Yahoo! is a web portal, which is very popular with some Internet surfers. Web portals, as explained by Burnett and Marshall are “organized access points that allow the user to move outward via web rings of linkages on particular areas of interest” (91). In evaluating Yahoo! web portal, one can see what Burnett and Marshall mean by the user being able to link to any area of interest. On Yahoo! there are news sources, weather links, and entertainment news just to name a few. The aspect I like about Yahoo! is I am able to open the portal page and see many different genres each with snippets of information. If I am interested in the news I can link to local, national, international, or entertainment news quickly from Yahoo!.
On the other hand, Google's portal is very plain and all information is hidden behind only a few links. To some, the plain portal is easier and less intimidating. For me, since their really is nothing of interest on Google's portal, I bypass it completely and conduct my Google searches from the "Google search" at the top of my Firefox browser.
On the other hand, Google's portal is very plain and all information is hidden behind only a few links. To some, the plain portal is easier and less intimidating. For me, since their really is nothing of interest on Google's portal, I bypass it completely and conduct my Google searches from the "Google search" at the top of my Firefox browser.
Additionally, I like how the user is able to create their own Yahoo! page they call My Yahoo!. The user can design Yahoo! with their own color and content choices. In addition to being customizable, another reason Yahoo! is popular is they have the look and feel of newspapers or magazines. In particular, Yahoo! has designed the site to have short bursts of information about many different genres all hodge podged together. This allows Yahoo! to draw a much larger crowd than a more specific web portal.
Since I have used Yahoo! for many years, I find it an efficient source of information. I am not too easily distracted, so I am not annoyed or overwhelmed by all the information. As a college student, I am always online researching information for my homework. Because of this, some days Yahoo! is the only source of news I am able to receive since I am too busy for newspapers, radio, and television.
Works Cited
Google Web Portal. Digital image. Google.com. Web. 30 Jan. 2011. <http://www.google.com/>.
My Yahoo! Digital image. MyYahoo.com. Web. 30 Jan. 2011. <http://my.yahoo.com/>.
Yahoo! Web Portal. Digital image. Yahoo.com. Web. 30 Jan. 2011. <http://yahoo.com/>.
Because of this, some days Yahoo! is the only source of news I am able to receive since I am too busy for newspapers, radio, and television.
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