My name
is Nigel Barker and I am here to help you understand
the first step of evaluating websites.
ADDRESS
Address is the URL of the website. When you type
in www.google.com
you are typing in the address of the website.
The address of a website tells us a great deal
about that website and weather it is a trustworthy,
or good website, or an unreliable or bad website.
The important part of the address is the last
three letters. So, with www.google.com, ".com"
is the address!
So, what kinds of address are there?
ADDRESS |
DESCRIPTION |
TRUSTWORTHY?
|
.edu |
is an education
site (like www.ubc.edu)
|
VERY TRUSTWORTHY! |
.org
|
is an organization
(like www.greenpeace.org)
|
VERY TRUSTWORTHY |
.com |
is a commercial
enterprise, company (like www.hotmail.com)
|
A Little Bit Trustworthy |
.gov
|
is a government
or government department (Like www.whitehouse.gov)
|
VERY TRUSTWORTHY |
.ca |
is Canada only
website(like www.timhortons.ca)
|
A little bit Trustworthy |
.info |
is for information
sites, but it not very trustworthy (like www.metrotown.info)
|
not very trustworthy |
.net |
is for websites
who wanted a .com but could not get one (like
www.vancouvercity.net)
|
not very trustworthy |
country
codes |
that specify
the country they are from (Example: .tv
for
the country of Tuvalu,
.bb for Barbados,
.us for
the United
States)
|
A little bit Trustworthy |
The tag or extension of the internet address
can tell you a lot about the site. Which site
is better? An education site or organization is
probably more reliable than a .com site.
BE CAREFUL. Not all education sites have
an .edu address.
So, now your task is to go through your
collection of candidates for "Canada's Next
Top Website" and look closely at the address.
In your worksheet, please identify what the address
is and if it is "trustworthy" or not.
Base your trustworthy decision by looking at the
list above.
This is where you might also begin eliminating
some of your websites from the competition. If
one of the websites you picked as a candidate
is a ".info" or a ".net" address
then you might want to take them out of the competition
as they are not very trustworthy.
Ready for Step 2?
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