Evaluating Webpages
Look at the URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
1.Personal page or site?
Look for aol, weebly, geocities
2.What type of domain?
3.Published by an entity that makes sense? Does it correspond to the name of the site?
eg.Gov.bm Bermudacollege.edu
Scan the perimeter of the page
1.Who wrote the page?
Google the author
2.Date? - Is the date/data current?
3.Credentials on the subject?
Is the author qualified to report on the subject?
Quality Indicators
1.Sources well documented
Are sources documented in footnotes?
Are there links outside that work?`
2.Links to more information?
Any dead links?
3.Links to other points of view?
What others say about the page?
1.Who links to the page?
Paste the URL into http://alexa.com
Check other search engines
¨Search.yahoo.com ¨Ask.com
Why was it put on the web?
Inform with facts/data
Share/disclose?
Entice/sell?
Explain/persuade? ¨
Rant/satire?
1.Personal page or site?
Look for aol, weebly, geocities
2.What type of domain?
3.Published by an entity that makes sense? Does it correspond to the name of the site?
eg.Gov.bm Bermudacollege.edu
Scan the perimeter of the page
1.Who wrote the page?
Google the author
2.Date? - Is the date/data current?
3.Credentials on the subject?
Is the author qualified to report on the subject?
Quality Indicators
1.Sources well documented
Are sources documented in footnotes?
Are there links outside that work?`
2.Links to more information?
Any dead links?
3.Links to other points of view?
What others say about the page?
1.Who links to the page?
Paste the URL into http://alexa.com
Check other search engines
¨Search.yahoo.com ¨Ask.com
Why was it put on the web?
Inform with facts/data
Share/disclose?
Entice/sell?
Explain/persuade? ¨
Rant/satire?