Virtual+Portals

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This is a classification of Virtual Portals based on the central function that users experience or through the portal. The purpose of using the term Virtual Portals is attempt to classify the virtual experience that takes place in a space that is neither a Virtual World, or exclusively a Virtual Community. A Virtual Portal is a space where users can navigate to that provides them a launching port or a station to then accomplish their objectives for entering that portal. For example, users do not visit Google to explore the Google landscape or interact with their fellow Googilans (at least not yet). The navigate to Google to have access to other information sources contained both within and without of Google. Google provides them with a portal to the information or experience they seek.=====


 * == Virtual Economic Portal ==
 * == **Virtual Entertainment Portal** (YouTube) ==
 * == Virtual Game Portal ==
 * == **Virtual Information Portal** (Google, Search Engines, Yahoo News) ==
 * == **Virtual Social Portal** (Twitter, Facebook, Chat)   ==