Understanding portal sites and what they are good for.

Chapter 12 was not a chapter that really appealed to me. I am really use oriented in my learning process, it is one of the reasons i really struggled with math. I want to know what I can do with what I am learning and how I can use it to better my web publications. It wasn't until the group presentation and the which is a portal activity that Rob presented that I really got involved with the material.
The presentation was much more interesting and the activity helped me to see that while I may not want my site to be a portal site, I definately do want to have links from portal sites to mine. Knowing what makes a portal site effective becomes important to me, because I want to be affiliated with good sites that are frequently used and easy to navigate. I can see how a well designed portal site could be used to bring traffic to my site and increase my exposure on the web.