What are the credentials of the individuals who assembled the website or authored the information?Are the authors credentials pertinent to the content of his/her website?

What are the credentials of the individuals who assembled the website or authored the information?Are the authors credentials pertinent to the content of his/her website? For example if the individual is recommending dietary advice, is he or she a Registered Dietitian (RD)? Can you validate the Credenticals i.e school attendend, education… etc,
Has th e person been published in a peer-reviewed journal? Trying searching Medline, Pub-Med, LexisNexis or other databases by actor name to see if they can be found. This is particularly important if the author claims to have been published.

What is the substance of the information on the website? Does it tend to be consistent with current scientific research? (Give examples) Does the author provide scientific research to back up health claims, (explain what they provide) Do the author(s) make difficult-to-believe claims or voice conspiracy theories as to why their opinion is not taken seriously? (EX: “Drug companies don’t lf want you to know, because they will lose money”..) (Give examples) Are all of the statistics cited? References cited? Look for references to make sure they excist. If none present explain what is the majority of the information provided. Are they trying to sell you something? If products are being sold you should consider the information biased

Does the website look like a business or an individual effort. Explain how you made your conclusion. What kind of webserver? Commercial, non-profit, government, educational… explain how you made your conclusion. Try to find informaiton regarding to reputation of the organization. Search for the name of the organization using a search engine to see what types of results you get. Explain your finding and provided links sources Look for news stories about the organizations in online access to newspapers. Look for both positive stories (awards, grants etc) and for negative ones (lawsuits, federal indictments, etc.) Again explain, and provide link sources to the information found if you couldnt find explain how and what you searched!