Evaluating Three Websites
In this evaluation, there are two informational sites and one business site evaluated. In order of their overall ranking from high to low: Anderson County Sheriff Department (http://tnacso.net) is an Informational site, KetoDiet (https://ketodietapp.com) is a Business/Marketing website and Tom Klindt’s home page (http://www.toddklindt.com) is an informational website. The content for each site was evaluated for authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency and coverage. While the criteria varied somewhat between the different types, all received top scores for accuracy.
The Anderson County Sheriff’s Department website (http://tnacso.net) is somewhat dated and unassuming in its appearance. It has a narrow fixed
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The home page has great coverages of the app, displaying features for the different products, prices and ‘learn more’ links to get more detail. It appears this is the primary product. However, further search on the site turned up cookbooks and meal plans available for purchase. A list of all products should be listed together on home page or navigation. Looking for evidence of authority, there are no addresses or phone numbers on the site, only a generic “Contact Us” form, and no ‘company’ information is provided. The site received top marks for accuracy and objectivity, free of advertising while providing product endorsements and media engagements. Alongside with the product pages, there is a frequently updated blog covering a wide range of topics from health, nutrition and exercise related to the KedoDiet. While visually appealing, the content rating for this site was impacted by shortcomings in the authority category.
The final site is Todd Klindt’s site (http://www.toddklindt.com). This site has two redeeming qualities: it is up to date and very accurate. As a Microsoft MVP for Microsoft’s SharePoint platforms, he is an authority on SharePoint. Todd’s long-standing practice of documenting SharePoint patches, hotfixes, cumulative updates and service packs for each version, along with any known or suspected issues, makes this site an invaluable service to the SharePoint community. This content is provided free with minimal sponsor advertising. However,
Apon revisiting the web site NewsComAu.com, I realised that I had overlooked certain criteria while compiling our online presentation, and although the website’s coverage and currency are good, and the information I used is ratified by other sources, I now notice that the article I used is not referenced and the website is full of advertisements and sensational stories, which although not wrong in itself, would tend to question the objectivity and in turn the authority of the site, and I would hesitate to use it again, NewsComAu, (2014). Eelink.net (1999) inform us that although it is wise to evaluate a website, that ‘good information can be found on bad sites’, and re affirms the need to evaluate the information found on a website as well as the website itself. This becomes particularly applicable if we cannot find information on our subject of research on so called ‘good sites’, which may in fact turn out to have a bias regarding even reporting certain information. This leads us to consider our personal bias, which according to Eelink.net (1999) we all have. Our bias needs to be taken into consideration, because if unchecked this could cause us to dismiss information while researching a subject simply because we personally disagree with it,
Currency is to view and evaluate when the page was last updated. Lastly, Coverage which is to compare the information with information found on other websites. Does one site provide more information, more references, and more contacts? Also compare the information on the website with information available in print sources such as books, journals, reports, etc.
Overall, the website was very accessible and easy to navigate. The home page included tabs at the top labeled Health Topics, Data, and Media Centre to name a few. These tabs are helpful for the reader to find what they are looking for and may lead them to explore other topics that they weren’t necessarily looking for also. There is a convenient button along this row of tabs that looks like a house. This tab brings the navigator right back to this home page if they get too far into a certain tab and want to go back to the beginning.
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