Portals may seem like a great use of the technology, however, they would probably do an incredible amount of damage to creativity and forward-thinking. Portals can integrate such Internet features as to be nearly as good or equal to manually using the Internet. Search engines like google or Northern Light are better than older first generation search engines.
Search technology can now search by content, context, and other methods.
Even with these technologies, portals, at least in the instances I've seen them used today are not an end all solution. They are a time saver for low to medium importance projects. Portals may seem like a great use of the technology, however, they would probably do an incredible amount of damage to creativity and forward-thinking. Search engines like google or Northern Light are better than older first generation search engines. Search technology can now search by content, context, and other methods.