#Blog/News website

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7 MOST POPULAR TYPES OF WEBSITES AND WHAT THEY INCLUDE

According to research, 38% of people will stop interacting if a website is poorly designed. This means that you should make sure that your website layout sends the right message and answers all your target audience’s questions. 

There are several types of websites that you can go for if you want to establish and improve your online presence in the market. Each one of them is designed to satisfy a specific purpose. So, which one should you go for? How can the right website design and layout help your business boom?

This article will explain the 7 most popular types of websites, their purposes, and features. Keep reading to learn more about them.

7 MOST POPULAR TYPES OF WEBSITES

There are currently more than 1 billion websites on the internet, and the number increases all the time. Some of them are definitely more successful than others, so it’s essential to pick the right website design for your business. 

Today, web development has become easier, so you can just log into a free website builder and have a functioning website. However, this doesn’t mean that you’ll be able to use the website to elevate your online presence. 

You should ask yourself questions like what should my website tell my target audience? How can I use my website design and layout to send a message to my prospects? 

Each type of website has specific features and purposes. We’ll discuss the most popular ones in this section.

1. Business Website

Purpose

Tell your target audience why they should work with you

Features

List of products and services

An About Page to tell the customers about your company

Contact information

A call to action

This is one of the most common website types. The company will share examples of past work and customer feedback and explain how to make an order or contact for more questions. In this type, visual branding is crucial, as the website layout should tell your target audience what your brand is all about. The design should be simple to answer as many questions as possible, making sure that the logo and typography complement the company’s message. Customers should be able to get the information they need without scrolling various pages.

2. eCommerce Website

Purpose

Sell online products and services

Features

High-quality images that show the products and services

Easy to navigate with clear sections

Details about your business, shipment, returns, and refunds should be clearly listed

Secure checkout and transactions

eCommerce websites are quite popular because the company sets up a website to sell its products and services online. Once you have an eCommerce website, you’ll have a functioning online shop that you can use with the physical store to increase your sales. 

There should be a section for customer service and an About Us section that tells your potential customers more about your business. Just like a business website, sticking to a consistent visual branding strategy is extremely important. Moreover, it should be simple so it doesn’t confuse users. 

3. Blog/News Website

Purpose

Provide valuable information about the industry or company

Features

Article lists

Tags for easy navigation

Updated posts

Can lead to an online store

Messages section for more information

The blog or news website should be related to your company’s niche and market, and it should be updated regularly with new posts or the latest news in your industry. The purpose of this website is to deliver valuable content that your target customers will appreciate. Think of what your target customers ask about, how to use your product, and what other products they can use to have a better experience. All these topics can provide excellent content for your blog.

4. Portfolio Website

Purpose

Display samples of work to attract customers

Features

High-quality images

Work samples

Contact information

Creating a portfolio website involves listing information about past projects to promote someone’s business. It can be used by individuals, especially those who work in a creative field, or by agencies and companies. This type of website can lead to an online shop or just display the contact information that customers need to get to the physical store or to contact the website’s owner. 

It should be easy to navigate and needs consistent updates. Your target audience should see that you’re engaging in successful projects to consider you for an upcoming one. 

5. Service Provider Website

Purpose

Offer an online service

Features

Easy to use

Payment options for subscriptions

This website will work for you if you offer an online service, like converting files to other types, a photo editor, or a grammar checker. The website should be easy to understand, and visitors should be able to access the tool instantly. In most cases, you can offer a limited version of your service that users can try for free. After that, they should be able to pay a subscription to access the tool’s full potential.

6. Landing Page

Purpose

The main part of a marketing campaign that leads to other pages where customers can learn more about your brand

Features

A single call to action

A brief description of the products and services

A clear visual brand

The landing page is a one-page website that your target audience reaches when they click the company’s link. Therefore, the website’s design should stick to the brand’s visual identity and should be simple and to the point. The landing page should work for lead generation, so customers can download an online catalog or learn more about the company’s products through a newsletter.

