It’s Online, but Is Is On Target?

It’s Online, but Is Is On Target?

 

Part 3

 

Dot-What?

 

Look at the site’s address. What follows the dot?

 

·         Dot-com is not only for businesses; anyone can use it. Dot-coms include well-known and respected companies, but also private individuals.

 

·         Dot-org usually indicates a not-for-profit organization. May dot-orgs present unbiased information, but others have political agendas, focus on debatable issues instead of facts, and might not present all sides of an argument.

 

·         Dot-gov indicates a government website at the federal, state or local level. The federal government is a good source of statistics, and its sites are widely considered among the most reliable.

 

·         Dot-mil is used by sites that are part of the military.

 

·         Dot-edu usually indicates a university website. While its published research is generally considered very trustworthy, anyone associated with the university, whether a world-renowned scholar or a freshman, can be given space on its server. Professors sometimes put student course work up on the Web, but that doesn’t mean they’re vouching fot yhe information’s accuracy.

 

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!