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Types of WebsitesBrochure SitesThis type of site serves as an online brochure, of sorts, to help promote your business or organization to a wider audience. Brochure sites are generally used as a supplement to existing print, television, or radio advertising and can expose a business to a wide audience for a very low cost. Organizations which can benefit from this type of site include: medical and dental offices, law firms, and any other organization with services which cannot easily be rendered over the Internet. E-CommerceHave a product or service that your company would like to sell online? E-Commerce sites are designed to provide an online storefront for those products or services so that you can provide them to clients all around the globe. Organizations which can benefit from this type of site include: wholesalers, retailers, software vendors, and any other organization which wants to sell products and services online. Social NetworkingSocial Networking sites bring users together into a collaborative environment in which they can create a profile for themselves, upload pictures, carry on conversations, and interact with each other on many different levels. MySpace and Facebook are the best examples of this type of site. This is a special class of websites and can be used in viral marketing and leveraging the power of the online community to raise awareness of an organization. Dynamic PortalThis type of site combines many different elements into one central portal site to provide a myriad of services and levels of interaction to the user. Combining many elements from different types of sites with general information, the dynamic portal seeks to provide the user with a complete experience and creates a site which the user will come back to on a regular basis. Portal sites are updated regularly, sometimes several times per day. They can include newsletters, blog postings, e-commerce functionality, social networking, and many other aspects of the web experience. Organizations which can benefit from this type of site include: news and media companies, non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and any organization seeking to provide users with current updated information on a regular basis. ------------------- |