Type of Websites

// April 11th, 2009 // Uncategorized

Confuse with various type of websites? Worries no more. We will try to clear your confusion here.
There are many type of websites; each specializing in a particular type of content or use, and they may be arbitrarily classified in any number of ways.

Here are some common website categories:-

• Blog - This is a diary/journal like site that keeps everyone up-to-date with what you are doing, and/or developments with your products or services. You can post articles here, and keep in touch with your prospects and customers. This site allows for great rankings, fast, and is a nice place to make frequent announcements, and give some background about what you or the company is doing.
• Corporate website - used to provide background information about a business, organization, or service.
• E-Commerce website - for purchasing goods, such as Amazon.com, CSN Stores, and Overstock.com.
• Personal website - Personal websites can contain any kind of information and are usually administered by a single individual who can choose whatever to put online.
• Forums - contain categories that further narrow down the subject. Registered users can post questions or start a topic which other users can reply or add to. A lot of valuable information and knowledge exists in online forums and we urge you to join.
• Content management system (CMS) - A content management system is a website that looks like a normal website when you view it however it has two types of access into it. The first being the front end, where the general pubic can view the pages of the website and navigate around the pages. The second is the back end where a manager or administrator has access into it using a password. Once they have logged in they can edit the information on the front end of the site. This has a major benefit to the use of the site as the pages can be updated without having to have a web designer do it.
• Web 2.0 Social Media - The new mantra on the web is social networking. These websites can be classified as Web 2.0 sites but their sheer number and popular demands we have a separate category. Facebook, Friendster, Orkut, LinkedIn, Twitter have been the rage past couple of years. From helping you locate schoolmates and past colleagues, these websites have a whole array of utilities and features with more being “invented” and added each day.