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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
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