6.4: Evaluate websites located in a complex search

Table of Contents

1. Evaluating websites
   1. Evaluation criteria
   2. Authority
   3. Tracing website ownership
   4. Credibility
   5. Evaluating credibility
   6. Accuracy
   7. Bias
   8. Emphasis
   9. Currency
   10. Establishing currency
   11. Currency indicators
   12. Problems in establishing currency
   13. Previous versions of a Website
   14. Clarity of presentation
   15. Presenting information clearly
   16. Use of multimedia
   17. Ease of use for visually impaired clients

Evaluation criteria

We have noted the following nine criteria:

• Authority
• Credibility
• Accuracy
• Bias
• Emphasis
• Currency
• Clarity of presentation
• Use of multimedia
• Ease of use for visually impaired clients

We shall now look at each of these in more detail.

Let's start by looking at Authority ...