How Can You Tell if a

Website is Credible?
 Author
Who wrote it and why?
 Date
When was this written?
 Sources
Where is their data coming from?
When was it published?
They use empirical (real) and physical evidence to prove their points, therefore
making it a reliable website. They use a large pool of evidence, some as recent as
2020, and some as dated as 1994.
 ➔ .com
➔ .net
➔ .org
Domain ➔
➔
.gov
.edu
Website title AND domain
extension
 used for educational
institutions only

used for government

➔ .edu institutions only
➔ .gov typically used for
➔ .org
Domain
nonprofits but anyone
➔ .net can use it now

➔ .com
similar to .com but for
Website title AND domain a network
extension
most commonly used domain
extension, mostly used for
commercial companies
 ➔ Does this website use slang?

Writing Style
➔ are there any Grammatical
error or capitalizations?
➔ Are there any typos or spelling
errors?
 In order to tell whether or not a
website is reliable, we look at...

● Author

● Date
Overview ● Sources

● Domain

● Writing Style