6391 Web search portal activities

Web search portals and comparison websites usually receive revenue for directing visitors to third-party websites, which does not explicitly facilitate a transaction between operators of a third-party website and its visitor, but just makes a transaction more likely. This subcategory includes:

• content provided on web search portals, i.e. extensive databases of Internet addresses and content in an easily searchable format; these web search portals are not responsible for the content
• content provided on comparison websites, i.e. prices, product specification, etc., with provision of links to other websites

This subcategory excludes:

• distribution services of content sharing sites, see 60.39.30
• published online directories and mailing lists, see 58.19.51

This subcategory includes:

• internet advertising space n.e.c.