4 steps to finding website authors

URL – Uniform resource locatoror

Web address

1. Look at Domain

www.dogbreeds.com

www.seaworld.org/infobooks/PolarBears/home.html

Onedirectionfans.netwww.nationalgeographic.com

http://gsrnc.org/

2. Look at Top Level Domainswww.dogbreeds.com

.com.org.net.gov.edu.mil.ca

3. Look for named author on the page

4. Find About Us

If there’s no navigation…

• What does the domain or website address tell you about the author of the website?

• Is there a named author listed?• Is there an organization listed?• What does the About Us section tell you

about the author of the website?

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