The site that I am evaluating is http://www.thedogisland.com/.
The domain for this site is thedogisland.com/
This domain lessens the validity of the website because it is a commercial web page. When dealing with a commercial web page there is always a bias.
There is no individual author identified in this website. However it would appear as if the group or organization responsible for this website is dog island.
While the organization is mentioned in the website, it lacks credibility. The website does explain its purpose, goals, and guiding principles but it does so in avery vague way. This site does not seem to give all of the details needed to be a real company or organization.
This website only provides many names in the organization. Xiao Min is the President and Co-founder, Han Fei is the Chief Dog Handler, Soong Lee is the Director of Imports, Linda Reyes is the Direct Initiative Director, Diane Rogers is the Researcher and Dogologist, and Jenny Bliss is the dog trainer. I tried googling these names and found nothing other than the link to dog island. This seems really fishy to me. If this site was credible wouldn't the author or company provide background information about its employees.
I was really skeptical of this website because of the vagueness and lack of information that could be backed up. I went to google and typed in Dog Island for real? The first link that I got was snopes.com
Snopes is dedicatied to revealing false information and providing the general public with accurate information. Here is what snopes.com has to say about Dog Island:
The Dog Island site was a hoax created by students as a project for a Contagious Media class.
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