Week Four - Using the WWW

LECTURE
This lecture I learnt more about the World Wide Web; the history of the web, web protocols and web browsers. I was taught the difference between the Net and the Web. On the Net you find computers, but on the Net you find documents, sounds, videos, etc. The Net came before the Web, and started in 1961 when the first paper on packet switching theory was published. The Web was developed by Tim Berners-Lee (a researcher at CERN) in 1989. The WWW is information stored on computers around the world. The information becomes available and can be accessed through the Internet. Web browers are programs that are used so that people can access the Internet. These programs are Internet Explorer, Firefox or Neoplanet.


TUTORIAL
The first site - www.haggishunt.scotsman.com , is a site trying to sell webcams. It has attempted to appear authentic by using bribes such as 'join now -free!' and by having a section titled 'Haggis Cams' where it shows screen shots of people but when you click on the links it takes you to a page where it has links for other websites.
Clues that give this site away as a spoof is;
1. Too many adds
2. Does not give a clear indication of what the website is about
3. It has competitons, but no place for you to enter your name and details - therefore there really is no competiton.
4. The dialogue is not accurate

The second site - www.molossia.org, is also a spoof. The clues that give it away are;
1. Too many advertisements
2. .org is not a proper url
3. In small text at the bottom it has - copyright by 'ministry of propaganda'
4. There are a lot of spelling mistakes on the site

In the website www.martinlutherking.org, I expect to see information on Martin Luther King, the history of him and the values he has bought to the world.
My first impressions of the site is that it had too many advertisements, this indicating to me that the site isnt genuine. The website also didn't look very professional. It doesnt have a publisher or any small print at the bottom that indicates the legal rights that the site has. The font varies too much and doesnt look professional.

After researching Martin Luther King, I found other websites which appeared genuine and had no advertisements, misleading information or scams. This made the other website appear very fake and I can now tell the difference between sites that are genuine and sites that arent.

Reading 1 - This reading gave a descrption of the history of the Internet. It talks about how the internet has revolutionized the world.

Reading 2- This website also talks about the history of the internet. It discusses inventions and innovations.