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The scorecard contains everything you need to know about a website, domain name, or IP. | The scorecard contains everything you need to know about a website, domain name, or IP. | ||
| − | + | == Scorecard colors == | |
| + | To help bridge across language barriers, colors are used for immediate identification of the overall ''Trustworthiness'' (safety) of a website. The color range is: | ||
| + | ;Green <span style="background-color:green"> </span> | ||
| + | :Highly trusted website, excellent ratings. | ||
| + | :* No problems, this site has been reviewed by WOT Members to be a safe and pleasant experience. | ||
| + | ;Yellow <span style="background-color:yellow"> </span> | ||
| + | :Cautionary advisory, unsatisfactory ratings or mixed ratings. | ||
| + | :* This may be perfectly harmless but proceed with care, this site could contain content not suited for all age groups, or it could be slightly misleading. | ||
| + | ;Orange <span style="background-color:orange"> </span> | ||
| + | :Cautionary warning, poor ratings. | ||
| + | :* This poor level of trustworthiness is the first to bring up the WOT [[Warning Screen]], or [[Blocking]] when [[settings]] are at their default values. This website is not to be trusted. If you choose to proceed, do so with a high amount of care and concern; you have been ''warned''. | ||
| + | ;Red <span style="background-color:red"> </span> | ||
| + | :Dangerous warning, very poor ratings | ||
| + | :* Enter this website at your own risk, expect malicious behavior with possible worm, virus, Trojan infection. | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Scorecard components == | ||
| + | The scorecard consists of several components that dynamically retrieves the information presented to you. A quick list of these components are as follows: | ||
# Thumbnail | # Thumbnail | ||
# Site name | # Site name | ||
Revision as of 19:08, 17 September 2009
The scorecard contains everything you need to know about a website, domain name, or IP.
Scorecard colors
To help bridge across language barriers, colors are used for immediate identification of the overall Trustworthiness (safety) of a website. The color range is:
- Green
- Highly trusted website, excellent ratings.
- No problems, this site has been reviewed by WOT Members to be a safe and pleasant experience.
- Yellow
- Cautionary advisory, unsatisfactory ratings or mixed ratings.
- This may be perfectly harmless but proceed with care, this site could contain content not suited for all age groups, or it could be slightly misleading.
- Orange
- Cautionary warning, poor ratings.
- This poor level of trustworthiness is the first to bring up the WOT Warning Screen, or Blocking when settings are at their default values. This website is not to be trusted. If you choose to proceed, do so with a high amount of care and concern; you have been warned.
- Red
- Dangerous warning, very poor ratings
- Enter this website at your own risk, expect malicious behavior with possible worm, virus, Trojan infection.
Scorecard components
The scorecard consists of several components that dynamically retrieves the information presented to you. A quick list of these components are as follows:
- Thumbnail
- Site name
- Popularity
- Rank
- Owner
- Server location
- Statistics
- Wiki
- Description
- Tags
- Reputation rating
- Trustworthiness
- Vendor reliability
- Privacy
- Child safety
- Comments by category
- Comment: Add / Request
- Comment: listing
note: this list should be converted to Level 2 headings to generate an item menu per component section
