Re: UKNM: Re: Portals?

[Lee Rickler]

>Portals? By which you mean search engines, directories, indexes, etc, etc.


As in summerfestivals.com ?


>Portals are about wrapping second hand content around one or two bits of

>newish information.


.. as in summerfestivals.com ??


>We are about to see (in the UK) an explosion of original content generation

>that will make the "portals" look silly. The smart money will be placed with

>high-value original content, business and entertainment, niche and

>mass-market.


as in summerfestivals.com ???


>Leaders in 1999 are likely to be Beeb, TescoNet, ft.com, Reed Business

>Information (high-price niche industy info products), gameszone, and a few

>others.


as in summerfestivals.com ????


>This constant recycling of information that has characterised the early

>years of the Web will not survive 1999.


NOT as in summerfestivals.com !!


Sorry to go on about Summer Festivals but I'm excited about it's 

possibilities even if no-one else is  !! :)




     Lee



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