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title: Web Search and Evaluation

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# Web Search and Evaluation

## Google Search

In order to see how many pages on the English Wikpedia site contain the exact phrase Northeastern University, I did a refined site search by typing in site:wikipedia.org "Northeastern University". I got 11,200 results. 
![](https://i.imgur.com/zi5EYPy.png)

To see web pages about the skate fish without mentioining the phrase "ice rink", I did a refined search by typing the phrase "skate fish" and "-ice fish". 
![](https://i.imgur.com/B1JHt5T.png)

In order to see web pages about the Northeastern Huskies from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2002, I searched Northeastern Huskies, then went to tools and adjusted to a custom date frame.
![](https://i.imgur.com/5gmowzh.png)

To see the top image for "penguin pair" with creative common usage rights, I did the advanced search and put penguin pair in the exact phrase section and for the usage rights selected Creative Commons.
![](https://i.imgur.com/oo6UCam.png)

## Web Credibility

As Valenza says, "It is up to the reader or viewer to negotiate truth". Therefore, as an internet user, I must determine whether a website is truthful or questionable. Though information is all around us, it does not all come from credible sources. For this example, I evaluated the [Mirror](https://https://www.mirror.co.uk/), a well-known British tabloid, particularly looking at the article [Gangsters 'getting rich' by selling 'designer' bulldogs on social media for thousands](https://https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/gangsters-getting-rich-selling-designer-29031497) by Paul Byrne. The Berkley Library article emplores readers to consider the credibility of sources by evaluating their authority, purpose, publication and format, relevance, date of publication, and sources. This article is not a very long one, and its sources are often unnamed and provide inconsistent quotes when contacted by other news sites such as the BBC. Valenza suggests evaluating pages based on the language they use, and a lot of the wording is not very professional. There is  little to no explanation for many of its main points in addition to using informal phrasing such as "gangster". Additionally, Valenza suggests checking the about the author page, and there is no information about the author or his background. British tabloids have a reputation for being unreliable and creating stories just for the sake of money. It is important to me to consider a source's reputation, as well as evaluate the source on my own, in order to determine whether a source is credible and I am getting reliable information.

## Wikipedia Evaluation

Upon searching through the [Joseph Reagle wikipedia page](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Reagle&oldid=620740325), I believe that this is a verified article. Looking at the verifiablity requirements, Wikipedia requires that other people using the site can verify that the information comes from a reliable sources. Though there is a verified source saying you worked at the Worldwide Web Consortium, there is no source saying that your book was bestselling. However, to make this page more credible, I would add a more depth explanation of these, for instance a description of your work at the Worldwide Web Consortium, and more information on your book, like how many copies were sold and where you were in your career when writing it. According to the pages' history, this page was first created on August 1, 2011. 