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Discussion in 'Network Information, Suggestions and Feedback' started by Ron Goldstein, Apr 29, 2011.

  1. James S

    James S Very Senior Member

    Still 2.9.
     
  2. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Hot air manufacturer

    Ron, I'm sorry I did not make myself clear. I became concerned when I read what I printed above, I find it strange that ownership is unclaimed as I'm sure Otto took care of all isues related. Perhaps the Mods (PBTN [​IMG] ) should be aware of this. If it means anything at all, which I doubt.
     
  3. wtid45

    wtid45 Very Senior Member

    Done and still 2.9.
     
  4. 4jonboy

    4jonboy Daughter of a 56 Recce

    Voted-still 2.9
     
  5. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Voted-still 2.9
     
  6. Gage

    Gage The Battle of Barking Creek

    Voted (what I'm I voting for again?) :D
     
  7. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    I think it was Groucho Marx who once said " I wouldn't want to belong to any club that would have me as it's member"

    Since posting my first comment I've done what I should have done in the first place and investigated the site to see what it thought of other well known websites.

    I've just asked it to measure itself by keying in Sitekarma into the search box and it gave it just 0.0 points !

    It didn't think much of Google.com either :)

    Would someone else like to do a bit of research based on other well known websites ?

    Ah me.......................

    Back to the drawing board :(

    Ron
     
  8. PeterG

    PeterG Senior Member

    I would not participate in a website like that. There is another called The Web of Trust (WOT) here Safe Browsing Tool | WOT (Web of Trust)

    I only found about WOT because a friend told me that my website was flagged up as dangerous. I checked it myself and found that I had a zero rating as a vendor. This despite the fact that on my website Peter Ghiringhelli I do not sell anything nor have I ever sold anything on Ebay or anywhere else on the Internet in my life.

    I contacted WOT thinking that they would correct this, only to be told that they would not change anything as they relied entirely on what users voted. WOT is run by a Russian, it has a wide following and seems to be gathering thousands of email addresses, which you have to provide in order to vote. I was told that I could improve my rating, and my sales, if I bought a Web of Trust Seal!

    Then I found that one month the magazine Computer Act!ve was recommending WOT to its readers. I emailed the editor about it, but nothing came of it.

    I just ran http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/www.ww2talk.com for this forum. I see your Vendor reliability is rated as 'Good', how did you lose your 'Excellent' rating? 'Privacy' looks a bit dodgy too. Welcome aboard!
     
  9. 2/31st

    2/31st Junior Member

    Got my Vote.
    2.9
     
  10. GPRegt

    GPRegt Senior Member

    Thanks to Peter for the WOT link.

    Just searched my own site and found I have a 75% Trustworthiness level. None of the other categories has a vote.

    Steve W.
     
  11. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Peter

    You also got me interested with your WOT link and so, to test it out, I stuck into the search box my Army Album link: Ron Goldstein's Army Album

    I was thereupon surprised/flattered to get the rating shown below :)

    Ron
     

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  12. PeterG

    PeterG Senior Member

    Got my Vote.
    2.9
    By voting all you are doing is feeding information about yourself and getting 105 cookies in return, most of which are tracking cookies. And ask yourself, why 2.9 out of 5?

    To test this for yourself:

    1. Close down your browser.
    2. Clear out all your cookies, for example with CCleaner retaining the cookies you want.
    3. Open your browser.
    4. Go to your browser history and click on the voting website, or type in the URL.
    5. At the website check a website, for example Google.com will do.
    6. Check your cookies again and you will see what has been downloaded.

    Now I wouldn't be cynical, would I, but if your favourite website has low marks you just might be tempted to ask your friends to vote for it. :)
     
  13. PeterG

    PeterG Senior Member

    Peter

    You also got me interested with your WOT link and so, to test it out, I stuck into the search box my Army Album link: Ron Goldstein's Army Album

    I was thereupon surprised/flattered to get the rating shown below :)

    Ron
    Ron,

    I see you got 88% for vendor reliability; not bad but not quite top billing. Nevertheless I should like to support your website and buy something. What is it exactly that you are selling? And what were the 12% of your disgruntled customers complaining about?

    Peter
     
  14. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Hot air manufacturer

    See, Ron? You really ought to have taken the full subscription :lol:
     
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  15. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Peter

    Ron, I see you got 88% for vendor reliability; not bad but not quite top billing. Nevertheless I should like to support your website and buy something. What is it exactly that you are selling? And what were the 12% of your disgruntled customers complaining about?



    What am I selling ?, exactly the same merchandise that you are selling on your site but 20% cheaper :)

    and as for Za, I see that on an earlier comment you said:

    Ron, I'm sorry I did not make myself clear.


    I've always considered that your ability not make youself perfectly clear was part and parcel of your inestimable charm :)

    I shall now disappear off this forum for a week or so and return refreshed to fight my corner !

    Ron
     
  16. PeterG

    PeterG Senior Member

    I shall now disappear off this forum for a week or so and return refreshed to fight my corner !

    Ron
    Bon Voyage to you and Nita! Enjoy the sun.

    Peter
     
  17. PeterG

    PeterG Senior Member

  18. zahonado

    zahonado Well-Known Member

    As long as offensive ads are on, I suspect the rating won't go up, despite the site being otherwise good!
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  19. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    Zahonado, would you care to respond on the relevant thread about the ads?

    The rating has nothing to do with ads.
     
  20. geoff501

    geoff501 Achtung Feind hört mit

    By voting all you are doing is feeding information about yourself and getting 105 cookies in return, most of which are tracking cookies. And ask yourself, why 2.9 out of 5?


    I only got the bog standard half dozen cookies.

    Geoff

    PS Ron, why is you vote worth more than the vote of others? Are you running FPTP or AV ? :)
     

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