4.3. Typology of Portals
Main types:
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Information: news, weblogs, customer support
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Transaction: sales, auctions, ...
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Collaboration: (weblogs, news) + discussion
Orientation (not really orthogonal categories)
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vertical: (e.g. a community)
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horizontal (e.g. data analysis people)
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geographic / tribal /corporate / etc.
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network of portals
=> we will focus on weblogs and other simple information portals here
-- TIE