Website Analysis Form
Fill out this form for each website that you use for your project.
1) What extension does the website have? .com .net .org .mil .gov .edu
What does that extension tell you about the website? ______
2) What is the complete URL? ______
Are there any words in the URL that suggest a target audience (i.e. college, school, kids) ______
What do the words tell you about the website? ______
3) Who owns the website? ______
What might that tell you about the information on the website? ______
4) Who is the author of the webpage? ______
What are his/her credentials? ______
What might this tell you about the content of the website? ______
5) Area there any money-making strategies or commercial advertisements on the website? ______How many?______
Does the website offer to sell you anything? ______
What might this tell you about the content of the website? ______
6) Do the author or the owner of the website have any reason to lie or try to deceive you? ______
What might this tell you about the content of the website? ______
7) Are there any references on the website? ______
Check the references. Did the author leave anything out or misinterpret anything? ______
What might this tell you about the content of the website? ______
8) When was the site created? ______How many times has it been visited? ______
What might this tell you about the content of the website? ______
9) Are there any errors on the page (i.e. information, spelling, pictures, etc.) ______
What might this tell you about the content of the website? ______
10) Does the author list an email address or other contact information? ______
11) Overall, how reliable would you consider this information to be?
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Extremely Some honest Incomplete good, but Extremely
Biased mistakes not expert expert