Reliable websites

Within my research I will have to make sure that my research is reliable. To do this, I will check each website that I use. I will see who wrote the website or article. I could cross reference the author and see what other articles they have written, or the response they have had to their previous work. This will give you a good indication as to if the work is reliable and trustworthy. You would also see what type of website it is, websites for newspapers are going to be more reliable than a blog, forum or fan page for example. A lot of comments on blogs or forums are bias and may be untruthful. Therefore I would question its reliability. I would also look at why the article has been written, is it for personal use, for a company/work based, or commenting on an article etc. When the work was submitted is important when doing research, you want to check that the work is up to date and recent. This is important for things such as researching statistics etc.