Source: This article is compiled by the India
Web Developers Team
What are Portals and Vortals?
Most of the big, well-known sites like Yahoo and AOL are
considered portals. They are gateways into the Internet for
many users. Portals can be of the consumer type or enterprise
type.
A Portal attracts a broad (horizontal) range of users whereas
a Vortal appeals to a more narrowed (vertical) audience.
Vortals focus on a group of people with a specific passion
or interest. They are sometimes called 'online communities'
or ' vertical portals.' If you are interested in horses, for
example, go to horsenet.com. Here you can chat with others
interested in horses. You can also buy horse-related products
and books and find information about horses. Enterprise information
portals, B2B markets are also vortals.
We can build your Portal, Vortal or Community. This Portal
development may include adding several features or components
that are not normally found on a typical site. For example,
you may need a discussion forum so that your visitors can
share ideas or experiences. Creating this forum requires deciding
which forum software to use and then installing it on the
server.
There are many other components or modules you may
wish to add to your Portal / Vortal.
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