MEANING AND PURPOSE
DEFFIRENT OF WEB
PORTAL - MEANING-A web portal is a specially designed website that brings
information from diverse sources, like emails, online forums and search
engines, together in a uniform way. ... Variants of portals include mashups and intranet "dashboards" for
executives and managers.
PURPOSE-What is the purpose of a web portal? Answer: A portal is a web site that acts as a starting point for many other
sites. Some of the largest portals include Excite, Lycos, Yahoo, Netscape, NBCi, and MSN. There are,
however, many smaller portals, known as "niche portals" for specific interests.
EXAPLE - Information, news, and
updates are examples of content that could be delivered through such a portal. Personal portals can be related to any specific topic such as providing
friends information on a social network or providing links to outside content
that may help others beyond your reach of services.
NEWS - MEANING-A decisinews portal
is an access point to news;
This is generally thought of as a Internet connection to a news source
but the definition of
a “Portal” would include anewspaper,
magazine or any other access to news.
A web portal
is any access point to the Internet.
PURPOSE-functions
–
to inform, to interpret the news, to
provide a service to readers, and to entertain. These
functions explain what the newspaper does, and they are why people read it.
Newspapers help readers become informed citizens and make better decisions by
providing lots of facts.
EXAMPLE - News is information that wasn't known before or current events
broadcast over the radio, television, online or in print media. An example of news is a couple announcing their engagement at a family
gathering. An example of news is the New York Times announcing the winner of a presidential
race.
INFORMATIONAL - MEANING -Informational websites are those sites which are created in order to provide a
customized and branded resource for potential and active customers, members,
investors and so forth. These websites are usually content and design driven. ... A great informational website can act as an excellent sales tool for your company.
PURPOSE-1 knowledge acquired through
experience or study. 2 knowledge of specific and timely events or situations;
news. 3 the act of informing or the condition of being informed. a an office,
agency, etc., providing information.
EXAMPLE - Some examples of this structure would be: “Dogs bark;” “Some sea snakes are quite deadly;” or “Apples can be red, yellow,
or even green!” Authors of informational textemploy a variety of structures to
assist the reader in finding information quickly and efficiently
"WIKI" -MEANING -iki. A wiki is a Web site that allows users to add and update content on the siteusing their own Web browser. ... A great example of a large wiki is the Wikipedia, a free encyclopedia in many languages that anyone can edit. The
term "wiki" comes from the Hawaiian phrase, "wiki wiki," which means "super fast.“
PURPOSE- is to benefit readers
by acting as an encyclopedia, a comprehensive written compendium that contains
information on all branches of knowledge.
EXAMPLE - A wiki is a collaborative web site that collects and organizes
content, created and revised by its users. The most well-known example is Wikipedia. Wikis are a way to grow a knowledge base around a particular
content area, be it best practices in a particular field or how to use a
specific piece of software.
Business - MEANING -Business marketing is a marketing practice of individuals or organizations (including commercialbusinesses, governments and institutions). It allows them to sell products or
services to other companies or organizations that resell them, use them in
their products or services or use them to support their works.
PURPOSE -A guiding purpose of marketing is to identify the specific goals and needs of customers and
to guide the creation of products or services to fulfill them. And sells itself.
EXAMPLE -Business marketing is a marketing practice of individuals or organizations (including
commercial businesses, governments and institutions). It allows them to sell products or
services to other companies or organizations that resell them, use them in
their products or services or use them to support their works.
BLOG - MEANING -A website on which one person
or group puts new information regularly, often every day; weblog: As millions
express their views on blogs, political dialogue has taken on a life of its own
on the Web. blogverb [ I/T ]
PORPOSE -Blogging is a great way to
help market or promote yourself or your business, product, or service. This
means you can sell something online through your blog or you can use it merely
for informative purposes
EXAMPLE - To put it as simply as
possible – a blog is a type of website that is usually arranged in chronological order from the most
recent 'post' (or entry) at the top of the mainpage to the older entries towards the bottom. Have a look at the
main page of myblog at here for an example.
ENTERTAIMENT - MEANING : The entertainment industry (informally known as show business or show biz) is
part of the tertiary sector of the economy and includes a large number of
sub-industries devoted to entertainment. ... It applies to every aspect of entertainment including cinema, television, radio, theatre, and music.
PURPOSE : Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest
of an audience, or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but
is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over
thousands of years specifically for thepurpose of keeping an audience's attention.
EXAMPLE : Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest
of an audience, or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but
is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over
thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience's
attention.
CONTENT AGGREGATOR - MEANING : A content aggregator is an individual or organization that gathers Web content(and/or sometimes applications) from different online sources for
reuse or resale. ... ScreamingMedia, Moreover, and iSyndicate are among the increasing number of companies offering aggregated content for resale.
