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TOP
STORIES
Hotmail
& Yahoo Mail: Best of the Best
TEST DRIVE by Cory Kleinschmidt - January 23,
2000
One has every feature under the sun; the other is so
darn easy to use. The hard part is choosing between
them.
AOL, Yahoo
Vie for European Market Share
VIEW FROM THE ALPS #2 - by J.C. Allison, January 14,
2000
US portal brands will have a challenge on their hands:
offering content that is relevant to European
users.
What Could
be Better than Hotmail?
TEST
DRIVE by Andrew Goodman - January 11, 2000
Hotmail and Yahoo
Mail are the leaders in web-based e-mail. Should you use them,
or something else?
Web-Based
E-Mail FAQ
By Andrew
Goodman - updated to include AOL info, January 10,
2000
Send and receive e-mail from any Internet-connected
terminal, anywhere in the world? That's what services like
Hotmail can do for you. This FAQ offers a basic guide to
web-based e-mail.
Portals:
Badly Designed ... By Design?
Cory's TRAFFICK PERSPECTIVES #4 - December 20,
1999
The layout and designs of the major portals leaves
much to be desired, but some of them are getting with the
times!
Are
Portals Missing Out on Mac Traffic?
SPECIAL GUEST COLUMN by Henry Brimo - December 17,
1999
Trekking through the major portal sites reveals few
links to the more popular Mac sites.
Cocktail
Party Crib Sheet
Compiled
by Traffick Staff - December 11, 1999
This timely,
light-hearted primer takes you around the portals in eighty
seconds.
MSN
Deserves Surging Popularity
TEST DRIVE by Andrew Goodman - December 6,
1999
Microsoft is muscling its way towards the top of the
portal popularity rankings, and deservingly so. The new MSN
should delight users.
Microportals
hit it big
TEST
DRIVE by Cory Kleinschmidt - December 6, 1999
Call them
co-browsers, Internet toolbars, miniportals or portal apps.
Whatever you call them, these small treats are heating
up.
Curried
away!
Carolyn's
GLOBETROTTER #3 - December 4, 1999
Want to use the
portals to learn about international cuisine? It's about more
than just recipes!
MSN's
eShops Gets the Picture
By Andrew
Goodman - November 21, 1999
Want professional
product reviews or the inane rantings of less-than-average
consumers? It's your call.
Europe
Online: The Not-So-Wild Frontier
By J.C. Allison - November 15, 1999
Net usage patterns
in Europe are affected by telephone rates, pricing models, and
lags in the deployment of high speed access. And yes,
culture.
Applause,
Please, for AltaVista Live
CUSTOMIZATION REVIEW by Andrew Goodman - November 7,
1999
AltaVista's recently unveiled portal is attentive to
the user experience, without being showy. Maybe it should be a
little more showy.
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