Website Credibility

Name of page: Dog Island Free Forever

URL: http://www.thedogisland.com/

Date accessed: April 1, 2011

Domain:  .com

I feel that the .com domain type takes from the credibility of the website.  We have learned that anyone can buy a .com site.  Thus, the site could have been created by someone who isn’t a reliable source.

Author: No author is given, but the President and Founder of Dog Island is listed.  (Xiao Min and Han Fei) 

These men have to professional credentials.  They do not list having any education, and don’t sound very professional.  They do list having one employee who is a “Dogologist.”

Contact information: There are e-mail addresses for the founders and employees of Dog Island. 

The purpose for the site is clearly identified.  The founders of Dog Island feel that dogs are happiest whenever they are free to live without human influence on Dog Island.  The website is trying to persuade people to send their dogs to the island.

Intended audience: Dog-lover adults and students (to teach about web site credibility)

Current:  The copyright on the website was 2003-2010 which is pretty current.  However, there was a broken link on the site.  (When it was clicked on, it took you to an article that had been removed from the internet.  

This site is clearly not a reliable page.  It was created with the intentions of teaching students that they have to test the validity of a web site before they use the information found on it.