PURPOSE : “Data aggregation is any process in which information is gathered and expressed
in a summary form, for purposes such as statistical analysis. A common aggregation purpose is to get more information about particular groups based on
specific variables such as age, profession, or income.”
EXAMPLE : A content aggregator is a website that collects different content including news articles, social media posts, images, and videos on
particular issues from around the web and makes them accessible in one place.
Take Techmeme as an example.
ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK - MEANING : A social networking service (also social networking site, or SNS or social media) is an online platform which people use to build social networks or social relations with other people who share similar personal or
career interests, activities, backgrounds or real-life connections.
PORPOSE : online social
networks are decentralized and
distributed computer networks where users communicate with each other through internetservices. networking social network services used primarily for non-social interpersonal communication (e.g., LinkedIn, a career- and
employment-oriented site)
EXAMPLE : A social networking service (also social networking site, or SNS or social media) is an online platform which people use to build social networks or social relations with other people who share similar personal or
career interests, activities, backgrounds or real-life connections.
EDUCATIONAL - MEANING : the free encyclopedia. Education is about teaching,
learning skills and knowledge. It also means helping people to learn how to do
things and support them to think about what they learn. It's also important for
educators to teach ways to find and use information
PORPOSE :Educational purpose. Educational purpose includes a reproduction or communication of a copyright work.
made for teaching purposes including preparation for teaching a class. made and used as
a part of a course and study.
EXAMPLE : An educational institution is a place where people of different ages gain aneducation. Examples of some institutions are preschools, primary schools,
secondary schools, and further and higher education. They provide a large
variety of learning environments and learning spaces.
ADVOCACY - MEANING : Advocates provide more than important advocacy support for people with disability. ... By demonstrating how
one can take action to protect and defend the rights of people with disability,
they show everyone in the community that they too can take such action.
PURPOSE : The purpose of advocacy as defined by UNFPA is to promote or reinforce a change in
policy, programme or legislation. 2. Rather than providing support directly to
clients or users of services, advocacy aims at winning support from others, i.e. creating a
supportive environment.
EXAMPLE : For example, some groups may advocate for a specific industry, such as the aerospace industry, the
automobile industry, or the pharmaceutical industry. Some may advocate for a particular minority group, such as African Americans,
women, or the LGBT community
WEB APPLICATION - MEANING : A Web application (Web app) is an application program that is stored on a remote server and delivered over
the Internet through a browser interface. Web services areWeb apps by definition and many, although not all, websites contain Web apps.
PORPUSE : The Purpose of a Web Application. ... Web applications (or web apps) are programs on the internet that can be accessed in web browsers (Firefox,
Chrome, Safari, IE, etc). These programs can provide any kind of functionality that you
need to help your business or organization run more smoothly.
EXAMPLE : Web applications include online forms, shopping carts, word
processors, spreadsheets, video and photo editing, file conversion, file
scanning, and email programs such as Gmail, Yahoo and AOL. Popular applications
include Google Appsand Microsoft 365.
PERSONAL - MEANING : A personal website is a group of web pages that someone creates about themselves. It basically contains
things that are personal.
PORPUSE : A personal website is a group of web pages that someone creates about themselves. ... A personal website must exhibit content that tells your readers about your
thoughts, ideas, interests, hobbies, family, friends, feelings, or something
you feel strongly about.
EXAMPLE : 15 Of The
Best Personal Website ExamplesAround (2019)
Nia Shanks. There's a lot to like about this personal website. ...
Simon Sinek. The design really shines here and makes this one of
the best personal website
examples that we encourage
everyone to learn from. ...
Ellen Skye Riley. ...
Tim Harford. ...
Joshua McCartney. ...
Hope Reagan. ...
Seth Godin. ...
Pascal van Gemert.
E-COMMERCE -MEANING : E-Commerce, also known as e-Business, orelectronic business, is simply the sale and purchase of services and goods over
an electronic medium, like the Internet. It also involves electronically
transferring data and funds between two or more parties. Simply put, it is
online shopping as we commonly know it.
PURPOSE : E-commerce, electronically buying and selling of goods and services on the
internet". E-commerce Website transactions occur either as business-to-business, business-to-consumer, consumer-to-consumer or consumer-to-business and trading, products or service Which is conducted via the
internet.
EXAMPLE : Web design company Blue Fountain Media is oneexample of a business that does this. Ecommerce is, by nature, highly digital, so it's no surprise that many
merchants sell “e-goods” online. Common types of digital products include ebooks, online courses, software,
graphics, and virtual goods
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