1. Website Evaluation
When you are evaluating a website for research there is certain criteria you should look
at.
Look at the url of your website http://www.historycentral.com
The last 3 letters after the period in a url represents who owns a website.
.com – for profit company .org – non profit organization
.edu – college/university .gov - government
What type of organization owns your website?
It is valuable to know specifically who owns or registered a website, go to the below link
and find who owns the website.
http://whois.domaintools.com/
Websites change over time. The Internet Archive is taking pictures of ALL the websites
on the web everyday. Go to the below link and find out how old your website is. Look at
the oldest version of your website.
http://www.archive.org/
Check the criteria that your website meets.
Professional Looking ____
No Misspellings ____
Complete Information ____
Current Information ____