HAI,today we will learn about Types Of Website .

The first types of website is PORTAL .A portal is a website that offers variety of Internet services from single , convenient location.

PORTAL

• Most portals offer these free services :Search engine , News , sports and weather , Web publishing and reference tools such as yellow pages , maps ,shoppping ,and email and other communication services .
• Most portals have online communities . Online communities is a web site that joins a specific group with similar interests or relationship .
• These communities may offer online photo albums , chat rooms , and other services to facilitate communication among members .
• Popular portals :Yahoo,MSN,iGoogle,AltaVista .

Example Of Portal 

WHAT IS WIRELESS PORTAL?

A portal designed for Internet-capable mobile devices 

Wireless Portal

• A web site that supports a user with a smartphone or alphanumeric pager .
• It may offer a variety of features , including :

1. providing a springboard to other (WAP based ) wireless sites .
2. the ability to select content to be pushed to the user device
3. providing a point of entry for anyone to send the user a message .

BLOG

An informal web site consisting of time-stamped articles , or posts in a diary or journal format , usually listed in reverse chronological order .

• A short for weblog .
• Reflects the Internet , opinions and personalities of the author and sometimes site visitors .
• Blogs have become an important means of worldwide communications 

1. Businesses create blogs to communicate with employees , customers and vendors .
2. Teachers create blogs to collaborate with other teachers and students .
3. Home users create blogs to share aspects of their personal life with family , friends , and others. 

TERM USE IN BLOG 

• vlog (a video blog ) - a blog that contains video clips .
• Microblog - allows users to publish short messages ussually between 100 and 200 for others to read .
• Blogosphere - worldwide collection of blogs .
• Vlogosphere - all vlogs worldwide .
• Blogger - blog author 
• Vlogger - vlog author .

WIKI 

A type of collaborative web site that allows users to create , add to modify , or delete the web site content via web browser .

Open to modification by the general public .

The difference between a wiki and blog is that users cannot modify original post made by the blogger .

Example : Wikipedia .

BUSINESS

Web site contains content that promotes or sells product or services .

Many of enterprises allow you to purchases their product or services online .

ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK

Also called a social networking Web site .

A website 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 Facebook , Twitter and Instagram 

A media sharing Web site - a specific type of online social network that enables members to share media such as photos , music and videos .