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ZDNN Monday Eye Opener:<br>Portals grab for slice of e-commerce pie
The holidays are set to bring in big bucks for companies selling goods online. And Internet hubs such as Yahoo!
The holidays are set to bring in big bucks for companies selling goods online. And Internet hubs such as Yahoo!, Netcenter and MSN.com are positioning themselves to get a piece of the e-commerce pie.
The role of merchandiser is a new one for the hub sites, often called "portals," which started off as search engines or popular corporate home pages.
At the moment, the portals are mostly known as a convenient place to find all sorts of no-charge services, from e-mail to news to discussion groups.
But through new acquisitions and partnerships, the sites are driving to become something else -- a place users go to do their online shopping.
ZDNN's Matt Broersma will have the full story in our Monday Eye Opener.