Most information on the Web does not go
through a review process.
Anyone can publish on the Web without passing
the content through an editor. Pages might be written by an expert
on the topic, a journalist, a disgruntled consumer or a sixth
grader.Some information on the Web is
not free.
Many Web pages are free to view (and actually
many of the best ones are), but some commercial sites will charge a
fee to access all or part of their information.
Information on the Web is not organized.
Some directory services, like Yahoo, collect
links to sites and place them in subject lists. But there are too
many Web pages for any single directory service or
search engine to organize
and index.
Most information on the Web is not
comprehensive.
The millions of Web pages out there make up an
eclectic hodgepodge of information and opinion. Rarely will you be
able to use a search engine on the Web to collect information about
your topic from different time periods and different types of
sources.
Most information on the Web is not permanent.
Some well-maintained sites are updated with very
current information, but other sites may become quickly dated or
disappear altogether without much notice. |
