MODULE 4 - Evaluating the Web

http://www.kaspersky.com/#_jmp0_
AnitVirus

This website is very educational. It teaches you all the facts about Malware.
Malware is a problem which we will encounter as some stage. In this website, you can find all the information in regards to Malware such as Viruses, Trojans and Worms. If covers in-depth information about where it all started, how it will develop in the future, who creates them, the different types of Malware, where you can get infected, how to detect it and what to do if you are infected. There is also a list of the latest Malware infections with details from the date it was developed, where it will infect and how to remove the virus.

The company is located worldwide, they established 12 years ago. They have highly- qualified specialist finding strategies to stop new malware and hackers. They develope their own software, helping over 250 million users all over the world. Not only do they help PC homeusers, but also corporate networks.


In terms of your own future use, which 'body ' of information (ie. the original 'snapshot' of the site, or your own, annotated, analytical version) would be most useful to refer back to?

I would definitely choose the analytical version as this has more information than the sceenshot and has a summary of the most important and informative part of the site. It gives you a good insight of the information and you can also quickly scan the analysis to see if this is appropriate with having to go to the website and reading it all.

In term of external users (i.e. if you included this site as a hyperlink or resource on a website) which body of information would best help them judge if the site was useful or of interest to them?

I believe the analytical version would be more use to them, as it is more informative than looking at the screen shot of the URL. When you search for information through google, the results do not give you a good intial information. You need to go into each site to see whether the information is approriate. The only information gaind by the screen shot is: cited by, related articles, all (number) versions and a sentence extracted from the webiste with the key word. To make judgement of whether it is useful or not would be very difficult. Reading what someone has analized would give you quality information as they have viewed and evaluated the site already.