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Website Validity

Website Validity. Doing Quality Research Mr. Erfurth, 2014. Today’s Goal. Students can determine the validity and value of information they find on the internet while researching. Open Web vs. Paid Resources. Paid Resources. The Open Web. Total free for all Good? Bad?

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Website Validity

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  1. Website Validity Doing Quality Research Mr. Erfurth, 2014

  2. Today’s Goal • Students can determine the validity and value of information they find on the internet while researching.

  3. Open Web vs. Paid Resources Paid Resources The Open Web Total free for all Good? Bad? Anyone can post anything It can look real good, too No guarantees about veracity of information • District-purchased • Curated • Valid for research • Peer-reviewed (in many cases)

  4. The Open Web Is how we end up with the #swagpigeon

  5. Easy Clues Trustworthy Website Needs More Verification Has the same phrase repeated throughout the page Probably the search term you used Tons of advertisements URL is a bit shifty Ex: cancer-treatment-science.com, real-history.com Wikipedia • A name you (and most people) recognize • New York Times, TIME, History.com, etc. • Well organized, shows a physical address • Allows you to contact the people behind the website

  6. SEO Traps What is SEO? How do I spot it? Repeated keywords “The World War II civilians suffering from World War II invasions were often frustrated with their nations’ WWII militaries…” URL with repeated keywords or hyphens www.worldwarii-encyclopedia-stuff.com/world-war-ii/wwii/civilians “You won’t believe what happened next!” Clickbait/linkbait (example) • Search Engine Optimization • Ways for companies to get their websites at the top of Google • Doesn’t matter if they’re any good • http://www.contentmarketingspot.com/search-engine-optimization/what-does-an-seo-consultant-do

  7. It’s easy to post anything online. Make your intelligence worth more than a cheap website! YOU DESERVE BETTER It only costs about $10/year for the domain, then maybe $5/month for the hosting. https://www.godaddy.com/domains/domain-name-search.aspx?ci=87929

  8. “TLDs” (top level domains) .com, .org, .net, .info, etc. .edu, .gov, .mil Strict requirements to get a domain under .edu Must be an educational institution .gov is all United States government Other governments have their own tld’s .mil – only the US Military Careful with pages with a ~ They’re user pages • Anyone can register one of these for nearly no cost at all • There is no checking by ICANN for reputation before selling domains • Doubt everything you see! All the time!

  9. Other TLDs .it, .tv, .so, .at, .co.uk, .uk, .de…all other countries. Varying requirements http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_domains

  10. “Ask” Websites Yahoo Answers, Ask.com… Especially Controversy! For example, marijuana: https://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101231003312AAjZsht Also, beware anything that says ‘studies suggest’ You’re victim to “confirmation bias” more often than you realize In short – they’re worthless! • Really, guys? • Mostly people copying their homework questions to get them answered by people who don’t know • https://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090506144607AAlxf7F • Value of information? • Validity of information?

  11. Evaluating a Site Directly Who? What? Where? When? Why? When was this page made? Recent articles are more valuable to research – knowledge changes over time If you can’t find a date… doubt the page! Why was the page made? If it’s trying to convince you of something, it’s biased Don’t trust it – especially if it convinced you! • Who made this website? • What organization is behind it? • Is it crazy uncle Ted, or is it the US Navy? Check it out! • What is on the site? • Check out other articles • Nothing but articles about your topic: bad news… • Where is it? • TLDs, country of origin

  12. Getting Our Hands Covered in HTML • A Case Study • Trying to learn about the Illuminati • Google! • “real illuminati story” • Several resources • http://people.virginia.edu/~sfr/enam481/groupa/illumhist.html • Messing with the URL • Delete parts of it – get to the bottom of that page, whether they gave you a link or not • Another Case Study (more Illuminati) • Shady website • Had lots of information • Appeared legitimate • Many details, historical references, etc. • Domain whois • Revealed that the website was an elaborate advertisement • Made by the author of a book for sale on Amazon

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