09 Mar 2008 12:54:08 | Larry Johnson
Time was when you could tell the good guys from the bad just by
taking note of the color of the hat that they wore. A white one
always meant that they were good and could be trusted to do the
right, and honorable thing.
Those who were in black hats were the bad guys and were to be
avoided like the plague. They could not be trusted. They were
always the ones who did the bad things.
You can't really tell the good guys from the 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 the right thing and can be trusted.
Still, we all need to keep our guard up when surfing around the
internet.
How can you identify the 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 ?
A quick check at: http://www.netsol.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois Can
provide you with lots of information the holder of the domain
name including how long it has been registered.
4) Do they provide good, complete contact information?
A phone number email address is a minimum here.
This is certainly not a complete list of things to check out
about a business site online, but it will give you a good
starting place.
Hopefully, it will save you some problems when trying to
determine which ones are wearing the white hats?
Larry Johnson, author
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About Author :
Larry Johnson is a webmaster of several sites as well as
publisher of the Biz Site Biz Ezine. He has been nationally
published in such magazines as Home Business Magazine. With a
background in advertising including radio and TV he began work
on the internet more than 8 years ago.
