Types of Web SitesTypes of Web Sites

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PortalPortal Offers a variety of Internet servicesOffers a variety of Internet services Examples of services:Examples of services:

NewsNews SportsSports Search engine/directorySearch engine/directory Web publishingWeb publishing Reference toolsReference tools MapsMaps ShoppingShopping EmailEmail

Examples of portals:Examples of portals: AltaVista, AOL, Lycos, AltaVista, AOL, Lycos, MSN, Netscape, , Netscape, Yahoo!

NewsNews

Contains newsworthy materialContains newsworthy material Contain stories and articles related Contain stories and articles related

to some of the following:to some of the following: Life, money, current events, weatherLife, money, current events, weather

Examples:Examples: WSB-tvWSB-tv NBC.comNBC.com

InformationalInformational

Contains factual informationContains factual information Government agencies provide this Government agencies provide this

type of info:type of info: Census data, tax codes, congressional Census data, tax codes, congressional

budgetbudget Others that provide this type are:Others that provide this type are:

MARTAMARTA MedicareMedicare

Business/MarketingBusiness/Marketing

Promotes or sells a productPromotes or sells a product Many examplesMany examples

EducationalEducational

Offers exciting, challenging avenues for Offers exciting, challenging avenues for formal and informal teaching and formal and informal teaching and learninglearning

Online training for a new skillOnline training for a new skill Online coursesOnline courses Online college classesOnline college classes ExamplesExamples

UGAUGA Phoenix UniversityPhoenix University

EntertainmentEntertainment

Interactive and engagingInteractive and engaging Offer music, video, games, sports, Offer music, video, games, sports,

chats, sweepstakeschats, sweepstakes

AdvocacyAdvocacy

Describes a cause, opinion, or ideaDescribes a cause, opinion, or idea Presents views of a group of people Presents views of a group of people

or organizationsor organizations

BlogBlog

Short for webblogShort for webblog Time-stamped articles or posts, in a Time-stamped articles or posts, in a

diary type formatdiary type format Vblog – a blog that contains videoVblog – a blog that contains video Blogosphere – worldwide collection of Blogosphere – worldwide collection of

blogsblogs Vlogosphere – all vblogs worldwideVlogosphere – all vblogs worldwide Reflect interest, opinions and Reflect interest, opinions and

personalities of the authorpersonalities of the author

WikiWiki

Allows user to create, add, modify, Allows user to create, add, modify, or delete web site contentor delete web site content

Collect recent edits on a web page Collect recent edits on a web page so someone can review them for so someone can review them for accuracyaccuracy

Anyone can modify a wikiAnyone can modify a wiki Most popular - WikipediaMost popular - Wikipedia

Online Social NetworksOnline Social Networks Encourages members in the group to share Encourages members in the group to share

interest, ideas, stories, photos, music, and interest, ideas, stories, photos, music, and videos with other usersvideos with other users

Popular examples:Popular examples: FacebookFacebook MySpace (12 million visitors a day)MySpace (12 million visitors a day)

Media Sharing Web site – differentMedia Sharing Web site – different Allows members to share photos, music, and Allows members to share photos, music, and

videosvideos ShutterFly, Flickr – popular sitesShutterFly, Flickr – popular sites GoogleVideo and YouTube are example for video GoogleVideo and YouTube are example for video

sharing sitessharing sites

Content AggregatorContent Aggregator

Business that gathers and organizes Business that gathers and organizes web content and then distributes or web content and then distributes or feeds the content to subscribers for feeds the content to subscribers for free or for a feefree or for a fee

PersonalPersonal

Private individual or family createdPrivate individual or family created People publish personal web pages People publish personal web pages

for a variety of reasons:for a variety of reasons: Job huntingJob hunting Share personal experiencesShare personal experiences Family historiesFamily histories