oldpro - 12:25 pm on Jun 19, 2006 (gmt 0)

Can a site be an authority if it's not government, educational,

In all seriousness...a government or educational site should automatically be disqualified as an authority site. As usual with most...to try to get an answer to a question you keep going around in circles trying to get an answer. This is especially true with State or Federal gov't websites. Maybe some consideration should be given to some educational sites...but the standards should be set at a much higher level for both .gov and .edu sites.

In my state most of the State dept websites are nothing but promotional or subtle campaign content for the popularly elected Dept. Commissioner.

For instance to get an answer to an incorporation or tax issue their are several sites that are private and give you the answers straight out. The same questions or issues that should be answered by the respective gov't sites do not even address the issue.