Re: UKNM: Re: Portals?

[Mike Bracken]

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

>

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

>newish information.

>

>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.

>

>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.


Like, you mean beeb.com? You sure?


>This constant recycling of information that has characterised the early

>years of the Web will not survive 1999.


Errm, I'd ask PA/Reuters et al what they think of that.


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