Online petitions are very significant documents due to their wide reach and rich contents. The content of online petitions is very rich as it is available in different variety. The petitions are divided in categories. The categories are such as human rights,education, environment,health,economy and business,government and politics etc. When one makes petition than it is put in particular category according to nature of its contents.

Online petitions are written in a simple format and it can be understood easily. Online is significant in many ways. The reasons how online petitions are important are as follows:-

• This offers world wide exposure to once petition which helps in promotion or marketing.
• These petitions are rich source of information on various issues like health, education politics, government, environment.
• It given government the idea about public opinion on various matters.
• Online petitions gives guidance to government for making policies regarding various fields.
• Sometimes online petitions provides relevant data about a particular subject which may be utilized at many places.
• Government on many occasions comes to know about result of its policies.
• Online petitions helps businessmen in marketing research.
• These petitions helps businessmen in publicity of their products which gives promotion to their products and sale of particular products increases in this way.

In this way petition is not an ordinary document nor it is useless piece of writing rather it is very important in many ways.