From my last article you can see that there are many varieties of Web sites, each specializing in a particular type of content or use, and they may be arbitrarily classified in any number of ways. Here are several more types for you to consider in your endeavors.

· Java appelit site: contains software to run over the Web as a web application.

· Mirror (computing) site: A complete reproduction of a website.

· News site: similar to an information site, but dedicated to dispensing news and commentary.

· Personal Homepage: run by an individual or a small group (such as a family,) that contains information or any content that the individual wishes to include.

· Phish site: a website created to fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy person or business (such as the Social Security Administraion or PayPal,) in an electronic communication.

· Political site: A site on which people may voice political views.

· Pornography, (porn) site: a site that shows pornographic images and videos.

· Rating site: A site on which people can praise or disparage what is featured.

· Review site: A site on which people can post reviews for products or services.

· Search engine site: a site that provides general information and is intended as a gateway or lookup for other sites. A pure example is Google, and the most widely known extended type is Yahoo!.

· Shock site: includes images or other material that is intended to be offensive to most viewers.

· Warez: a site filled with illegal downloads.

· Web portal: a site that provides a starting point or a gateway to other resources on the Internet or an intranet.

· Wiki site: a site which users collaboratively edit (such as Wikipedia).

Some websites may be included in one or more of these categories. For example, a business website may promote the business's products, but may also host informative documents, such as "white papers." There are also numerous sub-categories to the ones listed above. For example, a porn site is a specific type of eCommerce site or business site (that is, it is trying to sell memberships for access to its site). A fan site may be a dedication from the owner to a particular celebrity.

Websites are constrained by architectural limits (e.g., the computing power dedicated to the website). Very large websites, such as Yahoo!, Microsoft, and Google, employ many servers and load balancing equipment such as Cisco Content Services Switches to distribute visitor loads over multiple computers at multiple locations.

In January of 2007, Netcraft, an Internet monitoring company that has tracked Web growth since 1995, reported that there were 106,875,138 Web sites with domain names and content on them in 2007, compared to just 18,000 Web sites in August 1995.