Secondly web sites can earn revenue by allowing others to advertise on your space. Popularity of individual sites will determine how much can be made through this route. Finally, increasing brand awareness through an internet presence will lead to increased sales. Web sites may also be used as a means of providing additional services to clients. This can be in the form of up to date product information, or on line ordering and customer support.
Intranets enhance communication within a business.
This leads to several key benefits. Firstly they provide employees with better access to the information they need particularly in those cases where large amounts of company data resides in legacy repositories. Furthermore, regularly requested information can be posted and updated easily, thus reducing search time for users. Secondly intranets open up new channels of information flow. Examples include e-mail, discussion groups, news channels, chat rooms and other applications.