Are You Kidding Me?!? A website declaring the Validity of a Website By:Amy Gifford

• The website must contain the Author’s Name. If a person is not willing to take responsibility for his or her own work, chances are it is not facts. Not many people would be willing to research a topic AND design a webpage without getting some sort of recognition.
• Always check for the publishing date or the last updated date. The more current the date is the better! Over 2 years, I would try to find a more up-to-date site.
• Be Strong! A website should start and end strong with facts throughout. Be sure to read the full article before choosing to cite the site!\
o Know Fact from Opinion- Facts are statements that can be checked and proven through objective evidence. This evidence may be in the form of the witnesses testimony, agreed-upon observations, or the written records of such testimony and observations. An opinion is a statement that cannot be objectively proven true or false. They usually express the beliefs, feelings, or judgments that a person has about a subject.
• Bias comments. Be careful of bias comments. Be sure that the author is using facts and not pure opinion. Biased comments usually contain comments with value words.
o Value Words
 best
 great
 beautiful
 bad
 terrible
 worst
 better
 good
 lovely
 wonderful
 disgusting
 worse
I hope that this site helps you to determine the validity of the sites that you are using for your research! Be sure to check for these things next time you are searching the web. A good con might include every element I told you to watch out for, so if the information sound a little fishy, it probably is. Don’t be afraid to recast and search a little harder!

Cited
John Langan .Distinguishing Facts from Opinion