INTERNET DOMAIN NAME CREDIBILITY RATINGS

• credibility - the quality of being trusted & believed in
• synonyms - trustworthiness, reliability, dependability, integrity

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• 4 = be very suspicious
• 3 = be suspicious
• 2 = be slightly suspicious
• 1 = everything is the guaranteed to be true

.COM

• .com - commercial
• expect something for sale
• information may be reliable, watch for the sales pitch
• Rating = 4

.net

• .net - network
• Originally for businesses that provided services for the web, now anyone can buy a .net
• Rating = 4

.org

• .org - organization
• Primarily used by nonprofit groups, associations & organizations
• Can be purchased by anyone
• Usually have more expertise
• Not bias free
• Rating = 3

.gov

• .gov - government
• Restricted to federal, state & local governments
• May be biased in favor of current party in power
• Rating = 2

.edu

• .edu - education (colleges, universities)
• Higher probability of reliability
• May have bias, despite being peer reviewed
• Rating = 2

STAY AWAY

• .guru
• .expert
• .guide
• .ninja
• etc.

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• amazon.com - Amazon.com
• www.teachingbooks. net - Teaching Books
• cancer.org - American Cancer society
• whitehouse.gov - White House
• www.sjsu.edu - San Jose State University
• www.zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

CONSIDER THE SITE PURPOSE

• Sell you something
• Persuade you to do or believe something
• Entertainment
• Inform you

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