Identifying the Main Content, Supplementary Content, and Advertisements

In Section 3.3, you learned about the parts of the web page. As a reminder, all of the content on a webpage can be classified in the following way: Main Content (MC), Supplementary Content (SC), and Advertisements (Ads). The landing page questions in PQ tasks require you to identify all parts of the landing page.

Here is the summary table we showed you in Section 3.3.4. Please take another look at the examples. They will help you understand what parts of the page are MC, SC, and Ads.

Type of Page and Purpose

MC, SC, and Ads Highlighted

News website homepage: the purpose is to display news.

Summary - News Homepage

News article page: the purpose is to display a news article.

Summary - News Article

Store product page: the purpose is to sell or give information about the product.

Summary - Shopping Page

Video page: the purpose is to allow users to view a video.

Summary - Video Page

Currency converter page: the purpose is to calculate equivalent amounts in different currencies.

Summary - Currency Converter

Blog post page: the purpose is to display a blog post.

Summary - Blog Post Page

Search engine homepage: the purpose is to allow users to enter a query and search the Internet.

Summary - Search Engine HP

Bank login page: the purpose is to allow users to log in to bank online.

Summary - Bank Login Page



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