Dot-What?
Look at the sites address. What follows the dot?
- Dot- com is not only for businesses; anyone can use it. Dot-coms include well-known and respected companies, but also private individuals
- dot- org usually indicates a not-for-profit organization. Many dot- org present unbiased information, but others have political agendas, focus on debatable issues instead of facts, and might not present all sides of an argument.
- dot-gov represents a government website at a federal, state, or local level. The federal government is a good source of statistics and it's sites are widely considered among the most reliable
- dot-milis used by sites that are part of the military
- dot-edu usually indicates a university website. while it's published research is generally considered very trustworthy, anyone associated with a university, whether a world renowned scholar or freshman, can be given space on it's server. Professors sometimes put student course work up on the web, but that doesn't mean thy're vouching for it's accuracy
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