Website
Address Extensions and What They Can Tell You About Its Reliability
WHO CAN YOU TRUST???
<> One of the most important things for
you to learn when using
the Internet for research is that not all sites have reliable
information. One of the ways you can
filter through
websites is to look at the three letter extension that comes after the
second
dot. Below is a list of the most common
extensions. Those listed as most
reliable are the ones whose information you can be sure is 99.9%
accurate (no
one is perfect). Those listed as “might
be reliable” you have to do further investigating to find out if the
information
is accurate.<>
MOST
RELIABLE
<>.edu educational
institutions (colleges and universities only)
www.harvard.edu
.gov government
agencies
www.nasa.gov
<>
.mil military
institution
www.navy.mil
MIGHT BE RELIABLE
org
non-profit
institutions
www.lmtsd.org
.int
international
organizations
www.nato.int
.k12 kindergarten
through twelfth grade
www.philsch.k12.pa.us
.net
network
services and Internet providers
www.comcast.net
.biz
business organization
www.artistsonline.biz
USE
WITH CAUTION AS THEIR PRIMARY
PURPOSE IS TO MAKE MONEY
.com commercial
establishments
www.amazon.com
A tilde (~) in an address means it is a personal
website.