{{Short description|Portuguese portal}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}} thumb|upright=1.2|Logo since 2025
The '''{{langr|pt|Servidor de Apontadores Portugueses Online}}''' ('''SAPO'''; {{langnf|pt||Portuguese Online Pointers Server}}) is a Portuguese portal and provider of products and services for the Internet. Founded in 1995 as a search engine, it is the largest internet portal in Portugal.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|access-date=2022-11-01|title=A história do SAPO|url=https://ajuda.sapo.pt/a-historia-do-sapo-67636|website=ajuda.sapo.pt|archive-date=May 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521135825/https://ajuda.sapo.pt/a-historia-do-sapo-67636|url-status=live}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> The current SAPO logo was created in 2014.<ref name="Publico">{{cite web|access-date=2023-06-06|date=2014-10-01|first=João Pedro|language=pt-PT|last=Pereira|title=Portal Sapo tem nova imagem|url=https://www.publico.pt/2014/10/01/tecnologia/noticia/portal-sapo-tem-nova-imagem-1671528|website=PÚBLICO|archive-date=June 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606094740/https://www.publico.pt/2014/10/01/tecnologia/noticia/portal-sapo-tem-nova-imagem-1671528|url-status=live}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
SAPO is an information hub and receives over 61 million visits per month.<ref name="Publico"/> Currently, SAPO is produced by MEO – Serviços de Comunicações e Multimédia.
== History == thumb|upright=1.2|Logo used between 2014–2025
SAPO was created on September 4, 1995, at the University of Aveiro by six students in the Center for Informatics of the university.<ref>{{cite news |title=Há 25 anos uma brincadeira de estudantes da Universidade de Aveiro fez nascer o SAPO |url=https://observador.pt/2020/10/22/ha-25-anos-uma-brincadeira-de-estudantes-da-universidade-de-aveiro-fez-nascer-o-sapo/ |access-date= |work= |agency= |date=22 Oct 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211223314/https://observador.pt/2020/10/22/ha-25-anos-uma-brincadeira-de-estudantes-da-universidade-de-aveiro-fez-nascer-o-sapo/ |archive-date=February 11, 2023 |language=}}</ref> The name originated from the acronym of the service, S.A.P. ({{Lang|pt|Servidor de Apontadores Portugueses}}), which later evolved into {{Lang|pt|Servidor de Apontadores Portugueses Online}}, giving rise to the acronym SAPO.<ref name=":0"/> Another factor in the name was Sapo Cocas, which is the European Portuguese name of Kermit the Frog.<ref name="observador">{{cite news |title=Há 25 anos uma brincadeira de estudantes da Universidade de Aveiro fez nascer o SAPO |url=https://observador.pt/2020/10/22/ha-25-anos-uma-brincadeira-de-estudantes-da-universidade-de-aveiro-fez-nascer-o-sapo/ |access-date=24 June 2023 |work=Observador |agency=Agência Lusa |date=22 Oct 2020 |language=pt-PT}}</ref>
In 1997, SAPO became the property of the company Navegante and began commercial operation.<ref name=":0"/> At some point,{{Specify|date=June 2023}} it became part of Altice Portugal.{{cn|date=June 2023}}
== Discontinued services == === SAPO Fotos === SAPO Fotos was an online photo hosting, management, and sharing service launched by SAPO in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-06-06|title=A história do SAPO|url=https://ajuda.sapo.pt/a-historia-do-sapo-67636|website=ajuda.sapo.pt|archive-date=May 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521135825/https://ajuda.sapo.pt/a-historia-do-sapo-67636|url-status=live}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> It reached approximately 200,000 users and 16 million images. Among other associated projects, it had partnerships with Agência Lusa, which made their photographic archive available on SAPO Fotos, and SAPO Panoramas, which featured the best 360-degree photographs taken in Portugal. The service was discontinued in 2017.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170813042745/http://fotos.sapo.pt/ Web Archive - SAPO Fotos]</ref>
=== SAPO International === SAPO expanded internationally in 2008 by opening localized portals in Angola and Cabo Verde, followed by Moçambique and Timor-Leste in 2010. These portals featured local content in partnership with local media outlets. In 2020, the service was shut down by Altice, the company that owns SAPO.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-06-06|language=pt-PT|title=Altice encerra operações do portal Sapo fora de Portugal|url=https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/empresas/detalhe/altice-encerra-operacoes-do-portal-sapo-fora-de-portugal|website=www.jornaldenegocios.pt|archive-date=June 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607084020/https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/empresas/detalhe/altice-encerra-operacoes-do-portal-sapo-fora-de-portugal|url-status=live}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
===PTM.COM=== In August 1999, PT Multimédia acquired 74.9% on '''SAPO''' and UOL and Zipnet in the Brazil. In May 2000, the company became 100% owned by PTM.com, PTM first portal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2000-06-19 |title=PTM.COM|url=http://ir.sapo.pt/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000619041910/http://ir.sapo.pt/ |archive-date=June 19, 2000 }}</ref>.In October 2007, PT Portugal's spin-off with PT Multimédia in 2007, when it was incorporated into PTC (now '''MEO''').<ref>{{Cite web|title=PTM avança para o spin-off em Outubro com Rodrigo Costa na liderança|url=http://tek.sapo.pt/noticias/negocios/ptm_avanca_para_o_spin_off_em_outubro_com_rod_876807.html|date=2007-09-24|access-date=2024-07-17|website=arquivo.pt|archive-date=October 23, 2008|archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20081023123752/http://tek.sapo.pt/noticias/negocios/ptm_avanca_para_o_spin_off_em_outubro_com_rod_876807.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Currently since 2008, the portal is not part.
== References == {{reflist}}
Category:Internet properties established in 1995 Category:Portuguese websites Category:Internet in Portugal Category:1995 establishments in Portugal Category:Internet search engines Category:Employment websites