SiteAdvisor -- Testing the Web
I just read about SiteAdvisor.com at Joho the Blog, and I'll be very interested in checking it out when it launches. From what I've read so far, both at Joho and at SiteAdvisor's blog, it looks like this service could be cool for all web surfers, but especially cool for anybody involved in 'Get Paid' programs.
In a nutshell, SiteAdvisor has a bunch of spiders crawling the web, downloading software, signing up for things, etc. Then they run the software on 'virtual' computers to see if it does anything nasty -- viruses, spyware, adware, behavioral targeting code, or whatever. They also create new email addresses for everything so they can track what kind of SPAM they get, etc. Then they rate each site with red, yellow, or green alerts and make that info available to anybody that's interested.
You can read more about it at Joho the Blog -- SiteAdvisor - Flagging the Danger Zones.
The site should launch some time in early 2006, and I'm going to sign up as soon as it's live! Edited to add: Sweet! They're accepting "preview version testers", so I just signed up! Oh, oh! Pick me! Pick me!
Mucho coolio.
In a nutshell, SiteAdvisor has a bunch of spiders crawling the web, downloading software, signing up for things, etc. Then they run the software on 'virtual' computers to see if it does anything nasty -- viruses, spyware, adware, behavioral targeting code, or whatever. They also create new email addresses for everything so they can track what kind of SPAM they get, etc. Then they rate each site with red, yellow, or green alerts and make that info available to anybody that's interested.
You can read more about it at Joho the Blog -- SiteAdvisor - Flagging the Danger Zones.
The site should launch some time in early 2006, and I'm going to sign up as soon as it's live! Edited to add: Sweet! They're accepting "preview version testers", so I just signed up! Oh, oh! Pick me! Pick me!
Mucho coolio.
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