Would you be more likely to take a piece of candy from a trusted friend or a complete stranger? Explain.

Website Sponsors Who sponsors your favorite website?

How to Evaluate the Website  Look for the date (published or updated)  Look for Copyright Information  Look at length of webpage  Look for advertisements  Look at spelling and grammar  Look at the URL and sponsor of website

Website Sponsors  There are millions of websites on the Internet.  Some are reliable and some are not.  The most effective way to determine if a site is reliable is to determine the sponsor of the site.  The URL of the site can help you determine the sponsor of the site.

Domain  A domain is a particular section of the Internet. .com .org .edu .gov .net

.com  Commercial Organization  Can be purchased by any individual or business in any country.  Find out as much as possible about the company responsible for the site.  “About Us” or “Contact Us”  Copyright Information  GO GO

.org  Nonprofit Organization  Any individual or business may now register a.org domain name  Find out as much as possible about the organization responsible for the site.  “About Us” or “Contact Us”  Copyright Information   GO GO

.edu  School or University  The work of a student, teacher, or professor.  Tilde: ~ someone's personal web page someone's personal web page  Identify the school or university  asp GO GO

.gov  United States Government  Usually very reliable, published to the Web by the government.  hotos/ GO GO

.net  Network Site  May be excellent resources, but they may be very unreliable.  May be excellent resources, but they may be very unreliable.  Internet Service Provider or Free Host  “About Us” or “Contact Us”  Copyright Information  GO GO