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acab. acab. cab. a. Authority Who is the author/responsible for creating the website? What are their qualifications and associations? Are they: Recognised organisation (.org) Company (.co or .com) Academic Institution (.ac) Government (.gov) Wee Jimmy doing his school report!

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  2. cab a Authority Who is the author/responsible for creating the website? What are their qualifications and associations? Are they: • Recognised organisation (.org) • Company (.co or .com) • Academic Institution (.ac) • Government (.gov) • Wee Jimmy doing his school report! • Search their name using a search engine – see what else they have written/created. • Search the links in their web page – see the type of people who link to them and this will give you an indication of their authority. • Can you contact them? (e.g. by e-mail). • Check any references/bibliographies included in the website. • Cross check their facts with other sources.

  3. a ab c Currency • Check how up-to-date the website is by looking at the date it was created or updated. This is usually at the bottom of the page or click on FILE then PROPERTIES. • Are the links on the site still active and how up-to-date are they?

  4. ac b a Accuracy • Cross check any facts (especially statistics) with other sources, including books. • Check the content of the website for spelling, grammar and consistency. • You have to decide if the website is suitable to your needs:- • Aimed at children or adults? • Easy to understand? • Written for people who already have knowledge of the subject?

  5. b aca Bias • Is the information biased in any way? • People are biased when they give one opinion without looking at the other point of view. • For something to be unbiased, it must give all the points of view so that you can make up your own mind. • A website might be biased:- • To advertise a product or service • To change how you think

  6. For the last few years, anyone doing a Google search for "Hitler" gets, as one of the first results, the "Hitler Historical Museum." This claims to be an unbiased site devoted to historical truth.

  7. It is instead a neo-Nazi site. It is anonymous (the registered owner is "united. thought"). Its mailing address is a shopping mall in Herndon, VA. Many of its links are to other neo-Nazi sites, and its information is not entirely reliable. This site is also cited by other more reputable sites as being of historical use by someone probably as lazy as a Fourth year last thing on a Sunday night!

  8. How to help? • Whois.com • Domaintools.net

  9. How much to Google?

  10. Real or not Real? • www.dhmo.org • www.license.shorturl.com/ • www.sulabhtoiletmuseum.org/

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