Analyzing a Web Page
Amber Mousel
June 23rd, 2013
Instructor: Norma Swales
BSHS/352

The website that I chose to evaluate is the United States Department of Health and
Human Services or (http://www.hhs.gov). This website is about helping the American citizens get assistance that they need by putting the information on their website that will guide them in getting help. After reviewing the materials on how to analyze a web page, I realized there is much more to the website than what most people see on the surface. According to Widner
University and Wolfram Memorial Library, there are four ways to properly analyze a website to make sure that the information that you are getting is legitimate and credible. The first one is checking the Authority of the website. This means that the website should have it clearly posted the person or persons who are responsible for the information that is posted on the website.
There should be a name of the person or group and/or some kind of contact information for that person. On the website that I chose, there isn’t a name of a person, but there is contact information including the name of the business as well as the address, fax, and phone numbers.
The copyright of the website is also clearly stated at the bottom of the page.
The second thing that they talked about was accuracy. Making sure that the information is indeed factual as well as the sources being listed is also very important. Including dates that the information was added to the site is also very important. Looking to make sure that the information isn’t second hand and that it comes from a respectable resource. Accuracy is also looking at the information on the website and making sure that all the information given is backed up by reliable sources as well. Looking for spelling errors will also give an individual