Anyone can create a web page
- You don't have to be an expert or have any special knowledge of a topic to publish a webpage or have a website
- It is easy to make up credentials
Anything can be said on a website
- A website can be published without any fact checking or peer-review
- Websites remain on the web indefinitely and are not necessarily removed when the information they contain is no longer up to date
A website can be created for any purpose
- For recreation or entertainment
- To disseminate propaganda
- To sell a product or persuade
The top of the list isn't necessarily the best of the list
- Google and other search engines use location/frequency methods to determine how search results are ordered
- Things can be done to manipulate where a website ends up on results list
Google and other search engines do not censor or police
- Websites may be offensive, inflammatory
- It is your responsibility to think critically about what you find on the internet