Websites in different purposes.

Every websites have their own purposes, and those purposes can divided into about five types.
Let's look about it and some examples.


1) Entertaining : http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/weekday.nhn
    Few of koreans will don't know about this website! It's really popular webtoon sites in Korea. Lots of webtoons of various genre are updating day by day. Readers choose such webtoons that fits to their interest, and since there are very diverse types of webtoons, from episodes to long piece or from comedy to romantic, the website are enough to give enjoyment to huge numbers of readers. Because it makes readers fun and enjoyable, I think it perfectly fits to the example of 'Entertaining website'.

2) Informative : http://www.wikipedia.org/
    Maybe there will be no doubt that this website is definitely fits to the example of 'Informative website'. Wikipedia is kind of dictionary which contains enormous quantity of informations. Since it is online service, no matter where users are at, everyone can easily access to informations. Live dictionary that everyone can easily acquire informations at anywhere, Wikipedia is a perfect example of 'Informative website'.

3) Persuasive : http://www.lotteimall.com
    This is an online shopping website of Lotte, one of the biggest company in Korea and Japan. Online shopping websites are pretty persuasive since they have to sell their products. Various fancy advertisements are all over the place. So I think these online shopping websites are great example of 'Persuasive website'.

4) Evaluative : http://edition.cnn.com/opinions
    Every news websites have an opnion section, and this is opinion sites in CNN. In opinion section, reporters or experts, professors are telling their evaluations or opinions about the news and problems that we confront everyday. It can be informative, but I think it's more close to evaluative because it always include someone's thoughts and opinions. So I chose this website for an example of 'Evaluative website'.

5) Expressive : http://www.facebook.com
    The website which I chose for an example of 'Expressive website' is Facebook. Users of Facebook updates their statue and diary in there. They express their feelings and thoughts with their experiences. They also upload many pictures to express their enjoyment. So I chose this website for an example of 'Expressive website'.