Which website is likely to be more reliable a com or org?

Answer 1

This is a biased question in that it presumes that one will be more reliable than the other. Perhaps a better question might be what can I infer about a website from the URL extension? According to DomainRegister.com:

".COM can be purchased by any person or company from any country

• .ORG can be purchased by any person or company from any country

• .ORG is often used to denote Organizations, specifically Non-Profit Organizations, but can be used for Anything."

Therefore, it is NOT safe to assume information is more reliable simply because the URL ends in .org

There are MANY good, reliable websites from reputable non profit organizations that end in .org. There are also very biased Propaganda websites and a few outright hoax websites that end in .org.

No matter what a domain registration happens to be, is very important that people gleaning information from the internet use adequate critical thinking skills to evaluate the information they read, to check their facts, and consider the source.
Generally, no.

.com websites are generally commercial sites, and are likely to be biased to whatever business they are in. For example, a site selling tobacco will not put any article regarding the health risks of smoking tobacco, unless required to do so, as it would not be beneficial to their business agenda.

.org websites are usually used for organisations, who may also be biased in their own ways, but not as strongly as most .coms.