There are many categories of sites: personal, commercial, non-commercial, religious, informative, revolutionary, etc. This all depends on the individual or group who want their products or services published in the internet. The only distinction between all these sites is financial: are they building websites for income or simply to inform or have fun?
Website building became popular in the middle of 1990s where new-found technology innovations were discovered in the internet world making it an excellent tool for communication or advertisement worldwide.
Among these sites, commercial sites top them all. Why? It generates millions of bucks by simply building the website into an attractive handiwork of information technology that sells products easily and in big volume. Websites now are electronically capable to accept orders with outright payments using financial instruments like Credit Cards that make it easy for seller-buyer their transactions in seconds.
Other sites like religious or charitable organizations find it easy to collect donations worldwide through the internet. They will just have to post pictures and short articles of particular areas of humanitarian concerns in the website and this will garner support from different sectors of society worldwide.
Other companies make use of websites in posting job vacancies where on-line application forms and resume uploads are added to other features in the site. This attracts applicants faster than the usual walk-in process of job inquiry. It saves time and effort as well as reduces expenses entailed on traveling everyday to the company headquarters offering job opportunities.
How websites are designed give weight to how customers will patronize your product or services. Proper presentation in the web of your products will contribute to its success in sales. Many website owners sometimes don't achieve sales targets because of their failure to learn how to properly design their sites.
The homepage of your website must specifically inform visitors what are your products and the benefits they will derive when they buy. Remember, visitor's purpose of browsing your site is to know what you offer. If, they failed to get any valuable information first time they visit your site, surely, they will not come back.
