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Navigating Web Addresses: Unraveling URLs & Evaluating Website Credibility

Learn how to decode URLs and assess website credibility for effective online navigation. Understand key indicators like the author's expertise, current information, factual accuracy, and potential bias. Enhance your digital literacy and make informed choices on web sources.

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Navigating Web Addresses: Unraveling URLs & Evaluating Website Credibility

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  1. Review… • 1. S______ D_____ • 2. S_____ D______ • 3. S_____ E______

  2. So, Where Am I, Anyway? • Where are you now? • McDonald Elementary School • How do you tell someone else? • 666 Reeves LaneWarminster, PA 18974 • A Web page has an address, too… • Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

  3. Decoding the URL com org edu gov net info biz tv So, Where Am I, Anyway? commercial organization education government network information biz (business) tv (television)

  4. Decoding the URL • http://www.allaboutexplorers.com/explorers/hudson.html • http://home.att.net/~tkconner1/ • http://www.psu.edu/ • http://www.nasa.gov/

  5. Author Content Evaluating a Web Site • Name? • Expertise? • Association? • Current? • Useful? • Factual? • Accurate? • Bias?

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