WEBSITES 2

Elien Dierick, Deborah Osarogiuwa, Sonita Ojong, Laura Steyeart, Indira Ozdoeva
ARTEVELDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE Hoogport 15, 9000 Gent
Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 2
2 CRITERIA (library, sd).................................................................................................. 3
3 WEBSITES EVALUATED BASED ON FIVE CRITERIA ........................................................ 4
4 CONCLUSION............................................................................................................ 10
5 REFLECTION ............................................................................................................. 11
6 BIBLIOGRAPHY ......................................................................................................... 12
1 INTRODUCTION
Websites are a group of web pages which are usually made of hyperlinks to one
another, made available online by companies, individuals, educational institutions, the
government or organizations. These different groups have different reasons for creating
websites but serving a common purpose depending on who the intended audience is.
Some are to share your passion, some to inform people about your business, others are
geared towards entertainment purposes, others to sell products and tons of other
reasons as there may be (Webself, sd).

There are different types of websites, those with the purpose of informative/practical
information, the purpose of entertainment, the purpose of E-commerce, he purpose of
service-based business, the purpose of blogs, the purpose of social media and even for
the need of professional help (D'Ambra, 2018)
Also depending on which part of the world you come from, this could play an important
role in how your website could be created. A good website should:
 Have a solid layout – make use of wireframes, be generous with whitespace.
 Effective typography – use easy to read fonts and clear hierarchy that
differentiates between headings, make it legible by using high contrast between
the texts and the backgrounds.
 Use the right colour scheme – Try to be different, a little colour is always the right
colour.
 Make use of appropriate design elements – being consistent in action, pay
attention to detail and note that less is really more.

Finding websites related to any topic of your choice on the internet is one of the most
easy things to do irrespective of whether the information is reliable, up to date or
unbiased. Depending on the purpose of your website, you may be subjected to meeting
certain standards which sets more importance to critical examination of the information
you add to your website, as anyone can also create a website. To ensure this, these 5
criteria could be used to evaluate websites to make information less confusing (Jones,
sd).
2 CRITERIA (library, sd)

Accuracy Authority Objectivity Currency Coverage

2.1 FIVE CRITERIA

 Accuracy - Provision of contact information author and institution.
 Authority - Preferred domain (.edu, .gov, .org, .net,…) Separate webmaster?
 Objectivity - Objective in presenting information, accurate information with
limited advertising.
 Currency - Dead links, current and updated regularly, outdated information?
 Coverage - Special software for some information, free or a fee for information?

Below are websites evaluated with the use of these criteria.

3 WEBSITES EVALUATED BASED ON FIVE CRITERIA

1. Café press (press, sd) https://www.cafepress.com

Accuracy: The author of this page is clearly stated

as cafepress. When you scroll all the way down, you
will find an inscription ‘all content copyright 1999-
2018 cafepress Inc.’. Also, there is a way of
contacting them by their telephone number, and by
sending an email. The purpose of the page is to sell
men, women and kids clothing with other
accessories.

Authority: The website is published by Cafepress and it is separate from the webmaster
which is Mark Monitor Inc. site has a .com domain.

Objectivity: The objective of the webpage is to sell clothing and accessories. The page
provides accurate information about what they are selling and the only advertisements
are of their products and promotions.

Coverage: The page is easily accessed and viewed without the requirement of extra or
special software. It is also free to access. You do get the opportunity to sign in for their
newsletter initially for a 25% reduction, but that is not mandatory.

Currency: The page is only up to date until 2018.

2. Millikin University (University, sd) https://millikin.edu

Accuracy: The page is run by Millikin

University. It also has copyright mark
stated at the left end of the page. There
are various ways you can contact them
and this includes, their address,
telephone number and email address. It
is an educational institution webpage and
the purpose is to give all the necessary
information’s about the school.

Authority: The webpage’s domain ends with a ‘. Edu’. It does not have a separate
webmaster and is made by Millikin university.

Objectivity: The information on the page is very accurate, and this is important because
it is their objective to give information’s about the institute. There are also no
advertisements or links to external web pages.
Coverage: The page is easily accessed and does not require any extra software. It is
totally free to obtain the needed information on it.

Currency: The page’s is up to date until 2018.

3. All Africa (Africa, sd) https://allafrica.com

Accuracy: This page does not have an

address or phone number to contact.
Although, you can contact them by sending
an email or following their social media.
The page does state that it is written by
AllAfrica and has a copyright mark on it. It
is a page that gives information’s and news
about some African countries. The source of
the information’s is all from various news
outlets from the different countries.

