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A
friend of mine some days ago asked me, “what is the difference between a web portal
and website”? Ordinarily, this kind of
question might be something that is going on in the mind of some people
and hence the need for this post. To ask, what is the difference between a web
portal and a website? Let us look at critically.
A
portal is defined in the dictionary as a gateway or an entry point to a grand
entrance. A portal is generally a vehicle by which to gain access to a
multitude of services via the internet while a website is a destination in to a
particular place. Almost everyone thinks he knows what
a website is and in a way he is correct. But when people start to talk about a
Web portal in the same way as a website, this is where they don’t get it right.
Web portal is indeed a type of website, but it is much more in content and
services than just a mere website
A website of an organization is a collection of all the facts and information about that company in different Web Pages that are included or contained under a domain name. A website contains text, images and videos. Thus a Web portal, in addition to being a website, also acts as a gateway to the internet for a wide range of services.
For example
www.google.com is
