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Casting light on the World Wide Web Evaluating Web Sites Casting light on the World Wide Web

Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites Purpose Authority Objectivity Currency Clarity Accessibility

Purpose Commercial Informative Educational Entertainment Persuasive Personal Institutional

Domain Name Suffixes .com = commercial site .net =Internet service provider .edu = higher education .org=charitable, religious, or lobbying organization

.gov = government agency .mil = military ~ = personal site http://pirate.shu.edu/~skeelero/ country codes such as .uk and .nz

Authority Who is the author? What are the author’s credentials? Is there a way to contact the author? Is there an organizational or corporate sponsor? http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/llowry.html

Objectivity Does the content reflect an explicit or hidden bias? Does the identity of the author or sponsor suggest a bias? If there is a bias, how does it impact on the usefulness of the information?

Currency Is the information up-to-date? When was the page last updated? Are there dead links? www.nytimes.com

Clarity/Accessibility Is the information clearly presented? Is the text neat, legible, and easy to read? Are there mistakes in spelling and grammar? Does it load quickly? Is it easy to navigate?

Creating a Secure Password Think of an easy-to-remember phrase My team won first place at biopardy Make a Mnemonic mt1fp@b

Site Evaluation Huckleberry Finn www.genochoice.com http://www.alexa.com

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