Help Inspire Consumer Trust With a Secure Domain Name And Validation Seal
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With the continued reporting of scamming practices like “pharming” and “phishing”, more businesses are taking measures to increase consumer confidence for web visitors.
The best way for web users to protect themselves online is to verify the website’s security certificate before disclosing sensitive information on the web page.
The lock symbol shows that the Web site uses encryption to help protect sensitive personal information including credit card numbers, social security numbers, and payment details. The lock appears only on sites that use a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection that is typically used on sites where you enter sensitive information.
One way that businesses can help inspire confidence online is by placing a Certified Domain Validation Seal on their websites. Web visitors will be reassured and come back knowing that your site is legitimate. The Certified Domain authorization and validation process includes fraud screening and features:
(A Certified Domain is valid for domains registered at Domain Name Lady.) |
Pharming is a tactic used by dishonest webmasters to redirect web users from one web site to a fake identical site to trick web users into giving personal information on the fake website. What’s more harmful is that the fake or (spoofed) site is usually designed to look like the legitimate site.
In Internet Explorer, you can check this by looking for the yellow lock icon on the status bar of the browser. Mousing over the lock will typically show text noting that it’s SSL Secured. On Firefox and other browsers, a different lock icon may appear.
How Business Websites Can Reassure Web Users 
Domain Originator Validation Seal for your Web site
