Mapping the Mal Web Report Forces Change
Posted by Shane Keats on July 26, 2007 11:24 AM
Back in March, we published Mapping the Mal Web an in-depth look at country-level domains. Tokelau (.tk) was the riskiest overall, with 10.1% of all tested domains rated red or yellow. Turns out that the people in a position to do something about that score took notice.
Dot TK, the private company that administers the domain on behalf of Tokelau (a territory of New Zealand), says it will install a system to filter malicious content. According to the CEO of Dot TK, the McAfee report spurred the new process: “We saw a decline of approximately 10% of new registrations in the countries where this report hit the press.”
According to press reports, Tokelau earns a double digit percentage of its GDP from revenue generated by the .tk domain.
Comments
This is, simply put, a great message to the SiteAdvisor users and users-to-be alike.
Not only does this reaffirm our faith in the plugin, it gives the reviewing community a reason to continue contributing.
I personally disapprove of some "attacks" on SiteAdvisor. Store owners are beginning to revolt in their own way, attempting to lower your Alexa rating. I think that the addition of shopping experience to SiteAdvisor allows for the community to share opinions.
This plugin is effective and worth every bit of time and effort it takes to download, install, and review.
Keep these sorts of posts coming and you won't be dissatisfied with user participation. :)
Posted by: Ryan Hickman | August 9, 2007 09:25 PM
100% agreement with the SiteAdvisor plug-in's usefulness to users and good to hear the badguys have to notice.
And echo the comment by ryan_hickman in August above, as well.
Excellent form, people.
Posted by: user_maetel | October 17, 2007 05:30 PM