Virgilio.it
Virgilio was the first Web portal in Italy. Born in 1996 as a search engine and Web directory manually edited by its own editors (Yahoo! model), has gradually evolved as a general portal with different contents, offering users Webmail services, a search engine, chats and a Web community.
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Type of site | Web portal |
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| Available in | 1 languages |
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| Founded | 27 November 1996 |
| Country of origin | Italy |
| Area served | Italy |
| Owner | Italiaonline S.r.l. |
| Founder(s) | Matrix S.p.A. |
| Editor | Italiaonline S.r.l. |
| URL | www |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 1996 |
| Current status | Active |
The editorial style of the early days still leaves an imprint on Virgilio, strongly oriented into providing quality news contents, organized into premium vertical channels. Local contents also have a great relevance, with over 8,100 portals, one for each Italian town.
It all adds up making Virgilio a reference point for the Italian web, as evidenced by its figures: one out of two Italian surfers visits the portal each month, a total of over 13 million users per month (source: Audiweb TDA November 2015).
