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Geotrust
Verified Domain ®
Registered Member
Program - $49.00
(Yearly) |
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The Importance Of Online Trust |
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In today's increasingly
networked environment, everyone
wants to rely on the web for
information. But it's hard to
know which sites can be trusted
-- and which sites may be
fraudulent. |
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With the proliferation of
phishing scams and other online
fraud, consumers are in need of
better identity solutions. Trust
on the Internet has evolved from
simply needing to secure an
e-commerce transaction to "Can I
trust this site?" To gain and
maintain customer trust and
confidence, it is important that
websites be "verified" -- which
means that a trusted third-party
can prove that a web site is who
it says it is. |
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While digital certificates are
one answer to gaining customer
trust through the presence of
the "lock" icon, they are not
necessarily relevant to all
businesses. There are many
businesses and informational web
sites that don't need
encryption, but still need to
let visitors know that the
domain they are visiting is
legitimate and that the
information the web site
contains can be trusted. |
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Verified Domain™ Registered
Member Program: Building A
Community Of Online Trust |
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As a leading worldwide
Certificate Authority, GeoTrust
is the leader in developing
authentication processes that
result in faster, more
cost-effective and more reliable
provisioning of SSL
certificates, and now we've
applied that expertise to
verifying domains. |
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How Do I Become A Registered
Member? |
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To become a Registered Member
and display the Verified Domain
Site seal, Internet businesses
go through an online
verification process through
their web hosting company, where
information about the site and
its owners are collected and
verified. GeoTrust deploys
sophisticated anti-fraud
algorithms, based on its
extensive experience as a
leading provider of SSL
certificates for web security,
as part of this process. |
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In addition, businesses agree to
abide by the Registered
Member Pledge. |
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Features:
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Identify to visitors that your
domain is legitimate, authentic
and legally registered |
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Helps thwart phishing, pharming
and other internet fraud |
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Dynamically generated GeoCode™
deters deal spoofing attempts |
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Ideal web site verification
solution for: |
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Businesses using a shared SSL
certificate for e-commerce |
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Professional services such as
lawyers, real estate agents,
insurance agents, doctors and
consultants |
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Local and state government web
sites |
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Media outlets such as
newspapers, magazines, radio
stations and television stations
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Blog web sites |
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Any of the 50 million legitimate
informational web sites |
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Registered Member Pledge |
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As a GeoTrust Registered
Member web site, I
pledge to: |
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Provide truthful and
accurate advertising and
marketing information,
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Provide accurate
information about my
business and business
practices, including a
contact telephone number
to support consumers,
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Protect consumer
information using
industry standard
measures to prevent
accidental disclosure or
malicious theft, |
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Real-time, two-factor
telephone authentication
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Instills consumer confidence
with site seal ensuring
transaction encryption |
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Respect consumer privacy, and
provide an online policy
describing use of consumers'
personal information. |
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