{"id":161,"date":"2022-04-24T18:48:11","date_gmt":"2022-04-24T22:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/olatunem\/?p=161"},"modified":"2022-04-24T18:49:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T22:49:20","slug":"evaluating-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/olatunem\/2022\/04\/24\/evaluating-websites\/","title":{"rendered":"Evaluating Websites"},"content":{"rendered":"

No More Fake News!<\/h1>\n

We are all familiar with the dread of trying to determine if content we find online is credible. Up until discovering the content I discuss in this blog – I have been skeptical of the Feogi site<\/a>. This is because content creators on TikTok promoted this site<\/a> and claimed that with promo code “XYZ35”, you can purchase anything on this site for free. I investigated this and found it to be true – the items on my cart indeed became $0 after entering that promo code, leaving only delivery fees as expenses. Despite this, I could not bring myself to make a purchase. I remained skeptical as it seemed too good to be true. To resolve my skepticism I looked up the site to determine if it were a scam, however – I did not get a definitive “Yes” it is. However, neither did I get a “No”. This scenario is merely one of the many reasons it is important to know how to evaluate a site.<\/p>\n

My Exposure to Web Evaluation<\/h1>\n
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Recently, I have had the opportunity to learn about evaluating websites. Although I like to think I am a great judge of inauthentic web content. I learnt that there are many sites that do an amazing job of mimicking legitimate sites that a mere judge of aesthetics is not sufficient for evaluation. This exposure has caused me to be more critical of the information I find online. I do not mean this in the paranoid sense but instead, the empowered sense. This is because, despite being aware of the potential to consume fake content, I now have a way of identifying legitimate from illegitimate content. In an effort to share this knowledge with others, I have put together a Website Evaluation Guide<\/a> that goes through ways to evaluate websites, provides a simple test to confirm you understand the material and provide additional resources I believe will be helpful.<\/p>\n

Is Foegi a Legitimate Site?<\/h1>\n

You must be curious to determine my conclusions on the Feogi site<\/a>, I don’t want to string you along, but based off the Website Evaluation Guide<\/a> I referenced earlier, what do you think?<\/p>\n

Personally, I do not consider the site is be legitimate. I say this for the following reasons:<\/p>\n

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  1. There is no real way to speak to a representative from the company, they never responded to my emails weeks after I attempted to make contact<\/li>\n
  2. All the customer reviews for the items are positive, I could not find a single negative review which is very unlikely<\/li>\n
  3. There are multiple promo codes available and each of these promo codes do not have an expiration. This is very inconsistent with how promotions work.<\/li>\n
  4. The products on their sites are very comparable to products on other retail sites for costs much cheaper that listed.<\/li>\n
  5. The customer reviews to not have timestamps<\/li>\n
  6. There is too much controversy over the legitimacy of the site on other sites. And none have guaranteed it’s authenticity<\/li>\n
  7. The site is completely self referential, and provides no true way to validate it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If you notice, I did not say the site is fake – however I suggest that there are overwhelming reasons to believe it to be inauthentic. I am curious to hear your thoughts on it – especially if you can make a counterargument using the Evaluation guide to legitimize the site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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