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== Dated Pages ==
== Dated Pages ==
Dates on every page or article allow for the viewer to know when the post is made or updated
Dates on every page or article allow for the viewer to know when the post is made or updated. To ensure a site is being supported well make sure the site has been updated since last viewed. <ref>Carroll, p.29</ref>
*Posted dates also increase credibility for the website, and without them the viewer will not know if the site is being updated weekly
*Posted dates also increase credibility for the website, and without them the viewer will not know if the site is being updated weekly
*Having dates on content can show "how useful (and accurate) the site will be" and "how active the site is" <ref>Kyrnin</ref>
*Having dates on content can show "how useful (and accurate) the site will be" and "how active the site is" <ref>Kyrnin</ref>
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Content links to outside websites allow for the website to be creditable
Content links to outside websites allow for the website to be creditable
*Supporting the information with these outside sources allow for other users to see your posts, and create a stronger view for the audience
*Supporting the information with these outside sources allow for other users to see your posts, and create a stronger view for the audience
*Blogs generate more audience by offering more individual voices, and encourages [http://litmuse.maconstate.edu/litwiki/index.php/Identification Identification] of the user. <ref>Carroll, p. 27</ref>
*Blogs generate more audience by offering more individual voices, and encourages [http://litmuse.maconstate.edu/litwiki/index.php/Identification identification] of the user. <ref>Carroll, p. 27</ref>
**Having many voices from different blogs supporting the ideas in the website broaden the range of viewers being reached
**Having many voices from different blogs supporting the ideas in the website broaden the range of viewers being reached


== Relevant Content Links ==
== Relevant Content Links ==
Having a source to an outside webpage about kittens, for example, on a Science Fiction website does not apply and is not relevant
Having a source to an outside webpage about kittens, for example, on a Science Fiction website does not apply and is not relevant. To maintain a credible site it must "provide comprehensive information that is attributed to a specific source." <ref>Carroll, p.29</ref> Make sure the [http://litmuse.maconstate.edu/litwiki/index.php/Design design] of the web page is relevant to the content being displayed.
*"Ideal website content should be understandable, relevant and helpful to the site- visitors." <ref>Aldein</ref>
*"Ideal website content should be understandable, relevant and helpful to the site- visitors." <ref>Aldein</ref>
*"If material exists online, link to it when you reference it." <ref>Carroll, p. 158</ref>
*"If material exists online, link to it when you reference it." <ref>Carroll, p. 158</ref>


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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