This paper reports on the scan patterns of users browsing a 2-column and 3-column web portal page. Consistent scanning patterns for each of the 2-column and 3-column web portal pages were found. Users typically fixated the portal channel in the upper left of the 2-column layout and in the top, center channel of the 3-column page. Implications including the likelihood and efficiency of portal users finding information on portal pages are discussed.
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