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WOT is everything that's wrong with crowdsourced security. No infrastructure. No respectable or verified management. Google and Mozilla will pay dearly the minute GDPR goes into effect. Mozilla and... See more
Mywot is a decent website, where everybody can share some reviews about the company. Just like in trustpilot :D But i feel like mywot more for big companies such as google, yahoo and others, wherea... See more
Still extremely bad, still arrogant customer support, still do not remove site false accusations evaluations that have been flamed by anonymous users. I have one site that has a bad WOT rating s... See more
Company details
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WOT is a Free Internet Security addon for Firefox, Chrome and IE that warns you about online scams and risky websites that try to deliver malware or send spam.
Contact info
Finland
- www.mywot.com
1.7
Bad
150 reviews
No recent history of asking for reviews
This company hasn't invited customers recently, so reviews may not be representative
Hasn’t replied to negative reviews
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I can't advertise on Facebook because…
I had a bad review on the platform because of activity not related to me, and I couldn't advertise on Facebook because of this. The WoT team contacted me and helped me with this.
28 May 2020
Unprompted review
Reply from Web of Trust
Hey Hugo,
Thanks for reaching out and sharing this with us.
We have received your email and replied, we'll be more than happy to help you out and take care of this issue through that channel.
Scam Site
User: GURBL seems to be causing several reviewers issues.
This company don’t seem to be able to maintain their own platform, allowing fraudulent reviews to be posted by what appears to be a bot.
I will be seeking legal advice. I would suggest others to do the same and get this site taken down.
20 May 2020
Unprompted review
An update to my previous review:
An update to my previous review:
The WOT customer service team was very helpful in resolving the issue. The unsafe warning has now been removed from my website. I'm only giving four stars because I still don't know why WOT's algorithm rated my site as unsafe.
7 May 2020
Unprompted review
Great support.I still miss to see the…
Great support.I still miss to see the reasons for so much hate over them but, so far, I am very pleased.There is no perfect platform on the entire internet.
22 April 2020
Unprompted review
WOT is a flawed system that penalizes…
WOT is a flawed system that penalizes small businesses and makes it extremely difficult for them to advertise on Facebook, since Facebook's algorithm factors in WOT ratings.
21 April 2020
Unprompted review
Reply from Web of Trust
Hey Scott,
Gordon from the support team here.
Please contact us at support.mywot.com and we'll be happy to help out with any issue you might have.
Web of Trust is a great addon extension…
Web of Trust is a great addon extension for your browser. The purpose of the extension is for the community to help others determine which websites are safe and which are spams / have explicit content. Some sites have inaccurate reviews that have nothing to do with the website safety which is why I rated it 4 stars. The website is not user-friendly at all either.
23 March 2020
Unprompted review
Reply from Web of Trust
Hey Sam,
Thanks for your feedback and we will take it to our attention.
We are working on improving many aspects of WOT, including the UI as well.
The more reviews and ratings a website gets, its score on WOT becomes more substantial and we encourage you to join the community and rate websites!
If you wish to share with us ideas and suggestions, feel free to contact us at support.mywot.com
Incorrectly identifies legitimate sites as scams
Marks down sites that are legitimate because users don't like them or because they have a paywall.
12 March 2020
Unprompted review
Reply from Web of Trust
Hey Jon,
This is Gordon from WOT, thanking you for your feedback.
WOT is a community-driven platform where any user can express their opinion regarding a website and/or the website's services.
WOT does not interfere in the discourse and does not add, edit or remove comments unless they violate our community guidelines.
This is done in order to be transparent and enable our users to form an independent and unbiased opinion.
I encourage you to engage in the discourse and share your comments and reviews with the community and report conspicuous websites.
Hmmm... WOT
I thought I could share my findings and ask WOT a question in their Forum - Apparently NOT (read below)
You have been permanently banned from this board.
Please contact the Board Administrator for more information.
A ban has been issued on your username.
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Here's what I wrote:
Hmmm... WOT
Why has WOT not been able to figure out that User: GURBL
Link to user user ID# 1863955 are using the SAME statement:
Compromised php script redirecting to pharma spam payload 02272015. DM The GURBL when remediated.
1000's of domains are accused SAME DAY: Feb 27, 2015
NO, I'm not in the infamous Pill Peddling business so NO skin off my nose - I'm selling Information Products :)
I only care about How WE Can Trust WOT...???
When WOT Can NOT or Will NOT police their own contributors
WOT is letting DOWN their 6 million users who TRUST WOT is helping them stay safe
Cheers,
Jens
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So WOT Dislikes The Truth & Prefer To Deceive 6 Million Users (IF that number is true - I hope it's not...)
Obviously WOT does NOT earn my trust
Case Closed :-)
11 March 2020
Unprompted review
Reply from Web of Trust
Hey Jens,
Gordon from WOT here.
Our forum is managed by veteran WOT community members who monitor the activity.
We'd be happy if you reached out to us through support.mywot.com so we can help you with your case and resolve this.
Great site. I use it in conjunction with Trustpilot.
Great site. I use it in conjunction with Trustpilot.
I believe there should be multiple trustworthy sources of information about websites and services. Web of Trust and Trustpilot are pretty much the top 2.
27 February 2020
Unprompted review
Reply from Web of Trust
Hey HotDog,
We appreciate your feedback and we are proud to be trusted by you in important matters such as online security.
fake rating
bad rating for commercial site for who-knows reason, "nice support"
2 December 2019
Unprompted review
Reply from Web of Trust
Hey Ivan,
Gordon from WOT here - thanks for reaching out.
We are sorry about your experience with WOT and we recall your case.
