E-mail can be directed to a recipient without a request for the information. The Web on the other hand provides information which can only be accessed through a search of some type. Individuals can find web sites by going directly to the URL, if it is known. Alternatively, the sites can be accessed through search engines, using key words, or be accessed through hypertext links from other sites. Note, however, that e-mail and web sites are interactive with one another.
Web sites permit threaded discussions that are carried out through e-mail, for example.
Web sites typically have home pages, or that part of the site that gives directions to the web site as a whole. It is important to note that the home page is one of the parts of a web and not a portal through which an Internet user must pass. Each segment of the web site has its own entrance and can be accessed through a URL, a key word or a link. There is no first page of a World Wide Web site. Another dimension of a web site is its ability to include advertising within it, commonly known as banner ads.