Web Search Tools Web Search Tools Portals Portals are designed to be gateways to the Internet. They may have a link to search engines, subject directories, and provide other services such as news, weather, entertainment and stock market information, shopping, and other services.
Many portal sites provide an option to customize the site according to the user's personal interest.
Portals are sponsored by major search engine and browser providers, and may include alliances with other other organizations connected to the Internet. Like much else on the Internet, the alliances and ownership of the various portals changes rapidly. As always on the 'Net, things may not be as they seem. Here are some sites that we at HoosierNet find interesting. Excite Excite not only has subject lists, but provides a lot of other neat suff that is definitely worth taking a look at.