Whether if it is in real or cyber world, security is of great importance. The Internet is an important technology for faster information gathering and sharing. However, it also carries Internet security threats that could enter your personal computers. With all the efforts of numerous anti-security threats, their counterparts are also putting extra effort to invade others’ computers.

Prevention is better than cure. So, Web of Trust, or WOT, a free Internet security add-on can make your online surfing more secure. Their trusted sources and users’ reviews – yes, just like you – make the prevention of Internet threat more reliable. Because the users have the power to speak up, threats to child safety on the Internet is also considered. To date, there are more than 21 million rated sites – giving you the ideas on which is the safer website to visit.

Web of Trust don’t just show the ratings of websites. Their website also features articles about new threats propagated by the unethical hackers. They also publish proofs of WOT’s reliability and feasibility. Their poll survey is also a one way of expressing your ideas on how to improve WOT’s performance for a better Internet security. Their website is also loaded with information to give you ideas on what are Internet security threats

You can also download the add-on. Create a free user account in minutes and start rating websites.

Download WOT – Web of Trust for Firefox

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Visit mywot.com and contribute to make the Internet a safer place.

Blogging:

• StumbleUpon – StumbleUpon lets you “channelsurf” the best-reviewed sites on the web. It is a collaborative surfing tool for browsing, reviewing and sharing great sites with like-minded people. This helps you find interesting webpages you wouldn’t think to search for.
• Clipmarks – With Clipmarks, you can clip the best parts of web pages. Whether it’s a paragraph, sentence, image or video, you can capture just the pieces you want without having to bookmark the entire page.
• Sage – Sage is a lightweight RSS and Atom feed aggregator extension for Mozilla Firefox. It’s got a lot of what you need and not much of what you don’t.
• Jeteye – Jeteye is a unique Web-based application and service that is designed for the next generation of enterprise and consumer use of the Web. Jeteye changes how we interact with the web, in an era where communication and social computing are more powerful than ever.
• Performancing – Performancing for Firefox is a full featured blog editor that sits right in your Firefox browser and lets you post to your blog easily. You can drag and drop formatted text from the page you happen to be browsing, and take notes as well as post to your blog.
• TorrentBar – BitTorrent File Search Toolbar for Firefox. Allows to search numerous sites in a matter of minutes for needed torrent files.
• Wizz RSS News Reader – A fairly good RSS and Atom news reader.
• MeasureIt – Draw out a ruler to get the pixel width and height of any elements on a webpage.
• Show MyIP – Displays your current IP address. If you have a static IP (Internet Protocol) address, this number will stay the same each time you visit. If you have a dynamic IP, the number will change each time you log on to the internet (or your ISP assigns a new IP).
• NewsFox – RSS/Atom News Reader.

Bookmarking:

• StumbleUpon – StumbleUpon lets you “channelsurf” the best-reviewed sites on the web. It is a collaborative surfing tool for browsing, reviewing and sharing great sites with like-minded people. This helps you find interesting webpages you wouldn’t think to search for.
• Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer – If you use Firefox on more than one computer, you’ll want Foxmarks. Install Foxmarks on each computer, and it will work silently in the background to keep your bookmarks synchronized. As a bonus, log in to my.foxmarks.com from any computer anywhere to access your bookmarks.
• del.icio.us Bookmarks – This extension integrates your browser with del.icio.us (http://del.icio.us/), the leading social bookmarking service on the Web. It does this by augmenting the bookmarking functionality in Firefox with an enhanced experience.
• Clipmarks – With Clipmarks, you can clip the best parts of web pages. Whether it’s a paragraph, sentence, image or video, you can capture just the pieces you want without having to bookmark the entire page.
• Tab Mix Plus – Tab Mix Plus enhances Firefox’s tab browsing capabilities. It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more. It also includes a full-featured session manager with crash recovery that can save and restore combinations of opened tabs and windows.
• Yoono – Yoono instantly suggests similar sites, blog notes and people sharing the same interests while you are surfing, for each page you open. Zero effort required – no more tagging, typing keywords or changing interface. Let Yoono bring you the best that others have discovered.
• BlueOrganizer – The blueorganizer is smart browsing and personalization technology for Firefox. It makes the browser aware of everyday objects like books, movies, wines, restaurants and much more. The blueorganizer helps you automatically collect these object from many popular sites, manage them and instantly find related information.
• Jeteye – Jeteye is a unique Web-based application and service that is designed for the next generation of enterprise and consumer use of the Web. Jeteye changes how we interact with the web, in an era where communication and social computing are more powerful than ever.
• Firefox Showcase – Showcase provides a new way to manage your Firefox tabs and windows by showing them as thumbnails in a single window, tab or sidebar. Includes a find bar that will filter the thumbnails, and the capability to select the thumbnails in the same way you would select files in your system.
• iMacros – Automate your web browser. Record and replay repetitious work.

Website Integration:

• VideoDownloader – Download videos from Youtube, Google, Metacafe, iFilm, Dailymotion, Pornotube… and other 60+ video sites! And all embedded objects on a webpage (movies, mp3s, flash, quicktime, etc).
• StumbleUpon – StumbleUpon lets you “channelsurf” the best-reviewed sites on the web. It is a collaborative surfing tool for browsing, reviewing and sharing great sites with like-minded people. This helps you find interesting webpages you wouldn’t think to search for.
• del.icio.us Bookmarks – This extension integrates your browser with del.icio.us (http://del.icio.us/), the leading social bookmarking service on the Web. It does this by augmenting the bookmarking functionality in Firefox with an enhanced experience.
• Greasemonkey – Allows you to customize the way a webpage displays using small bits of JavaScript.
• Yoono – Yoono instantly suggests similar sites, blog notes and people sharing the same interests while you are surfing, for each page you open. Zero effort required – no more tagging, typing keywords or changing interface.
• Firefox Companion for Kodak EasyShare Gallery – Organizing and sharing your pictures is easier than ever with Firefox Companion for Kodak EasyShare Gallery. Upload photos directly to your Kodak EasyShare Gallery, all within your browser. Drag, drop and arrange pictures adding photo titles, and create albums by multi-selecting photos – all of this without interrupting your Internet browsing.
• DownloadHelper – DownloadHelper is a tool for web content extraction. Its purpose is to capture video and image files from many sites.
• Performancing – Performancing for Firefox is a full featured blog editor that sits right in your Firefox browser and lets you post to your blog easily. You can drag and drop formatted text from the page you happen to be browsing, and take notes as well as post to your blog.
• LinkedIn Companion – LinkedIn is an online network of more than 7.5 million experienced professionals. LinkedIn helps you be more effective in your daily work and opens doors to opportunities by helping you develop and manage your network of business contacts.
• Fast Video Download – Fast Video Download can save embedded video files from video-hosting servers.