• Broad categories • Information sites, these site provide information about a particular subject or organization (the “brochureware” sites). These are the most common web sites on the internet. • Transactional sites, this type of site can be use to conduct some transaction or task. E-commerce sites fall into this category. • Community sites, these provide information or transaction-related facilities, but focus on the interaction between the visitors of the site. Community-based sites tend to focus on a particular topic or type of person and encourage interaction between likeminded individuals.
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• Entertainment sites, these sits are for game playing or some form of amusing interaction, which may include transactional, community, and informational elements. • Other sites included here are artistic or experimental sites, personal web spaces such as weblog.