1. Types of Web Sites 1/8/08

2. Portal Offers a variety of Internet services Offers a variety of Internet services Examples of services: Examples of services: News News Sports Sports Search engine/directory Search engine/directory Web publishing Web publishing Reference tools Reference tools Maps Maps Shopping Shopping Email Email Examples of portals: Examples of portals: AltaVista, AOL, Lycos, MSN, Netscape, Yahoo! AltaVista, AOL, Lycos, MSN, Netscape, Yahoo!MSNYahoo!MSNYahoo!

3. News Contains newsworthy material Contains newsworthy material Contain stories and articles related to some of the following: Contain stories and articles related to some of the following: Life, money, current events, weather Life, money, current events, weather Examples: Examples: WSB-tv WSB-tv WSB-tv NBC.com NBC.com NBC.com

4. Informational Contains factual information Contains factual information Government agencies provide this type of info: Government agencies provide this type of info: Census data, tax codes, congressional budget Census data, tax codes, congressional budget Others that provide this type are: Others that provide this type are: MARTA MARTA MARTA Medicare Medicare Medicare

5. Business/Marketing Promotes or sells a product Promotes or sells a product Many examples Many examples

6. Educational Offers exciting, challenging avenues for formal and informal teaching and learning Offers exciting, challenging avenues for formal and informal teaching and learning Online training for a new skill Online training for a new skill Online courses Online courses Online college classes Online college classes Examples Examples UGA UGA UGA Phoenix University Phoenix University Phoenix University Phoenix University

7. Entertainment Interactive and engaging Interactive and engaging Offer music, video, games, sports, chats, sweepstakes Offer music, video, games, sports, chats, sweepstakes

8. Advocacy Describes a cause, opinion, or idea Describes a cause, opinion, or idea Presents views of a group of people or organizations Presents views of a group of people or organizations

9. Blog Short for webblog Short for webblog Time-stamped articles or posts, in a diary type format Time-stamped articles or posts, in a diary type format Vblog – a blog that contains video Vblog – a blog that contains video Blogosphere – worldwide collection of blogs Blogosphere – worldwide collection of blogs Vlogosphere – all vblogs worldwide Vlogosphere – all vblogs worldwide Reflect interest, opinions and personalities of the author Reflect interest, opinions and personalities of the author

10. Wiki Allows user to create, add, modify, or delete web site content Allows user to create, add, modify, or delete web site content Collect recent edits on a web page so someone can review them for accuracy Collect recent edits on a web page so someone can review them for accuracy Anyone can modify a wiki Anyone can modify a wiki Most popular - Wikipedia Most popular - WikipediaWikipedia

11. Online Social Networks Encourages members in the group to share interest, ideas, stories, photos, music, and videos with other users Encourages members in the group to share interest, ideas, stories, photos, music, and videos with other users Popular examples: Popular examples: Facebook Facebook MySpace (12 million visitors a day) MySpace (12 million visitors a day) Media Sharing Web site – different Media Sharing Web site – different Allows members to share photos, music, and videos Allows members to share photos, music, and videos ShutterFly, Flickr – popular sites ShutterFly, Flickr – popular sites GoogleVideo and YouTube are example for video sharing sites GoogleVideo and YouTube are example for video sharing sites

12. Content Aggregator Business that gathers and organizes web content and then distributes or feeds the content to subscribers for free or for a fee Business that gathers and organizes web content and then distributes or feeds the content to subscribers for free or for a fee

13. Personal Private individual or family created Private individual or family created People publish personal web pages for a variety of reasons: People publish personal web pages for a variety of reasons: Job hunting Job hunting Share personal experiences Share personal experiences Family histories Family histories