These ten criteria are offered by the BBC WebWise project:

• Audience and Purpose - Who and what is the web site for? Is the audience obvious? If not, who do you think it is aimed at?
• Management - Is the web site up-to-date? Are there broken links? One of the potential advantages of the Internet is that information can be quickly and, relatively easily, be updated, but this does not always happen - why might that be?
• Ease of Use - Is it easy to find your way round the site? Does it have an index or a site map? Can you find information easily, or do you feel lost in a maze?
• Content - Is the content useful and is it what you expected? How reliable is the information? Is there any bias? Does the layout and graphics enhance the site, or provide a distraction?
• Links - Are there links to other sites and are they relevant? Are any of the links broken?
• Design - Does the site appear planned and organised? How long does it take to download? Does it have any annoying features, eg background music you can't switch off?
• Interactive features - There may be different levels of interaction depending on the purpose of the site. A site with low interaction will allow you to browse and read, while sites with higher interaction will have buttons to press, forms to complete, and may produce pages on the fly to meet your need. Does the site you are looking at have an appropriate level of interaction?
• Advertising - One of the banes of the Internet is advertising? Is the advertising on this site apropriate, or are you spending a long time download adverts at the expense of site content?
• Unique to the Web - Could you get this information from another source more easily or more effectively?
• Recommendation - Would you recommend this site to a friend or colleague?

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