We'd be happy if you contacted us through support.mywot.com so we can resolve this together.
Review cartel extorting money to remove…
Review cartel extorting money to remove negative reviews even when false.
18 November 2019
Unprompted review
Reply from Web of Trust
Hey Hamza,
Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
WOT is a community-based platform where users can share their experience and opinion on websites.
Under any circumstances, we do not charge for editing or removing reviews.
If you encountered anything of this sort, please share with us at support.mywot.com and we will look into it immediately.
We hope to see engaging with our community in the future!
Gordon from myWOT.
Might not be as fancy as Trustpilot
Might not be as fancy as Trustpilot, but the reviews seems a lot more genuie and not as Trustpilot, plagued by fake reviews
14 November 2019
Unprompted review
Reply from Web of Trust
Hey Thorfinn,
Thanks for your feedback.
We constantly strive to improve our services and UI.
We are happy you are enjoying WOT and we encourage you to take an active part in our community.
Gordon from myWOT.
Good in theory but open to flaws
I have a free site with Wix that advertises my services. I have no dodgy links or offer anything that scams customers yet I have a bad rep on my site. How is this possible? Seems to me that this system is highly flawed
30 September 2019
Unprompted review
Reply from Web of Trust
Hey Taylor,
Gordon from WOT here, happy to provide an answer to this issue.
In case you are using a sub-domain that in the past was used for fraud and phishing (such as wixsites.com) - our community has rated all these sub-domains as not trusted.
This is due to the fact that these sub-domains can often "switch-hands" for malicious reasons.
Our algorithm can separate between sub-domains only after getting a couple of good/bad reviews.
We recommend you ask the community to re-evaluate your domain by submitting a request on our forum via "Site Evaluations" https://forum.mywot.com/site-evaluations-f4/
Lack of transparency
WOT does have an interesting concept, similar to TrustPilot actually, but the review ranking system seems to be largely dependent on external items instead of the user reviews and the filter is extremely strict.
And I don’t like how they jump to the conclusion “Safe” based on the rating system. I think WOT needs more transparency into the system. Otherwise, it’s okay.
12 September 2019
Unprompted review
Reply from Web of Trust
Hey Jonah,
Gordon from WOT here.
The WOT algorithm considers a variety of parameters and values when calculating a final website score. One such parameter is the “weight” of each comment, which is calculated based on user trustworthiness.
In case you encounter reviews which you believe are biased, please contact us through support.mywot.com and will be happy to review them.
I love the idea of WOT, BUT ..
I love the idea of WOT, which is (or so I thought) to protect you from opening up websites that have malware or are otherwise harmful. But that is not the case. For one thing, most of the spiritual or metaphysical websites that I enjoy have bad ratings. Ditto for anything left-leaning. That is because if someone doesn't agree with your tenets or politics they can and will give it a bad rating. When I come across unfair WOT ratings and want to offer my own two cents, or even if I want to give a good rating, or leave feedback, I cannot leave a comment, even though I am a subscriber of WOT! I finally got a response from WOT, and the response is "WOT does not support the Safari browser anymore". Oh, great. Well, Safari is what I use, so goodbye Web of Trust!
9 September 2019
Unprompted review
Reply from Web of Trust
Hey Kat,
Gordon from myWOT here, happy to answer your concerns.
In order to be transparent and enable our users to form an independent, unbiased opinion, websites that are of a political nature (on any side of the political map) are tagged on our Scorecard as “Opinions, religion, politics”.
Since WOT is a platform powered by crowdsourcing, we enable various opinions and ratings and everyone’s opinion counts and is taken into consideration.
WOT does not interfere in the discourse and does not add, edit or remove comments unless they violate our community guidelines.
We encourage you to engage in the discourse and share your comments and reviews with the community.
Awful service with paid reviews!!!
There is no logic in their ratings!!!
26 June 2019
Unprompted review
Reply from Web of Trust
Hey Radu,
Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
WOT is a community-based platform where users can share their experience and opinion on websites.
Under any circumstances, we do not charge to post, edit or remove reviews.
If you encountered anything of this sort, please share with us at support.mywot.com and we will look into it immediately.
We hope to see engaging with our community!
Gordon from myWOT.
Flagged my site will be having company…
Flagged my site. Will be having company served with a cease and desist and libel before the weekend.
23 May 2019
Unprompted review
Reply from Web of Trust
Hey Kathryn,
Gordon from WOT here.
Please contact us at support.mywot.com so we can review your case and resolve it together.
Biggest bull*** ever.
I am honest with my website reviews so I have been blocked by Web of Trust.
Do NOT trust their website's reviews.
23 April 2019
Unprompted review
Reply from Web of Trust
Hey Gracjan,
Gordon from WOT here.
Please contact us at support.mywot.com so we can review your case and resolve it together.
Feel protect to use WOT!
14 April 2019
Unprompted review
Reply from Web of Trust
Hey Sahar,
We appreciate your feedback and we are proud to be trusted by you in important matters such as online security.
MyWOT is the toilet of review sites!
MyWOT is the toilet of review sites!
This is where the people who can't be bothered to follow directions go to complain about the fact, there were directions (how dare a website provide directions and expect you to follow them).
Then, when you attempt to correct the misinformation MyWOT wants to extort money from you.
6 March 2019
Unprompted review
Reply from Web of Trust
Hey Allen,
We are sorry you feel this way.
Our service is a community-based platform where users can share their experience and opinion on websites.
Under any circumstances, there are no charges to post, edit or remove reviews.
If you encountered anything of this sort, please share with us at support.mywot.com and we will look into it immediately.
We hope to see engaging with our community!
Gordon from Support Team.
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