Thirteen types of websites

There are thirteen type of website. All publicly accessible websites collectively constitute the World Wide Web.

i)                    Portal

A web portal is most often one specially designed Web page that brings information together from diverse sources in a uniform way. Usually, each information source gets its dedicated area on the page for displaying information

ii)                   News

A news website contains interesting material including stories and articles relating to news, money, sports, life and time.

iii)                 Informational

An Informational Web Page is one whose purpose is to present factual information. The URL Address frequently ends in .edu or .gov, as many of these pages are sponsored by educational institutions or government agencies.

iv)                 Business or Marketing

A business or marketing website contains content that promotes or sells products or services. Almost every company has a website of business or marketing.Many companies also allow you to purchase their products or services online.

v)                  Blog

Is an informal Web site consisting of timestamp, or post articles, a diary or journal format, usually listed in reverse chronological order.

vi)                 Wiki

A wiki is a collaborative web site that allows users to create, add, edit, or delete the contents of a web site using their web browser. Many wikis are open to modification by the general public.

vii)               Online Social Network

An online social network, also called a social networking web site, is a site that encourages members to his online community to share their interests, ideas, stories, photos, music, and videos with other registered users. Most include chat rooms, newsgroups, and other communications services.

viii)              Educational

An educational website offers exciting avenues, stimulating teaching and formal and informal learning. On the Web, you can learn how to fly planes or how to cook a meal. For a more structured learning experience, companies provide online training for employees.

ix)                 Entertainment

An entertainment site offers an interactive and engaging environment. Popular entertainment sites offer music, video, sports, games, web episodes, sweepstakes, chat room and more.

x)                  Advocacy

An advocacy site contains content that describes a cause, opinion or idea. These websites usually have views of a particular group or association.

xi)                 Web Application

A website that allows users to access and interact with the software through a web browser on any computer or device that connected to the Internet.

xii)               Content Aggregator

An aggregator of content is a business that collects and organizes and distributes web content or feeds, content to the Subscriber free of charge or on payment.

xiii)              Personal

A family often not associated with any organization or private individual can maintain apersonal site or a single Web page.