The Sciencedaily Site

The Sciencedaily Site

  • Submitted By: martin13
  • Date Submitted: 07/21/2010 8:02 AM
  • Category: Business
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Website from Google: http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/n/nutrition_and_pregnancy.htm

• Who runs the site? ScienceDaily
• Who pays for the site? I believe ScienceDaily pays for the site.
• What is the purpose of the site? ScienceDaily is one of the Internet’s most popular science news web sites. Offers readers the depth and more into of the breaking news about the latest scientific discoveries.
• Where does the information come from? The information comes from Wikipedia.org., Ads from Google, and other related sites.
• What is the basis of the information? I believe the basis of this information comes from other articles that are based on medical facts, such as Wikipedia or Google.
• How is the information selected? The information is selected and created by the editorial staff, Canadian-American science writer/editor Dan Hogan and his wife Michele Hogan in December 1995, ScienceDaily has grown from a two-person operation to a full-fledged news business with worldwide contributors, partnerships with major content providers, and technical support services.
• How current is the information? The information is current and new everyday…for example the article that I read was posted September 1, 2009. You can select articles overtime and can select a page number and it will take you back to those days that new scientific research was posted.
• How does the site choose links to other sites? It says in one of the articles that I read to see full article at Wikipedia or see the following related articles…and gives a list of more articles relating to health, nutrition, and diseases.
• What information is collected about you and why? In the particular article that I read, I believe that the information I read gave me a better insight of how to keep myself healthy and to nourish myself and my child when or if I ever do get pregnant in my future.
• How does the site manage interactions with visitors? N/A. There is a...

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