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Every time we surf the Internet, we come across different types of web sites. What is a web site? Why is it important to own a web site? Now if you are an Internet Marketing expert, you would surely be aware of the importance of having a web site. However, if you are new to the world of the Internet (chances of which are very less), you must understand the meaning of the term 'web site'.

What happens when you open and look at a web site? You see that it contains images, videos, and web pages. Now, what is a web page? It's a type of document that can only be accessed one way--through a communications protocol called 'hypertext transfer protocol' (or HTTP).

Every web site has a particular URL (uniform resource locator). It was in the late twentieth century that the world witnessed the birth of the World Wide Web. Cut-throat marketing has become common in the world of business. That is why businesses try doing almost everything that can boost their sales. It's a known fact that electronic commerce can work wonders for businesses. How?

There are six billion people in the world and half of them are already using the internet, and the number increases every day. They log on for all kinds of reasons, from checking the weather and the news, to celebrity gossip, to buying things and selling things, you name it. Generally you can put web sites into one of two categories, the personal ones and the commercial ones.

The number and type of web sites is limited only by the minds of the millions of people who build them. Web sites can be for social networking, e-commerce, non-profit, and personal use. Commercial web sites buy or sell products or content. Web site styles also may include 'brochure web sites' and 'dynamic web sites'. The brochure web sites are also known as "static web sites".

Just what elements do you have to consider when you want to create a new website? Web designers (or developers) can aid you with all the parameters of building a website, or you can search the internet for the innumerable texts which discuss what you need to know about creating a site.