Types of website – a guide for website designs The purpose of an organisational website is to inform about an idea or event. Companies develop commercial websites to sell products or services. Entertainment websites are designed to entertain or provide fun activities. People visit news websites to obtain information. The purpose of a personal website is to provide information about an individual. Social networking websites help people to exchange personal information. Educational websites aim to share knowledge and enable online learning.
1 Why do people visit organisational websites? To get information about an idea or event
2 Why do people visit company websites? To consume products or services
3 Why do people visit entertainment websites? To entertain or in order to be provided with fun activities
4 Why do people visit news websites? In order to obtain information
5 How often do people visit this websites?
Read part of this email from the owner of Jumbo Book Store. Answer the questions.
Let me give you some background to our company's setup.
Regards
1 What types of information does Jumbo Book Store communicate between its employees? Sales reports
2 How do the employees exchange information in the company? The driver takes the reports and delivers them to the main office
3 What documents does Amiki prepare? Purchase orders for new books,sales figures
4 How much time does it take to compile the data? It takes 5 to 6 hours
5 Why do the customers complain? About poor information.
Read the interview and mark the statements true or false. Interviewer: David, tell me, how much of you e business is online now?
David: Not much really. Only about 7%.
Interviewer: Why is that, do you think?
David: Well, most of our customers buy cleaning products in supermarkets when they buy their food. And most people go out to buy their food. They go to the supermarket.
Interviewer: Do you think this will change?
David: Probably but slowly. Last year our online buying was about 5% of our business .
Interviewer: So, it is growing a little .
David:Yes,but only a little. And in future our customers will still buy our products from the supermarkets on their websites. Idon't think they will buy online from us direct.
David's company sells mainly online.T/F
70% of their business is online.T/F
People buy cleaning products when they buy their food. T/F
People buy their cleaning products in supermarkets. T/F