Marketing: Can You Trust That Site ?

Can You Trust That Site ?

Written by Larry Johnson

Knowing which sites are trustworthy is very important to anyone who works online. After a while you begin to develop some touchstones to apply when deciding whether a site is legitimate and worthy of your trust.

I have had very few problems with purchases made online, but it can happen to you and me both.

Here are five things to look for in a site:

1) VIRTUAL DOMAIN NAME-- Does repparttar site have a virtual Domain name like this ?

http://www.goodbusiness.com

Or is it based at a free host address like this?

http://www.angelhair.com/9985409/?cgi/interpol/geodcities.com/xppd.gsr/

Well, I don't know where your thinking is, but I am definitely going with repparttar 121180 identifiable virtual address here as an indicator that they are legitimate.

They at least thought enough about their business to invest a few dollars in a name.

2) TESTIMONIALS-- Are there any good testimonials of others who have done business with them ? Can they be contacted ?

If there are, chances are you are on repparttar 121181 right track to having a good experience with them yourself.

Beware, however, of made up testimonials that cannot be verified.

3) HOW LONG ONLINE-- How long has repparttar 121182 site been online ? This may take a little researching on your part, but it may well be worth it to know how long this business has been making it's offer for products, software and/or services.

An easy way to verify how long repparttar 121183 domain name has been registered is simply to a search at:

http://www.allwhois.com/

You will find lots of information including who owns repparttar 121184 domain name, their address, who hosts repparttar 121185 domain name, and when it was registered.

Are They Wearing White Hats ?

Written by Larry Johnson

Time was when you could tell repparttar

good guys from repparttar 121179

bad just by taking note of repparttar 121180

color of

hat that they wore. A white one always meant that they were good and could be trusted to do repparttar 121182

right, and honorable thing.

Those who were in black hats were repparttar 121183 bad guys and were to be avoided like repparttar 121184 plague. They could not be trusted. They were always repparttar 121185 ones who did repparttar 121186 bad things.

You can't really tell repparttar 121187 good guys from repparttar 121188 bad online today by just viewing a website or reading an email.

If you do business with them, you are unlikely to know that there is a problem until it is too late.

Fortunately, I have had very few negative experiences online which kind of reinforces my personal philosophy that most people online or off are going to do repparttar 121189 right thing and can be trusted.

Still, we all need to keep our guard up when surfing around repparttar 121190 internet.

How can you identify repparttar 121191 good guys and bad guys these days ? Well here are a few suggestions that may help you avoid some problems.

1) Have you done business with them before ?

2) Do they have a virtual domain name or a freebie ?

3) How long have they been online ?

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