INTERNET TECHNOLOGY

3.4 Types of Web Site

Topic 3

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Learning Outcome

At the end of this topic, students should be able to:

•Describe the types of Web sites.

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Types of Web Site

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There are five (5) types of Web site:

Portal Business/Marketing Blog

WikiOnline Social Network

Web Site: Portal

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What is a Portal?• A portal is a Web site that offers a variety of

Internet services from a single, convenient location.

• These free services are: search engine; news; sports and weather; Web publishing; reference tools such as yellow pages, stock quotes, and maps; shopping; and e-mail and other communications services.

Web Site: Portal

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• Have online community that joins a specific group of people with similar interests or relationships.

• These communities may offer online photo albums, chat rooms, and other services to facilitate communications among members.

• Popular portals include:• AltaVista, AOL, Excite, GO.com, iGoogle, Lycos,

MSN, and Yahoo!

Example of Portal

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Example of Portal

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Web Site: Blog

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What is a Blog?• A blog, short for Weblog, is an informal Web site

consisting of time-stamped articles, or posts, in a diary or journal format, usually listed in reverse chronological order.

• A video blog, or vlog is a blog that contains video clips.

• A microblog allows users to publish short messages for others to read. Twitter is a popular microblog.

Web Site: Blog

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• Blogs reflect the interests, opinions, and personalities of the author, called the blogger or vlogger and sometimes site visitors.

• Businesses, teachers and home users create blogs as a mean of communications.

Example of Blog

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Example of Vlog

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Example of Microblog

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Web Site: Wiki

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What is a Wiki?• A wiki is a collaborative Web site that allows users to

create, add to, modify, or delete the Web site content via their Web browser.

• Wikis are open to modification by the general public, and usually collect recent edits on a Web page so that someone (expert editors) can review them for accuracy.

Web Site: Wiki

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• The difference between a wiki and a blog is that users cannot modify original posts made by the blogger.

• A popular wiki is Wikipedia, a free Web encyclopedia.

Example of Wiki

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Example of Wiki

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Web Site: Online Social Network

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What is a Online Social Network?• An online social network, also called a social

networking Web site.

• It is a Web site that encourages members in its online community to share their interests, ideas, stories, photos, music, and videos with other registered users.

• Popular social networking Web sites include MySpace and Facebook.

Web Site: Online Social Network

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• A media sharing Web site is a specific type of online social network that enables members to share media such as photos, music, and videos.

• Flickr, Fotki, and Webshots are popular photo sharing communities.

• PixelFish and YouTube are popular video sharing communities.

Examples of Online Social Network Web Site

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Examples of Online Social Network Web Site

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Web Site: Business / Marketing

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What is a Business / Marketing Web site?• A business/marketing Web site contains content that

promotes or sells products or services.

• Many enterprises allow you to purchase their products or services online such as Dell Inc., Apple Store, Kraft Foods Inc., Pearl Haya Gallery etc.

Example of Business / Marketing

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Example of Business / Marketing

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Types of Web Site

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Summary:

Portal Business/Marketing

Blog

Wiki Online Social Network