Since nearly everyone everyday comes up with some new type of innovation, it would be impossible to say that this list is all inclusive.

1: Corporate Web Sites: These types of Web Sites are created to tell people about a company and its products and services. They may be simple or very complex with multimedia and streaming audio and video.They can be considered commercial Informational Web Sites.

Informational Web Sites can be used in recruitment efforts -- informing potential candidates about the company and its policies, even allowing them to apply online.

2. Informational Web Sites: Although Informational Web Sites contain some commerce, they are not considered to be commercial Web Sites, their purpose is to provide useful information to visitors, organization or business that it serves.

3.Commercial Web Sites: These types of Web Sites are created for the sole intent to stimulate commerce or engage in commerce.

A commercial site can range from a simple sites that describes products, services, or member benefits and invites people to contact the business or organization to full "e-commerce sites" , which allow individuals visiting the site to shop and make purchases directly on the Web. These more sophisticated sites will have the ability to take your order, verify your credit card number and cash availablilty and process your order for delivery almost immediately.

4.Portal Web Sites: A portal site is a site that serves as the entry point for locations and sites all over the World Wide Web. They can be run by organizations particularly if they are focused on a niche that an organization has an expertise in. Usually these sites are run as a business by companies like Yahoo.

5. Search Engines and Directories: These types of sites are specially designed to store information about other Web Sites, Profiles or similar that can be searched for using different criteria.