1. Vetting Spurious Websites Presented by: Frank Westcott

2. Spurious vs. Inappropriate Spurious: “intended to deceive”; “plausible but false”; “a false piece made to deceive”

3. Title Page www.whitehouse.gov

4. Title Page www.whitehouse.com

5. Title Page www.whitehouse.org

6. Stealth Sites Spurious Web Addresses (URLs) bobthebuilder.com bobthebiulder.com bobthebuilder.com bobthebiulder.com yahoo.comyahhoo.com yahoo.comyahhoo.com disneyland.comdinseyland.com disneyland.comdinseyland.com teletubbies.comteltubbies.com teletubbies.comteltubbies.com britneyspears.combritnyspears.com britneyspears.combritnyspears.com historychannel.comhistorychanel.com historychannel.comhistorychanel.com e e n

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8. Tip #1 – Look at the page! Does the page list an author? Sponsoring Organization? Date created? Modified? Updated? Any “out of place” words/pictures?

9. Google martin luther king

10. Martin Luther King - Google

11. Martinlutherking.org

12. Mlk.org scrolled

13. stormfront

14. Tip #2 - Analyze the URL http://www.harvard.edu/~fwestcott/historyfacts.html http://www.harvard.edu Reputable site Questionable sites http://www.harvard.edu/%fwestcott/historyfacts.html http://www.harvard.edu/users/fwestcott/historyfacts.html /historydepartment /facts.html

15. Civil war facts

16. Text Civil War

17. TIP #3 – View the HTML Source

22. HTML Meta Keywords Martin Luther King Jr. - A True Historical Examination

23. Tip #4 - Who Maintains the Site? How do you find out the owner of a site if it isn’t listed on the homepage? How do you find out the owner of a site if it isn’t listed on the homepage? View the WHOIS listing. View the WHOIS listing. www.easywhois.com www.easywhois.com www.truewhois.com www.truewhois.com www.whois.net www.whois.net

24. WHO IS www.martinlutherking.org9792

25. Register.com martinlutherking.org

26. Verify whois hn8yp

27. Whois info

28. Google 561-833-0030

29. Phone result

30. Google link:martinlutherking.org TIP #5 – Find out who links to the site

32. Google martinlutherking.org

35. Other Spurious Websites GATT or WTOGATTWTO Globalwarming.org FAFSA.GOV or FAFSA.COMFAFSA.GOVFAFSA.COM DHMO.org ihr.org US Draft Registration Dehydrated Water Fraud E-Mails Mouse over links Others Questions?

42. What is DHMO Dihydrogen Monoxide Dihydrogen Monoxide Di = 2 Di = 2 Mono = 1 Mono = 1 Dihydrogen = 2 hydrogen Dihydrogen = 2 hydrogen Monoxide = 1 oxygen Monoxide = 1 oxygen H2O H2O H2O = Water H2O = Water

53. Thank You Any Questions

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