What are the different types of Websites?

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What is a Website?

Websites are a collection of inter-related contents, media, information all under a separate Domain name & served via the World Wide Web(www). Websites can be accessed all over the globe over various electronic devices, such as PC, Laptops, mobiles, Tablets etc. with the use of Internet services.

Websites may contain a gallery section with Videos, animation, graphics, and pictures. Websites can be for personal, for a family or group, for business or for a profession, or for government purposes. A website serves a huge set of audience.

Types of Websites

Websites are basically of 2 broad types- Informative & e-commerce based. Or based on structure as- Static & Interactive. In the interactive websites, there is a two-way transfer of data with the user and the server. While in static sites only the data from one source is accessed.

Apart from that, the major categories of websites are listed below:

1. Blog Sites:
   These sites are used by various individuals to publish their daily activities online or their experiences in any event or vacation. It includes various content with images and videos. These may be a personal blog or Video blog(Vlog) or a Forum where different opinions are posted. Examples: Wordpress.org, Blogger.com, Wix.com.
2. Affiliate Sites:
   These sites are basically affiliates of other websites, which by themselves comprise of a couple of pages and used for marketing purposes. They are used for selling various products of theirs or other third-party clients. Examples: Amazon Affiliates, Shopify, eBay partners.
3. Celebrity websites:
   Celebrity websites are personal websites of various Celebrities and popular persons in the field of arts, commerce, politics, sports etc. These websites showcase their popular works, their information and sometimes related products for sale and services. Examples: Barackobama.com, Michaeljackson.com, Rogerfederer.com.
4. Crowdfunding websites:
   These sites are used by various organizations to generate funds via the internet for charity, donation and other social purposes. These are even used by startups to attain capital for their new venture or by new groups to get a donation from their members. Examples: Youcaring, Planeta.ru, Invesdor.com.
5. Classified ads sites:
   These websites are similar to the classified ads as posted in newspapers or magazines. They post a lot of ads regarding- lost& found, employment, marriage, name change, housing, ads etc. Here information from various sources is compiled to provide a holistic platform for the audience/visitor to access. Examples: Craiglist, Gumtree.com, Classifiedads.com
   
6. Dating website:
   The dating and matrimonial websites are a type of matchmaking sites that help in connecting prospective persons to their soulmate or their loved ones. Here the data of all the registered persons are churned and a match is found according to their likes and dislikes. Examples: Badoo.com, OkCupid, Match.com.
7. E-commerce sites:
   These websites are used by individuals or groups or companies to sell their products or services online over the internet to a wide range of clients across the world. They can be either for local or regional or some having clout over a whole nation or international audience. All transaction is done electronically and various deals and offers are given to lure the customers. Examples: Amazon.com, eBay.com, Woocommerce.com.
8. Government sites:
   The websites hosted by various government agencies to either provide services or let the people know of various schemes or information regarding the government. A single site may have the link of other related websites or different websites may be for different purposes. Examples: Canada.ca, Irs.gov, Gov.uk.
9. Gaming websites:
   Gaming sites are online gaming platforms where the user can register can play lots of games using the cloud server. Here also the user can play multiplayer games with a user set in another continent through the Internet. Examples: Zynga.com, Yahoo Games, Miniclip.com.
10. Educational websites:
    The various sites used by educational institutions and online platforms that provide various online courses and contents. There are sites providing various types of educational material in Art, science, computers, history, economics etc.. Examples: Udacity.com, Oxford.org, Wikipedia.org.
11. Mirror websites:
    These sites are malicious websites that mimic the contents and style of an original website. These are created to mislead the visitors and sometimes even spam and puts adware on their system. Examples: Untrusted sites, Torrent sites.
12. News sites:
    News sites are the ones that are either related to a popular news publishing house or the press. Some websites are also available which collect the news from various sources(websites) and publish it their sites. Examples: Google.news.com, CNN.com, TheWashingtonPost.com.
13. Personal websites:
    These sites are related to various individuals who use their website for their profession or business. In this websites, the works, gallery and other contact information are given for the concerned person. Examples: Redrussak.com, Devonstank.com, Wix.com.
14. Phishing sites:
    Phishing websites are scam sites, which lures the visitor into clicking into their website and extract all customer details from them and bug their system or resources. Some notorious sites loot the personal information or banking data and can make a user lose all their money if not checked in time. Examples: Email phishing, Pop-up based sites, Adwares.
15. Torrents websites:
    These sites host various torrent links and files. The user can download lots of media, executable files, software, etc. The files are shared via an online method in a data sharing way over various Bit torrent client based software such as- BitTorrent, Deluge, Ktorrent etc. Examples: Piratebay, Kickasstorrents, Mininova.com.
16. Search engine sites:
    Popular website as Google and Bing are Search Engine Websites, which lets the user search almost anything and everything through the internet. These websites provide the link of other websites and images and news etc. in their search field. Examples: Google.com, Yahoo.com, Bing.com.
17. Social networking sites:
    In these websites the user registers and the user can upload their posts, images and videos, which can be viewed by their connections and also the user can chat or direct message with their connections or friends. Here the user can stay connected with their friends and family all the while and also can make new friends and know about new happenings around the world. Examples: Facebook.com, Twitter.com, Instagram.com.
18. Webmail sites:
    These sites provide email services to their users. The user can send/receive emails and compose a new one with various formats and also with a lot of attachments and media.  Examples: Gmail.com, Hotmail.com, Rediffmail.com.
19. Video streaming sites:
    Video websites provide a repository of various video files that are available on their platform, where the user can access them anytime. These sites also provide live streaming of videos where the users can upload their videos and others can access it. Examples: Youtube.com, Vimeo.com, Dailymotion.com.

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