Personal

These sites are set up and run by someone or a small group of people that contains information that the individual wants to make available to anyone interested.

Corporate

Used to promote a business or company by providing information about the services they make available. Companies can promote a service or product rather cheaply and in a form that is limited when using other forms of media.

E-commerce

Have the ability to accept credit card or other types of payment online in real time. To get this, you will need a merchant account and depending on what you are selling, a shopping cart. Many hosts now provide the necessary programs to set up a shopping cart and PayPal gives you the ability to accept payments.

Blog

Sites generally used to post online diaries which may include discussion forums

Information/Instructional

This kind of site makes it easy to browse information that is relevant to a visitor’s interest.

News

Contains content that is intended to inform visitors.

Wiki

A wiki site allows users to collaborate in forming the content.

Entertainment

Says it all!