Website Evaluation

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• Computers: Internet: Web Design and Development: Web Usability 

• An Educators' Guide to Credibility and Web Evaluation  - Discusses the need to evaluate web information and presents information about the methods of evaluation.
• Comjuice  - Provides a variety of website statistics, including number of backlinks, estimated site value, and estimated advertising income.
• Criteria for Evaluating Internet Resources  - University of British Columbia's list of guidelines on assessing the quality of information provided by websites.
• Critically Analyzing Information Sources  - Guide on detecting possible misinformation upon initial appraisal and on doing content analysis.
• Down Or Just Me?  - Checks for the real online status of a website. Determines if loading problems are isolated or not.
• Evaluating Web Sites  - Lays out the guidelines useful in determining the quality and accuracy of online information.
• Exemplary Practices in Learning Web Evaluation  - Points out the reasons behind the need for web evaluation, presents evaluation criteria, and provides recommended readings and resources.
• Free Website Monitoring Tool  - Online service for monitoring the upside of websites 24/7. Provides real-time viewing of website loading times and reports that can help pinpoint website design flaws.
• GetMySite.info  - Website analysis tool providing users an understanding a website's strengths and weaknesses, reports for SEO and SMO campaigns, and on-site and off-site analysis.
• The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly  - Cites web evaluation examples, presents the related criteria and suggestions, and provides a bibliography.
• HTTP Archive  - Serves as a permanent repository of web performance information. Features statistics for top URLs for a particular date.
• Kyplex  - Web-based site security scanner, antivirus, and malware cleaner. Detects zero day bugs and produces PDF reports.
• Pingdom Tools  - Online tools for testing the load time of a website, analyzing bottlenecks, and evaluating DNS health. Also offers ping and traceroute tools.
• ResponsivePX  - Online tool for determining breakpoint and creating a responsive website design.
• Review And Judge.org  - Resource encouraging a more transparent Internet by displaying detailed website information including number of visitors, and user endorsements.
• Searchpath  - Online tutorial offers help in finding and critically evaluating information sources.
• SEO Analy  - Page rank checker and website analysis free tool. Also checks for backlinks and search engine optimization.
• Stanford Web Credibility Research  - Explores the different questions surrounding user reliance on web-presented information. Research materials and publications provided.
• Tips for Evaluating Websites  - List of a few search techniques using search engines like Google, allowing for site authority verification.
• Unmask Parasites  - Website security and threat vulnerability audit tool. Checks a site for spam links, malicious scripts, redirects, and other security issues.
• Verify  - User feedback and concept testing allows you to act on data, not intuition.
• WebsiteJudge  - Gives visitors the chance to submit, review and rate websites.