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    • Larry Sabo on Mon 24 Aug 2009
    • 02:26:40 AM UTC

    Office Live hosted site has unknown rating?

    Greetings. I recently set up my site (http://sabocomputerrepairs.com) on Microsoft's Office Live free hosting but see that the rating for my site is unknown. How do I get a higher rating?

    Larry

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    • g7w on Mon 24 Aug 2009
    • 02:50:22 AM UTC

    Hi Larry

    welcome to Web of Trust Forum

    Site is simple and clean but missing one small thing... a simple Privacy Policy; after all you do request email contact as well as offer Newsletter subscriptions. May I suggest The Direct Marketing Association - they have good hints and tips, and a generator as well.

    The only other thing I would be concerned with is what form of software you would install on my computer to get rid of Adware, Virus/Trojans, other Malware and whether or not you would use some form of registry cleaner for optimization. These are all very hot topics within the WOT Community.

    After a little tweaking... I'd offer a "Good Site" rating.
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    Against Intuition - gives us safety through Web of Trust.
    WOT Community - gives us security through unity.
    Thank you all
    - G7W
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    • Larry Sabo on Tue 25 Aug 2009
    • 06:33:46 PM UTC

    Hi G7W. Thanks for the

    Hi G7W. Thanks for the welcome, and the suggestions. Never thought of a Privacy Policy, but that's good advice.

    As to what software I would install during my troubleshooting, it could be a variety of tools, all freeware and publicly available. That's pretty standard in the computer repair business. I do state in the "About Us" page: "We don't install copies of commercial software that you don't own, because it's illegal, immoral and puts you at risk."

    I also use CCleaner to clean the registry, and sometimes Regopt that's part of the ERUNT package. I generally avoid cleaning the registry unless it is deemed appropriate, and always make a back-up before doing so. I like ERUNT and usually set autobackup to keep a registry backup of the last 10-14 days start-ups. I think I'll work on adding a Links page for software that I use. That would be great added value.

    Thanks, too, for your prospective "Good Site" rating! :-) How does one normally improve one's WOT rating? Does it take proactive inquiries like this, or asking happy customers and site visitors to rate the site?

    Larry

    Edit: I've added a privacy policy to our site. How's it look? Thanks for your reference to the DMA privacy policy generator; it was very helpful.
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      • Sami on Tue 25 Aug 2009
      • 04:31:05 PM UTC

      Re: Improving ratings

      Does it take proactive inquiries like this, or asking happy customers and site visitors to rate the site?

      Both are good ways to improve your site's reputation. Of course, you'll get different type of reviews from people who have actually been your customers.
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        • Larry Sabo on Tue 25 Aug 2009
        • 06:47:35 PM UTC

        Hi Sami. Yes, soliciting

        Hi Sami. Yes, soliciting raving reviews from happy customers is one approach, and I'm sure some site owners do that. I'd rather not. If site visitors know how to do it, I'm content to live with that, however, I'd like to make it easy to do. Most of my customers are computer novices. Is there a link people include saying "Rate us" and linking to WOT?
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          • Sami on Tue 25 Aug 2009
          • 06:51:35 PM UTC

          Re: Rate us

          Is there a link people include saying "Rate us" and linking to WOT?

          Not right now, but we actually have something like this planned for the near future.
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      • g7w on Tue 25 Aug 2009
      • 09:34:01 PM UTC

      re: Hi G7W

      Nice to know you stick with freeware / opensource / etc.
      Paid programs aren't bad it's just certain vendors have some shady business dealings and their products are considered rogue with many WOT Members.

      Glad to see you added a Privacy Policy to your site. It looks fine to me and you never know you may expand one day and offer services purchasable via a site store... such as service agreements, or remote assistance. With having a Privacy Policy already in place, all you'd need to do is tweak it for the added service(s).

      As far as encouraging others such as customers to rte your site...
      One simple method would be to install the plugin for their browser as part of the security package ou recommend, and also place a WOT Badge on your website so people can see how others rated you.

      For myself, I gave you a good rating, hope your business imroves with having a clean site.

      Offtopic
      For those interested in electronics, this is a fantastic source of information:
      Lessons In Electric Circuits

      peace,
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      Against Intuition - gives us safety through Web of Trust.
      WOT Community - gives us security through unity.
      Thank you all
      - G7W
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    • Larry Sabo on Wed 26 Aug 2009
    • 12:09:11 PM UTC

    As far as encouraging others

    As far as encouraging others such as customers to rte your site... One simple method would be to install the plugin for their browser as part of the security package or recommend, and also place a WOT Badge on your website so people can see how others rated you.

