Determining Legitimate Web Sites usmilitary.about.com

Is it someone’s personal page? Does the URL use words like: Personal J Smith (or a person’s name) GeoCities, AOL, or other commercial servers. What about its domain name?

Legitimate Web Sites use endings like: owl.english.purdue.edu/ Domain Names:

Domain name = Type k12.ia.us = k-12 school in IA.gov= government.edu = college, university.org = non-profit organization. mil = military OR

Use endings like: State / Country. ca =California.k12.ca.us OR. ca =Canada = Australia.de = Deutschland

Less dependable sites (anyone can write these) use domain endings like:.htm or.html HyperText Markup Language.net = Internet service Provider.com = Commerical site

Are these dependable sites?

How could you tell which sites were dependable? Look at the domain names. Look at the site and then Evaluate the content.

What do these endings tell you? org /headlines008.htm gov / org.uk/home.htm

When you look at the sites, remember to always evaluate for accuracy, currency, and appropriateness.

Who published the pages? Is the publisher a trusted source? The publisher is listed between the “www” and the domain name.. = the New York Times = U. S. Army = a university site

For more examples, go to Internet/Evaluate.html