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Web Portals - Your Window to Information

Web portals provide an organized way of viewing information.
How do you like to use Google Street View?
Google Street View can be a very entertaining time waster, but it also has a lot of great practical uses. Users weigh in on how they like to use Google Street view.
7 Great Uses for Google Street View
Google Street View is a fun tool, but there are also many great uses for Google Street View, including checking out a busy intersection to find out exactly where you are going and scoping out landmarks to help you get there.
How to Download YouTube Videos
Have you ever wanted to know how to download YouTube videos to your hard drive? This guide will show you how to download videos from YouTube to your computer.
What is Google Knol?
If you've come across Google's Knol, you might be asking yourself, "Just what is Google Knol?" The goal of Google Knol is to put you in control of sharing your expertise with the world.
Hubpages vs Squidoo - The Battle of the Web Hubs
Hubpages and Squidoo host web hubs, which can be described as commercialized versions of wiki pages. They allow anyone to create a hub of information and make money through content advertisements and product partnerships.
What is a Book Exchange?
A book exchange is a great way to save money for avid readers and is a great way to save a tree. This article lists book exchange websites
Street View Sightseeing
One bit of fun you can have with Google Maps is to go on a virtual Street View sightseeing tour of America. Through Street View Sightseeing, you can walk down Broadway in New York, or stare out at the ocean in San Fransisco.
Walk Down Your Street With Google Maps
Google Maps street view allows you to walk down your street using Google Maps. You can scope out new spots downtown, or use street view to take a virtual vacation.
8 Game Websites Every Gamer Should Bookmark
We can't always be playing games, but that doesn't mean we can't spend our time browsing the web for game information or just goofing off by creating our own game videos by splicing up scenes from multiple games.
20 Really Cool Websites To Help Cure Boredom
The Internet has become big business, and with business comes a lot of seriousness. But there's nothing serious about these cool websites.
Yahoo Unleashed
Yahoo is consistently rated the number one web destination in the world by Alexa, but it only has a fraction of the web search market share. So, just what are all those people doing on Yahoo?
What is Yahoo Buzz?
Yahoo Buzz has elements of social news sites like Digg and Propeller, but is it really a social news site?
The Top Ten Most Popular Portals on the Web
An article using Alexa rankings to determine the top ten most popular web portals on the world wide web.
A Review of Edgeio
A review of Edgeio, a distributed portal pooling classified ads from around the world and giving users a one-stop website to search through them.
What are Distributed Web Portals?
An article describing the difference between a standard web portal and a distributed web portal.
Portals in a Web 2.0 World
A TechNewsWorld article on how web portals are fitting into a web 2.0 world.
Top 8 Google Search Tricks to Impress Your Friends
Marziah Karch, your guide to Google, describes eight tricks for searching Google.
Wiki on Web Portals
The Wikipedia entry on web portals.

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