{"id":65239,"date":"2016-09-26T10:36:41","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T07:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywot.com\/en\/blog\/?p=65239"},"modified":"2025-01-07T12:07:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T10:07:29","slug":"10-years-of-wot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywot.com\/blog\/10-years-of-wot","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 10 Great Years of WOT and Our Wonderful Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mywot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/wot_birthday_cake_v_3_800x475px.png\" alt=\"MyWOT 10 year anniversary\" width=\"800\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mywot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/wot_birthday_cake_v_3_800x475px.png 800w, https:\/\/www.mywot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/wot_birthday_cake_v_3_800x475px-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mywot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/wot_birthday_cake_v_3_800x475px-768x456.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n10 years ago today, MyWOT was born with one main purpose &#8211; to make the web safe for all users. Today we can say that MyWOT managed to fulfill this purpose for the hundreds of millions of users that installed and relied on MyWOT for their safe browsing over the past decade. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MyWOT was first launched on September 26, 2006. About 3 years after, we had 10 million installs and 1 million registered users. By November 2013, 100 million users installed MyWOT, and since then, it\u2019s downloads surpassed 140,000,000 users, with tens of millions of registered users from around the world, helping make the web a safer place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When this journey first started, it was hard to imagine where MyWOT would end up. 10 years on and we have an active and engaged community that helps us create a safer web environment. It\u2019s thanks to this amazing community that MyWOT is where it is today, able to provide a safety net to so many of MyWOT\u2019s users around the globe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since MyWOT is largely powered by its users and community, we couldn\u2019t imagine celebrating our 10th anniversary without putting them in the spotlight. So we went ahead and interviewed several of our most dedicated and active members. We received so many amazing responses and chose 10 to share with you here!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Kraftwerk<\/b><b>, a member since 2009<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: How did you first come across MyWOT?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I received the wrong item from an online merchant where I\u2019ve made a purchase.<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The merchant didn&#8217;t care and I couldn&#8217;t do much. I decided to share my experience so that at least I could prevent other from becoming a victim. That\u2019s how I found Web of Trust.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: How often do you rate sites?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A: <\/b><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It differs from day to day, depending on how much time I have and how long it takes me to investigate a site. Very often, scammers aren&#8217;t easy to spot, so it takes time to expose them.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: What&#8217;s your motivation for rating and reviewing sites?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I consider it extremely unfair to scam, rob or hurt innocent people in any way. Mywot gives me the chance to help a bit to prevent this.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: If you could add one feature to MyWOT, what would it be?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b> <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I know there&#8217;s much to improve, but at the moment i am pretty happy with Mywot the way it is. If all runs well, I am fine \ud83d\ude42 Although protection against manipulation, for example, has always to be improved. Since scammers always try to trick. But as I said, I can&#8217;t name any major problem.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: What would you write in MyWOT&#8217;s birthday card?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dear Mywot, I can remember when we first met. You were so young and small. But you have grown so much and changed a lot. You are still a great and useful tool for so many people and I am happy that you exist. I\u2019m grateful for those who created and manage you. I wish you a long life and please grow much more. Stay useful, fair and uncorrupted as you are.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>ScamKiller73<\/b><b>, a user since 2010 and an active member since 2014<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: How did you first come across MyWOT?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initially I read about WOT on the Internet, but later on some friends of mine recommended it for me.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: How often do you rate sites?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\">A:<\/span> <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rather often and as much as possible.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: What&#8217;s your motivation for rating and reviewing sites?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I want to <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">help to people avoid scams and give them enough warning so that they can stay protected when using the Internet.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: If you could add one feature to MyWOT, what would it be?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Continue creating tools for<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">web protection for protection against the downloading of malicious software and viruses.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: What would you write in MyWOT&#8217;s birthday card?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I wish WOT further development, hope to see many more new features.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>DestinationTruth<\/b><b>, active member since 2009<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: How did you first come across MyWOT?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through the Firefox add on store<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: How often do you rate sites?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A: <\/b><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not often any more. Though had been Platinum three times!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: What&#8217;s your motivation for rating and reviewing sites?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;I like having a significant role in improving the safety of the internet.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: If you could add one feature to MyWOT, what would it be?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b> <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;A private section for invited members to discuss sites before rating, out of public eye.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: What would you write in MyWOT&#8217;s birthday card?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congratulations! I hope the next ten are even more productive.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Matiks, active member since 2009<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: How did you first come across MyWOT?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b> <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;m a website owner and I discovered MyWOT when seeing rating for my site.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: How often do you rate sites?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A: <\/b><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every day.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: What&#8217;s your motivation for rating and reviewing sites?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> I like the fact that I help make the web a safer place.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: If you could add one feature to MyWOT, what would it be?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;d love an option to export site ratings&nbsp;to XML&nbsp;or CSV.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: What would you write in MyWOT&#8217;s birthday card?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> MyWOT has been&nbsp;brings together people&nbsp;with different skills and from different places in the world for 10 years now, with only one common goal to connect them: Make the web a safer place. Thanks and Happy birthday MyWOT!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>MarkGles, active member since 2011<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: How did you first come across MyWOT?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> It was suggested to me as an improvement on McAfee Site Advisor.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: How often do you rate sites?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A: <\/b><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6 Days a week..<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: What&#8217;s your motivation for rating and reviewing sites?