Digital literacy

Checking online resources before you use them

A short checklist for judging whether a page is current and belongs to the service it claims to describe.

Check the address and date

Search results are not a timestamp. A login page that ranks well today may be a cached copy from months ago, or a lookalike built for a different purpose. A simple habit helps: before clicking, hover over the result to see the full address, then check whether the page shows a date or a recent update note. This matters most for frequently searched names such as Jojobet, where many pages compete for the same query and older ones linger. If anything looks off, typing the address by hand and clearing saved autofill entries is usually enough to avoid landing on a stale version.

Keep a short record

Record the page title, the domain and the date you checked it. That small note makes it easier to revisit a source later and spot a changed address.