Difference between revisions of "Rating subdomains"
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As explained on WOT's main Support page section: [http://www.mywot.com/en/support/faq#rating Rating Websites] | As explained on WOT's main Support page section: [http://www.mywot.com/en/support/faq#rating Rating Websites] | ||
;How does the system rate subdomains? | ;How does the system rate subdomains? | ||
| − | :Subdomains are often used with free hosting and social networking sites, for example. The WOT community can rate subdomains in exactly the same way as the members rate other domains. If WOT doesn’t have enough ratings for a specific subdomain, the subdomain inherits the parent domain's reputation. Once the system considers there to be enough supporting evidence to calculate a separate reputation for the subdomain, WOT will start to use it. | + | :[http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdomain Subdomains] are often used with free hosting and social networking sites, for example. The WOT community can rate subdomains in exactly the same way as the members rate other domains. If WOT doesn’t have enough ratings for a specific subdomain, the subdomain inherits the parent domain's reputation. Once the system considers there to be enough supporting evidence to calculate a separate reputation for the subdomain, WOT will start to use it. |
:Similarly, the reputation of each subdomain contributes to the parent domain's reputation. If a domain has lots of untrustworthy subdomains, its reputation will suffer, and, therefore, the reputation of any new subdomains will suffer as well. We designed this logic within the WOT system to model the way trust works in real life. | :Similarly, the reputation of each subdomain contributes to the parent domain's reputation. If a domain has lots of untrustworthy subdomains, its reputation will suffer, and, therefore, the reputation of any new subdomains will suffer as well. We designed this logic within the WOT system to model the way trust works in real life. | ||
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: - Sami ''27 May 2009'' | : - Sami ''27 May 2009'' | ||
: forum discussion: [http://www.mywot.com/forum/3513-subdomain-question-www subdomain question - "www."] | : forum discussion: [http://www.mywot.com/forum/3513-subdomain-question-www subdomain question - "www."] | ||
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| + | ; Multi-level subdomains | ||
| + | : When a subdomain inherits the parent domain's reputation, the confidence level decreases to half on each hierarchy level. Depending on how reliable the parent domain's reputation is, at some point the confidence for the inherited reputation falls below the minimum threshold and the subdomain is shown as unrated. Here's an example, look at the confidence indicators: | ||
| + | <pre style="overflow:auto;">http://www.google.com | ||
| + | http://www.1l.google.com | ||
| + | http://www.2.1l.google.com | ||
| + | http://www.3.2.1l.google.com | ||
| + | http://www.4.3.2.1l.google.com | ||
| + | http://www.5.4.3.2.1l.google.com | ||
| + | http://www.6.5.4.3.2.1l.google.com</pre> | ||
| + | : So, currently the 6th level subdomains of google.com have no reputation in any rating component. If one of the parents lower in the hierarchy later receives ratings and gets a reputation of its own, the higher level subdomains will inherit its reputation instead. | ||
| + | : — [http://www.mywot.com/forum/26218-sub-domains-reputation?comment=158716#comment-158716 Sami] | ||
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For more reference, please read these blog posts: | For more reference, please read these blog posts: | ||
Revision as of 22:54, 24 August 2012
As explained on WOT's main Support page section: Rating Websites
- How does the system rate subdomains?
- Subdomains are often used with free hosting and social networking sites, for example. The WOT community can rate subdomains in exactly the same way as the members rate other domains. If WOT doesn’t have enough ratings for a specific subdomain, the subdomain inherits the parent domain's reputation. Once the system considers there to be enough supporting evidence to calculate a separate reputation for the subdomain, WOT will start to use it.
- Similarly, the reputation of each subdomain contributes to the parent domain's reputation. If a domain has lots of untrustworthy subdomains, its reputation will suffer, and, therefore, the reputation of any new subdomains will suffer as well. We designed this logic within the WOT system to model the way trust works in real life.
- The www subdomain
- ... the owner of the domain also controls the www subdomain. Since the www subdomain is commonly used as an alias for the main website hosted on the domain, we believe they should also share the reputation.
- - Sami 27 May 2009
- forum discussion: subdomain question - "www."
- Multi-level subdomains
- When a subdomain inherits the parent domain's reputation, the confidence level decreases to half on each hierarchy level. Depending on how reliable the parent domain's reputation is, at some point the confidence for the inherited reputation falls below the minimum threshold and the subdomain is shown as unrated. Here's an example, look at the confidence indicators:
http://www.google.com http://www.1l.google.com http://www.2.1l.google.com http://www.3.2.1l.google.com http://www.4.3.2.1l.google.com http://www.5.4.3.2.1l.google.com http://www.6.5.4.3.2.1l.google.com
- So, currently the 6th level subdomains of google.com have no reputation in any rating component. If one of the parents lower in the hierarchy later receives ratings and gets a reputation of its own, the higher level subdomains will inherit its reputation instead.
- — Sami
For more reference, please read these blog posts:
- The Neighbourhood
- How many sites do we know?
- discusses how reputations traverse the domain hierarchy
see also: Shared domains