7. Wiki/Database Website

Purpose

A reference or index that provides a lot of information

Features

Easy search functions

Lots of linked pages

Ability to add comments or edit

This website serves as an index that shows a lot of information. When your target audience clicks any link, they’ll get transferred to another page that shows detailed information about your products or services. A database website can also be accessible to users who can contribute to the added content.

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[cozylittleartblog]

@staff if you [change] the [design] of the fucking [dashboard] i will kill you

edit. i want it on the actual post that i am not actually making a de-th threat against the staff. that's shitty. the caption quotes the fucking costco hot dog meme, which i originally said in the tags. if any staff member sees this please do Not take it personally

[manga-and-stuff]

Beware: a new kind of Porn bot just dropped

It was "sophisticated" enough to use my URL to address me, and it took over a real, but abandoned blog to send this to me.

It should go without saying, but I am gonna say it anyway just to be sure:

DON'T CLICK ON ANY LINKS WHEN YOU GET MESSAGES FROM COMPLETE STRANGERS

[duelbraids]

now i see daylight, i only see daylight

Neve and Rook as Opera Atelier's The Marriage of Figaro

[numbpilled-themes]

rareware roulette - abyssal/minimalist html nekoweb/neocities theme

LIVE PREVIEW DOWNLOAD

[yourfavegotanabortion]

Squirrelstar from Warriors got an abortion!

[b1gtimerush]

# iconborder 11 , shot in the dark .

free icon border! editing/customisation is allowed so long as you credit me properly on the blog you'll be using this border on.

icon size : 50 px .

font used : days .

download .

[not-the-conversation-starter]

The Death Of A Website.

tl;dr click source to see an AU of my blog.

As many of you may not have heard, Cohost has gone read only. The website infamous for "Zero Discoverability" and its users "Not Being Funny." Servers will close down at the end of 2024, if not earlier, being backed up on the Internet Archive before that. Since their user counts were still low after 2 years (about half of all sign ups ever were from people evacuating twitter, which then didn't know how to use the site so most left almost immediately. Kind of hilarious) they didn't feel like anymore money bleeding OR the fact that a staff of only four people being on call 24/7 was worth it anymore.

However,

the people who DID use the site loved it. And they did some genuinely cool things on it, far cooler than anything I ever saw even in the glory days of Tumblr. You know, like Finn and Jake hi-fiving between 2 posts. Stuff like a playable maze, or a fully navigable 3d room you move around in with your mouse entirely within a post. They really did some cool stuff.

There were also a ton of really talented people, people like the composer Lena Raine(Celeste/Minecraft) who loved the site because you could just. Actually talk to people on it! Without an algorithm to boost their posts, the only people who saw it were genuinely looking for it.

Also some of them were just good posters, we did get Pikmin 18 billion and eleven from Cohost after all.

The point is, I think if anyone outside of Cohost actually knew what was being done on Cohost, it would of succeeded. There would of been enough active users for them to invest more. If I knew about all of this I would of been there way more!

But rather than just you blindly believing me, I decided to spend (almost) every hour I would of on Tumblr, on Cohost instead. Clicking that link, or the source, or the link on the source above in the tl;dr, will take you to my Cohost blog. At least while it's still read-only.

You should check it out. I reblogged a lot, but the first page or 2 (every 20 posts, I kept trying to stop but I got sentimental and reblogged more) is pretty much just people's last posts. I'd say give it 3 pages to see if you're interested or not in exploring more of what the website has to offer.

If you've ever wondered what people would post on a dying website,

If you ever wondered what some of the best posts people were making on Cohost that got shared again in its last dying moments were,

If you want some reference for what inside jokes would look like to an outsider,

If you're just bored and need something to scroll through,

if you ever wondered what I would of reblogged on that website if I remembered my password easily enough to log back in easily...

You could think of my blog as a small encapsulation of a small website. There's only 60 pages, including the ones from before the announcement from me just rarely using the site!

