Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for designing a Web Portal comprising a hierarchical structure of portal pages and portlets for accessing Web contents accessible via the Portal.The method of the invention tracks the paths across which a user traverses a corresponding navigation topology of a portal in order to learn from the behavior of the user. Subsequently during future sessions in the portal when navigating at the same node of the web portal recommendations can be provided that allow the user to access links to an expected final destination page.