Authority: The webpage uses a ‘.com’ with the domain name and it has a different
webmaster. Having used the website www.whois.com, I have found that it the
webmaster is Network solutions, LLC. The page does not list the authors credential.

Objectivity: There are a lot of information and news about the different countries on the
page. This shows that it meets its primary goal of distributing information’s about these
African countries. However, there is a navigation for donations, which has made it kind
of tricky since that is not the main objective of sharing news about the countries. Also,
there are no advertisements on the page.

Coverage: You do not need to pay any fee to view the webpage or need an extra
software for it.

Currency: The page is very up to date until 2019.

4. Carmamuse (Carmamuse, sd) https://www.carmamuse.com

Accuracy: Carmamuse is based in Antwerp and can be contacted via email and also on
via phone

Authority: The site was founded by a pianist Carmen Man with .com as a URL domain.

Objectivity: There is not a mask for advertising, they have original content and they
mostly promote own work.
There is also evidence from another environmental group called poppunt.
Website is for the purpose of entertainment.
Coverage: All information is accessible and free, no special software is needed to view
the information

Currency: Information is up to date from 2015 – 2019

5. Gusdapperton (Gusdapperton, sd) http://gusdapperton.com

Accuracy: There is a possibility of contacting them via their social media accounts only.

Authority: There is no website credential available.

.com is the URL domain.

Objectivity: Website is created to bring live to concerts in terms of looks.

Currency: Information is up to date to 2019

Coverage: There is a need to provide your email address in order to get more
information

6. Awwwards (Awwwards, sd) https://www.awwwards.com

Accuracy: There is no contact information provided, but there are links to three
different social media accounts.
Authority: It is private and owned by stack scale.

Objectivity: This website is created to evaluate websites and give awards to the best
ones in terms of design, creativity and innovation on the internet.
Website is mainly used to showcase your website.
There are no evidences from other environmental groups.
Currency: Information is up to date 2019.
Coverage: It is required to register in order to be able to participate or get extra
information.

7. 1gartner (1gartner, sd) https://www.1gartner.dk

Accuracy: Rosendal Anlægsgartner is a company based in Denmark.

Because it is more of a local/national website, they are very detailed with location,
phone number and mail address. There is also a link to their social media page.

Authority: .dk is a country code top-level domain for Denmark. The supervision of the
.dk domain is handled exclusively by DK Hostmaster.
The website is created and hosted by DanaWeb A/S.
Objectivity: Rosendal Anlægsgartner offers all kinds of construction work, including the
establishment of new factories, prunings, coatings and garden services.
The main purpose of the site is distributing information about the company and possibly
advertisement about themselves.

Currency: It is uncertain how up-to-date the website is. Nowhere is there a date from
which we can deduce it.
Their Facebook page is up-to-date since December 2018.
Coverage: All information is accessible without requirement of special software

8. Zara (Zara, sd) https://www.zara.com/

Accuracy: Zara SA is a fashion retailer based in Arteixo, Spain. It has become an

international company, active with several locations worldwide.
Zara has built a large, international forum for when you have questions about the online
store or a specific location. You can contact them via chat on the webpage, telephone,
email and even social media.
Because they have several locations, you can’t find a general address.

Authority: The page has been written by Zara itself. On the bottom of the page you can
find the inscription ‘all rights reserved’.
It has ‘.com’ as a URL domain. Its name is derived from the word commercial, indicating
its original intended purpose for domains registered by commercial organizations

Objectivity: The Zara website is created with the purpose of promoting only its own
work.
There is no advertising of any other stores or brands. The purpose of this website is to
sell clothing for men, women and children together with accessories.

Currency: Zara is a fast fashion retailer. Every week Zara comes up with a new
collection. Other things, in contrary disappear or get out of stock.
This means the site is very up-to-date. It is almost certain to say that The information
has been renewed almost yesterday

Coverage: An account on the website is not required. However, you are free to do so to
get more information, mails, updates and possible sales.
It is required to make an account when ordering.

9. Micropia (Micropia, sd) https://www.micropia.nl/nl/

Accuracy: Micropia is a science museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands where the people

can get acquainted with microscopically small organisms. The museum is the first of its
kind in the world and was opened in September 2014.
The website provides a link to social media such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Beside it gives a mail address, phone number, visiting address and post address.
Authority: The website has .nl as a URL domain. It’s the Internet country code domain
from the Netherlands.
The creator of the website is uncertain, likely on of the museum staff itself.

