There are 12 basic types of websites
Educational websites
Advocacy websites
Online Social Networks
News websites
Web Portal
Entertainment web sites
Blog
Informational website
Content Aggregator
Personal website
Business/Marketing websites
Wiki
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Educational websites
 An educational Web site Provides information related
to students , teachers and educational institutions .
Instructors often use the Web to enhance classroom
teaching by publishing course materials, grades, and
other class information
academicearth.org
 It provide Thousands of video lectures from the
world's top scholars.
Brightstorm.com
• Short-form online video lessons by
professional educators. Free math lessons.
(In Pakistan)
Paknotes.com
 All kinds of educational notes,
 guess papers,
 examination tips,
 every thing related to a successful studies.
ilmkidunya.com
 Website for Pakitani students. Information on
Pakistani colleges and universities. More than 35
education information services for Pakistani students.
 Past papers
 Results
 News
Faizluckyshah.weebly.com
 Faizluckyshah provides presentations and ebooks for
BBA 1st term so students of BBA 1st term can easily get
their books
Bisebwp.edu.pk
 Provide information related to Bahawalpur board
 Results
 Datasheets
 Online registration
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Advocacy
 An advocacy Web site contains content that describes
a cause, opinion, or idea. These Web sites usually
present views of a particular group or association
aspca.org
 The ASPCA works to rescue animals from abuse, pass
human laws and share resources with shelters
nationwide
anticruelty.org
 The Anti-Cruelty Society is building a community of
caring by helping pets
bestfriends.org
 Best Friends Animal Society runs the nation' s largest
sanctuary for abused animals
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Online Social Networks:
 An online social network, also called a social networking
Web Site, 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, with Facebook alone boasting More than 300
million active users. 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
Facebook:
Using Facebook.com you can:
 Browse and join networks, which are organized into
four categories: regions, colleges, workplaces and high
schools.
 Pull contacts from a Web-based e-mail account, into
Facebook.com.
 Find friends in several ways, including search engine
to look for a specific person and lot more.
 Facebook has recently crossed 500 million users and is
the most popular Social Networking site of the world.
Twitter:
 Twitter is a very simple service that is rapidly
becoming one of the most talked-about social
networking service providers. When you have a Twitter
account, you can use the service to post and receive
messages to a network of contacts, as opposed to send
bulk email messages. You can build your network of
contacts, and invite others to receive your Tweets, and
can follow other members' posts. Twitter makes it easy
to opt into or out of networks. Additionally, you can
choose to stop following a specific person’s feed
Millat Facebook:
 Millat Facebook is a Muslim-oriented social
networking website. Originally launched in Pakistan,
it has gained popularity in Arab counties as well. This
site came into existence after Facebook was banned in
Pakistan. Millat facebook offers video chat, bulletins,
blogs, polls, shout box, and customization of profile
page. Members can change the page CSS and design it
on their own will.
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News websites
 A news Web site contains news material including
stories and articles relating to current events, life,
money, sports, and the weather. News papers and
television and radio stations are some of the media
that maintain news Web site
Yahoo news:
 Provides news and headlines. Get breaking news
stories and in-depth coverage with videos and photos.
 Get the latest world news headlines from Yahoo News
 Yahoo News Search: The search engine that helps
you find exactly what you're looking for
CNN:
 Delivers the latest breaking news and information on
the latest top stories, weather, business,
entertainment, politics, and more
 All over the World: CNN brings you headlines, video
and news stories from all over the world
 Video: Watch news videos
Google news:
 Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated
from sources all over the world by Google News
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Web Portal
 A website that provides a starting point or a gateway to
other resources on the Internet is called portal.
msn.com, msnbc.com, yahoo.com
Web Portal
 A portal is a Web site that offers a variety of Internet
services from a single, Convenient location. Most
portals offer these free services: search Engine; news;
sports and weather; Web publishing; reference tools
such as yellow pages, Stock quotes, and maps;
shopping; and e-mail communications services.
 Popular portals include AltaVista, AOL, Excite,
GO.com, iGoogle, Lycos, MSN, and Yahoo!
aol.com
 AOL offers today's news, sports, stock quotes, weather,
movie reviews, TV trends and more. Get free email,
AIM access, online radio, videos and horoscopes
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Entertainment web sites
 An entertainment Web site offers an interactive and
engaging environment.
 Popular entertainment Web sites offer music, videos,
sports, games, chat rooms, and more
TelePk.Com
 Phone Directory, Games, SmS, Chat Rooms, Study
Abroad, Ring Tones..
funplusfun.com
• Funny videos, online games, free Mobile
stuff, mobile games, mobile software,
themes, women section, recipes, msn stuff,
live radio , movies and many more waiting
for you..
funplusfun.com
 Funny videos, online games, free Mobile stuff, mobile
games, mobile software, themes, women section,
recipes, msn stuff, live radio , movies and many more
waiting for you..
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Blog
 A blog, short for Weblog, is an informal Web site
consisting of time-stamped articles, or posts, in a diary
or journal format
 A blog that contains video clips is called a video blog
or v-log
 A micro blog allows users to publish short messages,
usually between 100 and 200 characters, for others to
read. Twitter is a popular micro blog
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Informational website
 An informational Web site contains factual
information. Many United States government agencies
have informational Web sites providing information
such as census data, tax codes, and the congressional
budget (www.usa.gov). Other organizations provide
information such as public transportation schedules
) and published research findings
Informational Website
 An Informational Web Page is one whose purpose is to
present factual information. The URL Address
frequently ends in .edu or .gov, as many of these pages
are sponsored by educational institutions or
government agencies.
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Content Aggregator
 A content aggregator is a business that gathers and
organizes Web content and then distributes, or feeds,
the content to subscribers for free or a fee Examples of
distributed content include news, music, video, and
pictures. Subscribers select content in which they are
interested. Whenever this content changes, it is
downloaded automatically (pushed) to the
subscriber’s computer or mobile device. RSS 2.0, which
stands for Really Simple Syndication, is a specification
that content aggregators use to distribute content to
subscribers
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Personal
A private individual or family not usually associated
with any organization may maintain a personal Web
site. People publish personal Web pages for a variety of
reasons. Some are job hunting. Others simply want to
share life experiences with the world
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Business/Marketing
 A business/marketing Web site contains content that
promotes or sells products or services . Nearly every
enterprise has a business/marketing Web site. Many
companies also allow you to purchase their products or
services online.
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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. Most wikis are open to
modification by the general public. Wikis usually
collect recent edits on a Web page so that someone can
review them for accuracy. 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. Read Ethics &
Issues 2-2 for a related discussion
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