Tourism-portal

2.2 WEBSITE DETAILS

2.2.1 Introduction to Portal

Portal is a new term, generally synonymous with gateway, for a World Wide Web site that is or proposes to be a major starting site for users when they get connected to the Web or that users tend to visit as an anchor site. There are general portals and specialized or niche portals. Some major general portals include world players such as Yahoo, Excite, Netscape, Lycos, CNET, Microsoft Network, and America Online's AOL.com. Examples of local general portal are Catcha.com and Cari.com.

Besides general portals, there are also niche portal that are interest or industry specific. Niche portal offer content, products and services which are targeted to the specific interest of a group of people with common interest. Examples of niche portals include Garden.com (for gardeners), Fool.com (for investors), and SearchNT.com (for Windows NT administrators). www.malaysiatravelnet.com is a niche portal for tourism industry trade mem...