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Is it a Good Web Site to use?

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What to Look For

•Is it easy to navigate (find your way round) the site? If you click on a link can you get back to the site?

•Are there images on the page? Are they qood quality and relevant? Do they look real?

•Is the text readable? Is it spelled correctly?

•Are there lots of distracting commercials?

•Can you tell what is content and what is commercials?

•Is there a date to tell you when the site was made?

•Is there a name to tell you who made the site? Can you contact them?

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How to Evaluate

•Who wrote the pages. Can you contact them? Can you find their credentials? Try searching for them.

•What is the purpose of the site? Is it objective? Is it trying to persuade you or trick you? Is it trying to sell you something? Is it factually correct? Are the pictures real? What makes it different to other sites? What makes the site easy to use?

•When was the site created? When was the site updated?

•Where does the information come from? Who sponsors the site? Where does the URL take you?

•Why is the site useful? Why should you use the site? Why is it better than another site, or a library book?