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Evaluating Websites from UC Berkely Website Butler 8 th Grade LASS

4 to Look For 1.Domain 2.Author 3.Links 4.Age 5.Reviews

Domain Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html Good Domains -.edu.org.gov Suspicious -.com.net.us/.uk

Author/Editor Author – Wrote it; Editor – Compiled it Bottom of the article or the homepage Contact information given Author/Editor Qualifications –College professor best –Well known author good –Recognized expert in field good

Links List of references author used to get information. If none... red flag Links relate closely to the webpage you are using The Links work

Age Found at bottom of the article is best Found at the bottom of the homepage is next best. “Last Updated” is best “Copyright” is ok Be suspicious of anything over 3 years old

Reviews Websites that establish the reliability and authenticity of a website you are using as a source. –Alexa.com –About.com (Directories that evaluate content)

Alexa.com Go to alexa.com:alexa.com Type or paste the URL into alexa.com's search box. Click on the "Get details" button. You will see, depending on the volume of traffic to the page: Traffic details. Contact/ownership info for the domain name. "Related links" to other sites visited by people who visited the page. Sites linking in to the page. A link to the "Wayback Machine," an archive showing what the page looked like in the past.Wayback Machine

About.com, Infomine, ipl2 Look up the title or publisher of the page in a reputable directory that evaluates its contents (ipl2, Infomine, About.com, or a specialized directory you trust)directoryipl2InfomineAbout.com

Look Up the Author Look up the author's name in Google or Yahoo! –For the most complete results in Google, search the name three ways: a. without quotes: Firstname Lastname b. enclosed in quotes as a phrase: "Firstname Lastname" c. enclosed in quotes with * between the first and last name: "Firstname * Lastname" (The * can stand for any middle initial or name in Google only).