    Good idea re adding WOT to their browser. Unsure about putting my WOT rating on my page just yet, given that it implies I'm an unknown quantity. :-) Hey, just checked and now it's green! Thanks kindly for your "Good site" rating and comment, G7W. Is there a link to a WOT button html I can add to the site?

    Larry
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      • g7w on Thu 27 Aug 2009
      • 12:51:15 AM UTC

      WOT Badge

      http://www.mywot.com/en/friends
      Look on the right-side bar, scroll down there are static and dynamic "buttons" with copy/paste code.
      :-)
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      Against Intuition - gives us safety through Web of Trust.
      WOT Community - gives us security through unity.
      Thank you all
      - G7W
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        • Larry Sabo on Mon 31 Aug 2009
        • 02:34:37 AM UTC

        Thanks G7W. I inserted the

        Thanks G7W. I inserted the code for the 80x30px badge second from the bottom of the page you provided the link to, but the "Friend of WOT" 80x30px graphic (2nd from top) appears in the design/edit view of the page (using Microsoft's OfficeLive design utility). When I save then view the page, no buttons show up, using FF or IE.

        I've had problems with incorporating javascript into my page before, when I tried to add a "Tell a Friend" and "Add to Favorites" buttons. In those cases, the page wouldn't even load in IE, but did on FF but with no buttons. I will have to browse the OfficeLive forums for guidance and try again. Thanks for your help, nevertheless.

        Cheers, Larry

        Edit: Here's the answer, from the OfficeLive Forum: "Javascript is supported provided that it does not use PHP, SQL, or server-side processing. So, first be certain that your browser is configured to run javascript." All the WOT buttons use php, which explains why nothing shows up in the browser when viewing the page with the javascript in it. I think all the dynamic buttons require server-side processing (e.g., src="http://api.mywot.com/widgets/badge.js">), so won't update to show my status. Hmmm, have to give this more thought.
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          • g7w on Mon 31 Aug 2009
          • 03:26:28 AM UTC

          static badge, 2nd from top

          Your site uses ASPX on a Microsof server, WOT uses PHP on a Linux server
          JavaScript is not system dependent. WOT's server will process it's PHP into HTML and send it to your browser just fine.

          You page is built with a table containing various elements withiin DIV containers.
          In your source look for: table class="MS_WH_ZoneRow"
          The TR has two TD section, the bottom one being: td valign="top" style="width: 98%;"
          Insert this new DIV (code in green text) below (not inside) the DIV container labeled as:
          div class="MS_WH_ZoneContent" name="RadioNoFill:RadioNoBorder|#e9e8d5:100:"


          <div id="wot_badge">
          <a href="http://www.mywot.com/"><img alt="Free Internet Security - WOT Web of Trust" style="border: 0pt none ; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://api.mywot.com/widgets/images/badge80x30.png"/></a>
          </div>

          It seems to work fine in FF interactively with FireBug

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          Against Intuition - gives us safety through Web of Trust.
          WOT Community - gives us security through unity.
          Thank you all
          - G7W
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    • Larry Sabo on Mon 31 Aug 2009
    • 08:04:11 PM UTC

    Sorry, G7W, but I don't

    Sorry, G7W, but I don't believe I can insert html code just anywhere I select, unless I replace the whole page with my own html. I'm obviously a neophyte when it comes to web page construction, although I have built a couple of simple pages for my own amusement. I will read up on just how to replace the entire page with my own page, which I'll construct with Kompozer. There are other changes I would like to incorporate but can't with the OfficeLive web design tool, so there is some motivation to do so.

    When I'm ready to take the plunge, I'll consult your post above and incorporate the code proposed. There are risks with replacing the page with my own, e.g., I thought I read that restoring the page as constructed using the OfficeLive tools can be problematic, but I'm not sure.

    Anyway, thanks very much for your helpfulness!

    Larry
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      • BobJam (not verified) on Tue 01 Sep 2009
      • 09:58:51 AM UTC

      Take a look at Joomla!

      If you are going to rebuild your entire website, might I suggest that you take a look at Joomla!.