I
don’t know about you, but I really like taking the new avast! 6.0
features – WebRep, for example — for a test drive. With the beta 6.0
installed, I opened Google.com and quickly typed in "Longhotlegs” to see
what would pop up. I even forgot to add the spaces. In my top five
results, there was a stocking e-shop for women (no rating), strip bar in
the UK (no rating), the TMZ celebrity blog (green rating), and – my
favorite – a Wikipedia entry for Pholciadae.
This spider family includes the creature commonly known as "daddy long-legs”.
From the WebRep perspective, Google.com has a "good rating with many
votes” while en.wikipedia.org has a "good rating with few voters”.
Before I left Google, I voted on each of the top five. Which brings
meto the participatory part of WebRep. At first glance, there was very
little difference between the results served up by Google for each of
the five sites. But, they provided very, very different content. This
feature gives millions of avast! users a place to make their opinions
and experiences count. The more people use it, the better it will be. It
might even make buying a pair of stockings for your significant other
easier. Avast blog
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