A website is a collection of web pages and related content that is identified by a common domain name and published on at least one web server, sharing a common theme and design, message, service and management style.

Notable examples are facebook.com, wikipedia.org, google.com, and amazon.com. All publicly accessible websites collectively constitute the World Wide Web.

The purpose of a website is to turn visitors into prospects. And the way to do this is to identify the major user types visiting your site, speak to their needs and give them a clear action step to take next.

Well, if you think hard, it becomes clear that the first main purpose of creating a website is to attract the attention of the Internet audience!

People and companies create websites for different purposes:

• To sell products and services,
• To post and find information on the Web,
• To gain knowledge,
• To communicate with each other,
• To have fun, etc.

Everyone finds a good reason to create a website! But in general, we can say that the websites are being created to offer a useful service that others will use. It can even be free, although if this is something really cool, you can always make money on it!