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Webutation?….Do you mean Reputation?

There is a new page of data culmination on the Web, and it is called www.webutation.net. Have you ever encountered a new online store and wondered if it was trustworthy? Have you ever found a website with really awesome downloads but wondered if it was just a front for viruses and malware? Well there is a search database that can give you an overall rating and safety level for many to almost any sites you may find. Not only does this website take into account customer and user ratings, it also factors in security virus scans from multiple databases. This is a great resource for knowing whether a shiny, new website is all it claims to be.

 

This website has many connections to class. It is a page that links to and internally rates and ranks a multitude of other websites. This in itself is a huge connection to the lecture material. What is different from lecture is the fact that here the connections considered come from one main website to the ranked websites, and the ranked websites are given their rankings based on the results of tests applied to their features and ratings attained from experienced users. Webutation lets its members have their positive and negative associations to any website recognized and factored in to the actual score given to that website. This creates a positive-negative network of Webutation members and rated websites. For a person that needs an objective third party to gauge the trustworthiness of a website, Webutation can act as a wonderful source of information in regard to downloading, online purchasing, and using the internet in general. In a information cascade sort of pattern, it can direct people to continually follow what has been deemed safe by others or simply what is most popular among users.

Webutation Page: www.webutation.net

by froyonono

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One Response to “ Webutation?….Do you mean Reputation? ”

  • Jeff bridges

    Not to be confused with webutation.com, which is a completely different company based in Roswell, ga. I am always impressed to see this area discussed in academia. Jeff bridges.

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