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Decoding Website URLs: Understanding What's in a Web Address

Discover the secrets behind website URLs and learn how to decode the information they provide. Understand the significance of suffixes in URLs and how they indicate the type of website you are visiting. Explore the criteria for evaluating the reliability of a website, including the credibility of authors, bias, site creation date, and information sources. Enhance your online search skills by decoding and analyzing website addresses effectively.

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Decoding Website URLs: Understanding What's in a Web Address

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  1. What’s in a (website) name? Decoding a URL address Source: http://www.allaboutexplorers.com/docs/lesson4.ppt#270,2,So, Where Am I, Anyway?

  2. Where do you live? • Where are you right now? • Lansing Middle School • How would a stranger know how to find Maplewood? • You’d give him the address • 509 W. Ida • Lansing, KS 66043 • A URL gives the same type of information

  3. Where the URL address take you • The suffix (.____) tells you the type of site you are visiting. Sometimes it tells the country where the website publisher is located.

  4. What the abbreviations stand for: • commercial • organization • education • government • network • information • biz (business) • tv (television) • canada • uk (United Kingdom)

  5. What makes a reliable website? • Who wrote/published the site? Are they a reliable authority? • What does the author/publisher have to say about the site? Is it biased? • When was the site created and/or last updated? • Where does the information come from?

  6. Now it’s your turn • Go back and look for instructions on completing a website evaluation.

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