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b> <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I feel it\u2019s an important job to help provide warnings against scams, frauds, fakes and generally dangerous sites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: If you could add one feature to MyWOT, what would it be?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019d like to see more mass rating tools so I can increase my rating rate.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: What would you write in MyWOT&#8217;s birthday card?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b> <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks for all the phish! \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Super Hero<\/b><b>, active member since 2009<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: How did you first come across MyWOT?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Mozilla, I tried two other tools before, but I did not find them to be honest on their ratings<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: How often do you rate sites?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\">A:<\/span> <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Up until recently it was <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">daily, with about 20 sites a day in average. It\u2019s been slower lately due to personal issues, but I hope to get back on track in a few months.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: What&#8217;s your motivation for rating and reviewing sites?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I once fell for a phish spam asking me to give information about my eBay\/PayPal account, thank God I was able to contact my bank that started an investigation. They found it was a couple of Australian students that ended up being expelled. Since I got lucky, I felt that I want to help make sure no one else will have to go through what I have. I found that WOT was the best tool for that. It protects me and at the same time allows me to warn others about risky sites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think owners of commercial sites are beginning to wake up and realize that by receiving a high trust score by the MyWOT community, they can reach more customers. It\u2019s a win win situation.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: If you could add one feature to MyWOT, what would it be?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think WOT should work closer with site owners and offer tips for how to get a higher trust score from the community. This can be an amazing income source for WOT. I smile as I remember that at the age of ten I was already &#8220;working&#8221; with my father but not earning any money. By the age of twelve I started getting paid too \ud83d\ude42 It\u2019s time for WOT to get the opportunity to earn a living and I\u2019d like to see any feature that supports this since I want to see WOT continue to exist in the coming years.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: What would you write in MyWOT&#8217;s birthday card?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b> <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Happy ten, WOT! We are the best, but we have just begun.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>HL189AT<\/b><b>, active member since 2010<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: How did you first come across MyWOT?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b> <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After experiencing several spam attacks, it pushed me to look for solutions. That\u2019s how I came across MyWOT.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: How often do you rate sites?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A: <\/b><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the spam attacks I\u2019ve encountered between 2011 and 2014, I think I rated over 1000 sites a month, a hellish but important work. These days I rarely score more than 50 sites a month.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: What&#8217;s your motivation for rating and reviewing sites?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;I hate spam and bad user experience, like forced ads. On the other hand, I believe good sites should be rewarded. MyWOT is a great tool to warn about the bad and reward the good.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: If you could add one feature to MyWOT, what would it be?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An adblocker under the MyWOT brand would be great.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: What would you write in MyWOT&#8217;s birthday card?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b> <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Happy birthday MyWOT. I wish you a long life \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Drsumit<\/b><b>, active member since 2013<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: How did you first come across MyWOT?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I discovered WOT accidentally after searching world of tanks \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: How often do you rate sites?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A: <\/b><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I rate sites everyday though I don\u2019t necessarily comment on each one.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: What&#8217;s your motivation for rating and reviewing sites?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;I like the fact that I take an active part in making the web safer for everyone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: If you could add one feature to MyWOT, what would it be?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b> <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019d love to know when a site\u2019s ownership changed because I believe that a new owner means the site needs to be reevaluated.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: What would you write in MyWOT&#8217;s birthday card?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HAPPY BIRTHDAY WOT! You\u2019ve been serving the Net community for 10 long years now. You have grown by leaps and bounds &#8211; keep growing as the world needs you. My best wishes for a year filled with security, safety and no scams.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>A440<\/b><b>, active member since 2010<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: How did you first come across MyWOT?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I bumped into by accident.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: How often do you rate sites?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A: <\/b><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I rate several times a week.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: What&#8217;s your motivation for rating and reviewing sites?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b> <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;I see it as me simply adding to a collective effort of tagging bad sites and offenders, as well as report on sites that are actually safe and useful.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: If you could add one feature to MyWOT, what would it be?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It would be interesting to see features related to Google search manipulation, since I see this as a form of scams.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: What would you write in MyWOT&#8217;s birthday card?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Happy birthday MyWOT!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>MysteryFCM<\/b><b>, active member since 2013<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: How did you first come across MyWOT?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I can\u2019t recall now&#8230;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: How often do you rate sites?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A: <\/b><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whenever I bump into very dangerous sites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: What&#8217;s your motivation for rating and reviewing sites?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Protecting web users is important to me.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: If you could add one feature to MyWOT, what would it be?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b><\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019d like to see MyWOT support Windows phones and multiple machines per account.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>Q: What would you write in MyWOT&#8217;s birthday card?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #71b74d;\"><b>A:<\/b> <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Happy birthday to one of the most underrated user protection tools!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019d like to thank the many community members that spent time answering our questions. We wish we could have published all of them here. Our second decade is beginning with a lot of love, support and appreciation and we hope to continue serve the web community with more powerful tools that will help protect their web browsing and assure an overall positive experience.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 years ago today, MyWOT was born with one main purpose &#8211; to make the web safe for all users. Today we can say that MyWOT managed to fulfill this purpose for the hundreds of millions of users that installed and relied on MyWOT for their safe browsing over the past decade. 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