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Anatomy of a Web Site

If you consider the Web a large database, then each Web site is the equivalent of a record in the Web database. Each record or Web site has various fields which can be searched, depending on the searching tools you use. The main fields which can be searched, depending on the searching tool you use, are as follows:

Title
Text
URL
Link
Image

Essential information needed to evaluate a Web site is often located in the following sections of the Web page. Pay particular attention to the following areas of the Web page:

URL

head or headerTitle of Document
bodyText of Web page with hypertext links and images
footerAuthor's name
Institution or organization with which author is affiliated
Creation and/or revision date of document
Copyright information



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