Web Credibility and Evaluating Web Resources in the Age of Googlism

Helmi Noman

September 13, 2005 - Dubai

The talk provided background to the issue of Web credibility, introduced major research studies which investigate what causes experts and non-experts to believe – or not believe – what they find online, and evaluated emerging measures used to evaluate Web sites for popularity, authority, and credibility. The talk also discussed legal responses that have developed to protect intellectual property online and how that affects the issue of Web credibility.

Attendees included faculty, staff and students from Zayed University.