18 Sept 2011

Evaluating web-hosted information

It is amazing the wealth of information that the World Wide Web hosts. Equally amazing is the wealth of misinformation which exists as well.

As a user of such a vast resource, one must be able to sift out the good from the bad. Easier said than done when the average search result churns out on average a few thousand hits. There are many criteria that can help you assess the credibility of information found out there if you bother to look, and instinct alone is not good enough in the electronic world.

Sometimes sites dress up their information with subtle bias, and the plethora of web hosts offering free and cheap web hosting means anyone can take up residence on the world wide web and feign authority on a subject.

One must never be quick to judge. Here are two links I found useful: