Check out this article, "In the context of web context: How to check out any Web page," by Scott Rosenberg, a professional web journalist and developer.
Rosenberg kinda knows what he's talking about. He co-founded Salon (the news, culture, politics, and finance magazine) was the founder of MediaBugs.org (a site that allows people to report and correct errors in news coverage), was the editor of a non-profit green news website, and now contributes to the tech news and discussion site Backchannel.
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Currency: The timeliness of the information.
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Relevance: The importance of the information for your needs.
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Authority: The source of the information.
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Accuracy: The reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the content.
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Purpose: The reason the information exists.
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