Types of Websites

Different types of websites are there on the Internet, each providing a particular type of service and information.Most popular types of websites on the internet are

Personal Websites

Business Websites

Entertainment Websites

Web portals

News websites

Informational websites

Educational Websites

Personal Websites

Personal websites are created and maintained by individuals for personal use.  These websites contain information about a person’s interests, hobbies, and what iformation he is sharing etc. The purpose of personal websites is to share personal information with family, friends and internet users. Personal websites are also open for public and anybody can visit, learn and leave questions as comments.

 Examples

http://tropytech.com/

https://www.ximenavengoechea.com/

https://www.kristenleecalligraphy.com/

Business Websites

Business websites provide facilities to maintain business relationships and selling information services and commodities via Internet.  These websites facilitate exchange of business documents such as orders or invoices between suppliers and customers.  Services provided by Business websites include sale of goods or provision of services such as banking ticket reservations, stock market transactions and even remote education.

 Examples

https://askaribank.com/

https://qarshi.com/

https://www.mughalsteel.com/

Entertainment Websites

These websites provide different types of entertainments to internet users.  Entertainment websites include sports, music, radio, television, computer games, comedy fashion and movies websites.

 Examples

https://www.sonyliv.com/

https://www.espncricinfo.com/

https://www.radio.gov.pk/

Web Portals

Web portals are websites that offer different types of services. These include online shopping malls news stock prices  Email and search engines etc.  Web portals function as a point of access to information on the web. For example a University’s web portal delivers information about the university’s background admission fee structure as it is curriculum departments programs etc.  

Examples

https://www.google.com/

https://www.daraz.pk/

https://aiou.edu.pk/

News Websites

News websites provide information about current events and opinions.  These websites publish news stories and let their visitors a voice be heard.  These sites provide their visitors way to get their thoughts and views published. Very often at the end of news stories visitors are asked to share their experience or knowledge about the topic.  Therefore a link for the readers comment is provided for feedback.

Examples

https://www.express.pk/

https://www.dawn.com/

https://www.geo.tv/

Informational Websites

Informational websites provide information on any topic in the form of text graphics sound and videos.  For example Wikipedia is an informational website that provides information on millions of articles.  It allows users to contribute and added articles as well.  As another example Encyclopaedia is another informational website that provides information on a large variety of topics including people and Humanities animals business computer and literature health education etc.

Examples

https://www.wikipedia.org/

https://www.encyclopedia.com/

https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page

Educational websites

Educational websites are created for educational purposes.  These websites contain animation slide presentations and tutorials to educate people on various topics.  Information is presented in a very well organised way.  The purpose of any educational website is to impart knowledge to people who are looking for better understanding of a topic and pursue knowledge.

Examples

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/index.htm

https://www.w3schools.com/

https://www.udemy.com/