Scorecard

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Basic WOT Security Scorecard with no ratings

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:

Reputation Color and symbol Description
Excellent 16 excellent.png = dark green This site has a good reputation and the community considers it a safe and pleasant experience.
Good 16 good.png = light green
Unsatisfactory 16 unsatisfactory.png = yellow Cautionary advisory, unsatisfactory or mixed ratings.
Poor 16 poor.png = orange This site has a poor reputation and the add-on will bring up the warning screen, or blocking screen, when settings are at their default values. If you choose to proceed, do so with a high amount of care and concern; you have been warned.
Very poor 16 verypoor.png = red
Unrated 16 unrated.png = grey There are not enough ratings to compute a reputation for this website, as referenced by the example scorecard provided

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:

  1. Thumbnail
  2. Help view
  3. Site name
  4. Popularity
  5. Rank
  6. Owner
  7. Server location
  8. Statistics
  9. Wiki
  10. Description
  11. Tags
  12. Reputation rating
    • Trustworthiness
    • Vendor reliability
    • Privacy
    • Child safety
  13. Comments by category
  14. Comment: Add / Request
  15. Comment: listing

note: this list should be converted to section links to create an item menu for quick access per component

Thumbnail

Scorecard thumbnail with dual focus

The thumbnail is a captured image of the index page of a website. The purpose is to help visually identify the site in revue. The image may be clear or it may be out of focus depending upon the rating level of the Child Safety indicator. When there are poor to very poor ratings for child safety, the image is blurred to prevent viewing of possible pornographic material. The provided image displays both clear and blurred areas for example.