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Evaluating Websites

Evaluating Websites. How to tell if a website is REAL. R ead the URL. Do you recognise the domain name? eg: www. adhs . act.edu.au Look at the extension .edu .gov .com/.co .org .net. R ead the URL continued. Is it a personal page? Watch out for: Names

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Evaluating Websites

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  1. Evaluating Websites How to tell if a website is REAL

  2. Readthe URL • Do you recognise the domain name? eg: www. adhs. act.edu.au • Look at the extension .edu .gov .com/.co .org .net

  3. Readthe URL continued • Is it a personal page? Watch out for: Names The words: users, people, members The symbols: % and ~

  4. Examinethe content • Credible information? • Can the information be verified? • Is the site well presented? • Appropriate fonts, colours and graphics? • Is the site maintained? • Do links all work? • Recently updated?

  5. Askabout the author/ owner • Is their name provided? • Contact details? • Biographical details/ credentials provided? • Conduct a search for them. What do you get?

  6. Lookat the links • Forward links • Links from the site to other sites • Are the sites it links to credible? • Back links • Links to the site from other sites • Which sites link to it? • Are they credible or sites you trust? • To check back links: www.altavista.com then “link:URL” in search bar

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