Notes

Evaluating websites

what can the URL tell you?

Is it someone's personal page? -look for personal names following a title(~) -a percent sign -the words users,members,or people

What type of domain does it come from? -Educational(edu), nonprofit(org), commercial, government(gov.)

What are the implications? -Investigate further to find out.....

Scan the perimeter of the page and look for answers to the following: links that say the following: - "about us", "philosophy", background"," biography" - last update - who created the page - e-mail address or other form of contact

Links off of the site - other resources - "additional sites, related links'' - key words

Links referring to other documentation -footnotes, evidence of research

All reproduced information- BEWARE

Does it all add up?

Whyb was the page put on the web? - inform,give facts, give data -explain,Persuade - sell -share

Might it be irony, satire, or a parody? - tone, outrage, exaggeration