Digital+literacy+Using+the+URL+to+Validate+a+Site

**Using the URL to Validate a Site**
Try it out! Direct your browser to the WayBackMachine  (www.archive.org) and insert the URL of a site you visit often to see its history. You may find that information on the current version of the site may be contradicted or different from it's older versions.
 * History of the page**


 * Owner of the domain name **

How can you find out who owns a domain name? Try **www.easywhois.com.**  Easywhois.com lets you look up a domain name's record. Finding out who owns a domain name may provide insight into the content published on the site. For example, if you found out that a website dedicated to profiling Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was actually on a domain name owned by a white supremacist group, you may think twice about the content found on that page.