I reblogged all kinds of posts. Goodbyes, sarcastic hellos, mourning, long speeches about the spirit of Cohost set to sad music, nothing burgers, inside jokes I didn't understand, The New Garfield, posts I flat out didn't read past the title because they were too long and I just wanted to move on really there's a lot of posts to archive, CSS crimes, stuff I found funny, "Where to find me" and webrings and website posts for people I never knew, Love Honk, reviews for movies and games I never intend to play or watch, 88x31 buttons, music recommendations and history, entire games, signing up for RSS feeds, asks and answers related to other stuff I didn't share on accident, regular memes, Intern Secretary Eggbug, a post that's just an image hosted off-site so it'll update even after readonly, and so on.

(Nothing overtly NSFW. Tag search still works if you want that)

One that I, personally, am sad is gone. That I'm glad I got to see at least in its dying days. That I genuinely hope someone makes another attempt at creating.

[noirandchocolate]

Been getting an influx of obvious spam/porn bots and also blank blogs in my follows the past couple weeks so I guess this is a good time to state my policy on the latter again:

I don’t block blank blogs that follow me on sight if they have usernames that look like a person might’ve chosen them (ie not a random mash of letters and numbers). This is because it’s possible these blogs might be real users brand new to tumblr (or newly remaking etc).

However, I do go back and check and if after 1-2 weeks (whenever I remember to check) the blog still has not been customized with an icon etc and still has zero content, even likes? Blocked. If it has likes or other content but those seem…sus to me in very specific ways I won’t get into? Blocked. This is because I have decided that either the blog is a bot, is not intending to truly use tumblr anytime soon, or may be something more annoying or outright harmful specifically to me.

So if you’re new to tumblr and just followed me, hi! Please start using tumblr by reblogging and liking posts! I hope you’ll enjoy your time here. But…I’ll block you if you don’t actually use your blog. Sorry!

[pineapplefulfillseveryneed]

Sparks - New Music For Amnesiacs - The Ultimate Collection (2013)

[goodluckclove]

Saw a post complaining about longform texts on Tumblr. It was sort of dunking on people who post without a read more - which I agree is handy just for like practical purposes, even if people have shorten posts on. But there was a vibe in the notes that long-form texts on Tumblr inherently went against the point of the website.

And I think it's interesting from a social media and branding standpoint. Tumblr has, for as long as I can remember (so like maybe 12 years?) been pretty vague about it's intended use. It calls itself a "microblogging" platform at times, which I agree with since it clearly doesn't lean towards longform text.

At the same time, most other outlets will call it a social media and blogging platform. Since 2019 it's been owned by the same company that owns WordPress, a content management system more commonly associated with longform text, so in my mind it isn't shocking that some people would assume Tumblr can be used for the same purposes.

I know it usually isn't, but I do it anyway. A website like this is a big network that really has no one culture if you think of it objectively. Whumplr interacts with each other very differently from aesthetic lifestyle blogs, or people who use their Tumblr as a way to just reblog and comment vaguely on softcore porn. It's just kind of fascinating to think about.

[somegrumpynerd]

(Guy who has too many unfinished projects voice) I should start something

[fatefulfindings]

for anyone wondering, I work at a large organisation that exists to give grants to charities. my job is to write about what the charities have used our money for.

and my god, I cannot overstate how MANY people there are in the world doing incredible wonderful beautiful things just because they care. they don't have time to write guilt-trippy "reblog to show you care" tumblr posts, because they're too busy rolling up their sleeves and finding solutions!! you will never ever ever know just how many people around you are quietly putting good things into the world, and receiving zero credit or recognition from wider society. but they exist everywhere!!

[strangedisciple]

i hate this website

[lapinneok]

heyyy i hope you're doing okay!... what happened to your sideblog, if it's okay to ask? :<

hi hello. sorry for the late response, got this ask in the midst of exams :"/

i deleted it because it felt excessive with [personal] shitposts, but i do miss a place where i could dump sketches and not feel like im trashing this blog

[agerefandom]