Objectivity: The Micropia website is created with the purpose of promoting its museum
and giving information about micro-organisms.
There are some small advertisements on the website. For example, for the DSM NV
which is a Dutch chemical company. Besides, there is an entire page dedicated to their
partners, which is indirect advertising.
Other than that, the website promotes itself and ticket sales.

Currency: The website has been kept very up-to-date with the latest news article being
from the 18th of March 2019.

Coverage: An account on the website is not necessary. If you would like to buy an online
ticket, you have to register some information.
if you want to be kept informed, you can subscribe to the newsletter through mail.

10. Lonely planet (planet, sd) https://www.lonelyplanet.com

Accuracy:
Lonely planet is a website where you can find
all you need to know about your travel
destination. They are spread all over the
world.
There is an option to contact them. You can
find e-mail address and normal address and e-
mail addresses for every department concern.
The designated copyright agent is online
community manager.
Authority:
The webpage’s domain is .com. There is no separate webmaster. All rights go to Lonely
Planet.
Objectivity:
The purpose of the website is to inform people about destinations they would like to go
to. This means that the information has to be trustworthy to build up their audience
amount. They also inform on flights, hotels, insurances… For some of these they refer to
other websites.
Currency:
The page is up to date. If you click on the different destinations, most of them are
updated in 2019. Some are 2017 or 2018.
Coverage:
You can get free access to the page and it doesn’t require any additional or special
software.

11. Sportpaleis (Sportpaleis, sd) http://www.sportpaleis.be/nl

Accuracy: You can find e-mail dress,
normal address and their account
number. You can also find a link to their
social media and they can be contacted by
phone as well.
Authority: The webpage domain is .be
and the webmaster is not separated from
the author. Everything is placed by
Antwerp sportpaleis.
Objectivity: The purpose of the website is to inform people about all the different
concerts in different areas who are also part of the group of “Antwerp sportpaleis”. You
can order your tickets via their website. For this, they work together with tele ticket
service so you will be referred to their website. There are other links such as the one
from Stad Antwerpen.
The information on the website of Sportpaleis is very trustworthy because it is for their
own good that every event is mentioned at the right time.
Currency: The webpage is up to date. It is constantly updated with new concerts. The
webpage mentions 2007-2019.
Coverage: You can get free access to the page and it doesn’t require additional or special
software.

12. Business school Berlin (berlin, sd)

http://www.businessschool-berlin.de/en/

Accuracy: The webpage mentions a lot of

contact information. Such as e-mail, phone
number, VAT, Address... The information is
represented by Ilona Renken-Olthoff. She is
responsible for the content. All information is
put by BSP business school. Contributions of
third parties are indicated.
Authority: The webpage’s domain is .de because it is a German website. There is no
separate webmaster.
Objectivity: This website has as objective to inform people about their school and the
different study programs they offer. They also give information about the school itself
and campus life. The website is trustworthy since it is only in their own favor. The
website has implemented a YouTube link to watch a video about the school. There is
also a link that refers to the campus of the school in Hamburg Hafencity.
Currency: A concrete date since last updated is not to be found, but since it’s an
institution that is very active, I suppose it’s up to date.
Coverage: You can have free access to this website and it doesn’t need any new
software.
4 CONCLUSION
From all the sites we found, we could clearly see that some of the sites were very
good and could be used as good examples for school purposes and for business in the
future while others clearly were not so attractive and would need more work to make
them good sites. It is argued that as long as your information goes across, there may be
no need to make sure your website meets all these criteria but as far as business is
concerned and people have the goal of making profit, it is important to continuously
invest time in creating good websites to continually advertise your business and get the
best of it.
5 REFLECTION
In general, we can all agree on having a very pleasant experience with each other. One thing
that really contributed to this great teamwork was our clear communication. We had a few
meetings in which we made rules, clearly divided tasks and set our personal deadlines.

During the making process, we did not back down to give feedback, our opinion, our own
ideas or criticism in a respectful way. This honesty guided us to a finished work which
satisfies all participants.

The fact that it all happened in a very respectful way towards your fellow pupil, added to the
pleasant experience of working together. Everyone found their perfect spot within the group
which made the puzzle complete. With no one hesitating to help each other, we can deliver
a work of which we are proud and had a pleasant time making.

Being finished before deadline is just an extra bonus to the great teamwork.
6 BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Africa, A. (n.d.). All Africa. Retrieved from https://allafrica.com
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