WOT Revisited

-April 8, 2008

I initially wrote about WOT in December of 2007. I definitely believed in the idea (as I do now), but thought the product was a little short on features. The concept is an online rating system where users determine the credibility and safety of websites. A toolbar on your browser displays website ratings as you surf the web, alerting you of potentially dangerous sites and phishing schemes. I wanted to post a follow-up because ......Read More

Web of Trust

-December 20, 2007

Web of Trust is an Internet startup, based out of Finland, that asks users to rate web pages on trustworthiness, vendor reliability, privacy and child safety. Nobody wants to submit credit card numbers or personal info without knowing who they’re dealing with. So Web of Trust, or WOT, hopes to solve that problem.

WOT provides a basic plugin for your browser. Every time you visit a web page, you can see other ......Read More