of connection or activity, which can describe the function of a portal site.
Synonyms
- Gateway site
- Entry site
- Home portal
Related Phrases and Concepts
- Start Page: The webpage a browser loads upon startup, which is often set to a portal site.
- Aggregator Site: A site that collects and displays content from various sources, a key function of many portal sites.
Noun
- a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet
- a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc.