Notes

Evaluating websites What can the URL tell you?


 * look for personal names following a tidle
 * a percent sign
 * The word users, members, or people

What type of doamin does it come from? What are the implications? Investigate further to find out
 * Educational (edu) nonprofit (org) comeerical government (gov)

Scan perimeter of page. look for answeres to the following:
 * "about us", "Philosophy", "background", "biography"
 * Last updated (updated recently)
 * Who created the page
 * e-mail address or other form of contact.


 * Look for indicators of quality information:**
 * Links off the site
 * other resources
 * "Additional sites", "related links" - key words
 * Link referring to other documents
 * footnotes, evidence of research

Why was he page put up? Might it be irony, satire, or a parody
 * Does it all add up?**
 * inform,give facts, give data
 * explain, persuade
 * sell
 * share
 * tone, outrage, exageration