Certification of paid websites

@Ramsakha (205)
India
September 23, 2007 12:57am CST
There is mushroom growth in number of paid websites on internet. These sites are promising many things to customers. But hardly they honour their promises. They keep a wall of secrecy between them and their customers. This secrecy goes to such absurd limits that customer even do not know who are the owners of these sites and to whom they should approach in case of a problem. Presently there is no body which can supervise the work of these sites. These sites are under no control. Some people, no doubt, are maintaining a list of scam sites, but that is only for information. Such list are growing with more and more sites are proving scam sites. A third party certification should be introduced for these sites, under which these paid site can be certified as a trustworthy site. This certification will assure the customers that the site is reliable, noble, honest, trustworthy and is of value to the internet community. The Institute of Quality Assurance (UK) has launched its "Global Website Quality Certification" process called W-Mark. The W-Mark certification will mean that the organization has an approved website committed to excellence and is standards compliant. The website will be rigorously audited under a number of criteria, Consistency, Appearance, Accessibility, Privacy, Navigation, and Service Commitment. Internet community should put direct and in-direct pressure on website owners to go fot W-Mark. Do you agree friends?
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@oscar6 (1938)
• United States
23 Sep 07
this sounds like a wonderful idea. However I have found some legitimate sites that do pay their customers. will this hurt them? surveyspot.com is a great one.
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@Ramsakha (205)
• India
23 Sep 07
Thanks for your response. Reliable and honest sites will not be hurt by this certification. Rather they will be benefited by this certification.
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@oscar6 (1938)
• United States
23 Sep 07
Then I think they should do it. Ive known several people that got scammed out of money. I will never pay for something that you can find free.
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@Ramsakha (205)
• India
24 Sep 07
I am searching for more information on this issue. I am even thinking of writing to IQA if they have any programme to approach paid website for certification.
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@kishusia (1066)
• India
25 Sep 07
It is a very good idea. Today we become member of paid sites but do not know anything about who are the people running it and whether the site is reliable, honest and sincere. We spend so much time and other resources on these sites. If they do any hanky panky then we have no body to approach to. Once these sites are certified by an independent agency, we will know about their owners and can approach them. In case they do not remove our grievance we can approach the agency which certified them.