It is essential that you choose a GOOD website that is appropriate for the task in hand.
For example: You will obviously choose a different style website for 'How to carve a pumpkin' than you would 'What is the Foundation Phase'.
How do you know a site is reliable and contains correct information?
Is the web page up-to-date?
Is the website created by a reliable source?
All of these questions (and more) need to be considered when choosing a GOOD website.
If you are choosing a website for an academic topic you will need to ensure the website is written by a reliable source.
ACADEMIC- (adj) "learned or scholarly but lacking in worldliness, common sense, or practicality."
For this kind of information, I would usually use a website whose URL ends in either
https://www.gov.uk/ OR https://www.____________.ac.uk/
Both of these websites will have been written by someone, with some academic background.
NEVER CHOOSE http://wikipedia.co.uk/
Wikipedia can be edited by anyone and there is no filter to the information that can be added, even incorrect information can be added.
For a NON ACADEMIC site e.g. 'reviews about Iphone 4S' you will be able to search this online, and many sites will give you correct information. But how do you know which is the best?
You could choose http://www.apple.com/uk/ we know that this will be very reliable as the website is produced to sell Apple products- IPhone 4S, however, they will need to keep their website up-to-date, and therefore older products which they may not produce anymore will be removed off their website. Also you will need to consider if the website is biased? Obviously the Apple website is set up to sell products, if they put up bad reviews they will not sell the product that they made.
You could choose http://www.apple.com/uk/ we know that this will be very reliable as the website is produced to sell Apple products- IPhone 4S, however, they will need to keep their website up-to-date, and therefore older products which they may not produce anymore will be removed off their website. Also you will need to consider if the website is biased? Obviously the Apple website is set up to sell products, if they put up bad reviews they will not sell the product that they made.
Websites may be selected by users because they look nice, offer an interactive experience and easy to navigate. For example this website (above) uses tabs at the top- interactive / easier to locate products, the search bar- narrows down the product, it has a clear set up and looks user friendly.
