Comments on: MyWOT part 2 – the results http://www.majauskas.com/mywot-part-2-the-results Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:56:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Giedrius http://www.majauskas.com/mywot-part-2-the-results#comment-17286 Giedrius Sun, 19 Jun 2011 07:35:06 +0000 http://www.majauskas.com/mywot-part-2-the-results#comment-17286 mywot lies: Fresh user accounts without an history have very little impact for WOT rating. They will work on sites that have no rating or rating with low reliability, and thats it. Each browser has "virtual" account, that is account with its own history. Thus manipulation of ratings is hard. Yes, there are common views of WOT users that might not be an average of total internet users. Thus I would not care of WOT rating if you are site about homeopathy, religious views, alternate medicine and some other things. mywot lies: Fresh user accounts without an history have very little impact for WOT rating. They will work on sites that have no rating or rating with low reliability, and thats it. Each browser has “virtual” account, that is account with its own history. Thus manipulation of ratings is hard.
Yes, there are common views of WOT users that might not be an average of total internet users. Thus I would not care of WOT rating if you are site about homeopathy, religious views, alternate medicine and some other things.

]]> By: mywot lies http://www.majauskas.com/mywot-part-2-the-results#comment-17271 mywot lies Sat, 18 Jun 2011 21:40:31 +0000 http://www.majauskas.com/mywot-part-2-the-results#comment-17271 myWOT, WOT, "Web of Trust" is nothing more than a user opinion tool that has been spammed & gamed by many users to "black lists" sites for their own agenda--whether form competitors, beliefs, etc. It has NO security features whatsoever. Anyone thinking they are getting some sort of "protection" by using the WOT addon is mistaken. The only think you will get are false negatives. myWTO fails because 1. don't require you to have an account 2. if you do get an account there is no verification => easily create as many accounts as you like 3. the addon lets you rate without and account and you can have different addons for each browser => use portable browsers and you have unlimited rating. I've tried to bring these issues up in the forums only to have the posts deleted. Anything that shows WOT as it truly is, is quickly removed from the forums. So I posted the truth here: http://mywotlies.wordpress.com/ No one should trust the "Web of Trust" addon/site! myWOT, WOT, “Web of Trust” is nothing more than a user opinion tool that has been spammed & gamed by many users to “black lists” sites for their own agenda–whether form competitors, beliefs, etc.

It has NO security features whatsoever. Anyone thinking they are getting some sort of “protection” by using the WOT addon is mistaken. The only think you will get are false negatives.

myWTO fails because
1. don’t require you to have an account
2. if you do get an account there is no verification => easily create as many accounts as you like
3. the addon lets you rate without and account and you can have different addons for each browser => use portable browsers and you have unlimited rating.

I’ve tried to bring these issues up in the forums only to have the posts deleted. Anything that shows WOT as it truly is, is quickly removed from the forums.

So I posted the truth here:
http://mywotlies.wordpress.com/

No one should trust the “Web of Trust” addon/site!

]]> By: How to stop listening to bullshit and make your PC secure for real http://www.majauskas.com/mywot-part-2-the-results#comment-10064 How to stop listening to bullshit and make your PC secure for real Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:22:04 +0000 http://www.majauskas.com/mywot-part-2-the-results#comment-10064 [...] are also toolbars, like SiteAdvisor or MyWot. They might provide some insight for safer browsing, but they will not protect from infected [...] [...] are also toolbars, like SiteAdvisor or MyWot. They might provide some insight for safer browsing, but they will not protect from infected [...]

]]> By: Global unlike: it does exit as MyWOT toolbar – Giedrius Majauskas blog http://www.majauskas.com/mywot-part-2-the-results#comment-9649 Global unlike: it does exit as MyWOT toolbar – Giedrius Majauskas blog Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:10:48 +0000 http://www.majauskas.com/mywot-part-2-the-results#comment-9649 [...] Most of my income is done in computer security market, and I have follow various tools and events to stay on the top. As with any other market, there are very interesting how the computer security is reflected in social media or how Social media is used in it. Security market got it all backwards and released semi-global unlike button for its own market in terms of MyWOT. [...] [...] Most of my income is done in computer security market, and I have follow various tools and events to stay on the top. As with any other market, there are very interesting how the computer security is reflected in social media or how Social media is used in it. Security market got it all backwards and released semi-global unlike button for its own market in terms of MyWOT. [...]

]]> By: Cheryl Watkinson http://www.majauskas.com/mywot-part-2-the-results#comment-5499 Cheryl Watkinson Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:40:53 +0000 http://www.majauskas.com/mywot-part-2-the-results#comment-5499 Yes! I heard he's stepping down - and at the same time as when people are coming out about the deceitful practices MyWOT uses. Truth will be told! Yes! I heard he’s stepping down – and at the same time as when people are coming out about the deceitful practices MyWOT uses. Truth will be told!

]]> By: Rob Deangelo http://www.majauskas.com/mywot-part-2-the-results#comment-5494 Rob Deangelo Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:02:38 +0000 http://www.majauskas.com/mywot-part-2-the-results#comment-5494 It's not perfect because Esa Suurio and MyWOT is a scam and so they don't care if it doesn't work perfectly. Notice he's stepping down as CEO in order to "move on"... And he's going to take all his users' info and purchasing histories with him. Good luck to MyWOT users... It’s not perfect because Esa Suurio and MyWOT is a scam and so they don’t care if it doesn’t work perfectly. Notice he’s stepping down as CEO in order to “move on”… And he’s going to take all his users’ info and purchasing histories with him. Good luck to MyWOT users…

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