Definitions

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  • noun Internet A vertical portal; an online resource acting as an entry point for information for a single specific market or subject.

Etymologies

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Contraction of vertical portal.

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Examples

  • If Microsoft is getting into the health vortal business, lets hope they dramatically improve Medstory and make something really useful.

    davidrothman.net » Microsoft to Acquire Medstory 2007

  • If Microsoft is getting into the health vortal business, lets hope they dramatically improve Medstory and make something really useful.

    davidrothman.net » 2007 » February 2007

  • It is far from a complete analysis of a health vortal to run one search and draw assumptions based on the top few results, but including a wikipedia result as the first result indicates a critical failure of those who created to vortal to understand what is important in the selection of consumer healthcare information.

    davidrothman.net » Medstory: Not even close. 2007

  • It is far from a complete analysis of a health vortal to run one search and draw assumptions based on the top few results, but including a wikipedia result as the first result indicates a critical failure of those who created to vortal to understand what is important in the selection of consumer healthcare information.

    davidrothman.net » 2007 » January 2007

  • Had v long day launching dynamic and scalable enterprise class web vortal.

    xian's running monolog 2009

  • Ramadan Recipes gadget provides you with fresh food Recipes to eat during Ramadan, this gadget is provided from Helwa. com The woman's vortal from Maktoob.

    Qwaider Planet 2008

  • I can’t take seriously any health information vortal that includes Wikipedia and returns a Wikipedia page as the top result for my search on pseudomembranous colitis AHEAD of MedlinePlus.

    davidrothman.net » 2007 » January 2007

  • I can’t take seriously any health information vortal that includes Wikipedia and returns a Wikipedia page as the top result for my search on pseudomembranous colitis AHEAD of MedlinePlus.

    davidrothman.net » Medstory: Not even close. 2007

  • Deligio is the neatest new vortal I’ve seen in at least weeks.

    davidrothman.net » Deligio: Social bookmarking of software 2007

  • The Web world’s explosion of tech terms also is given due diligence, from Alpha testing to twisted pair and vortal.

    Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002

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