Webpage/Content
Lowest Quality Characteristics
PQ Rating and Explanation
Lowest: Personal information collection scam Superficially, this looks like a payment page on a merchant site. However, the form asks for highly sensitive personal information such as social security number, drivers license number, bank account numbers, and ATM PIN.
Harmful to Self or Other Individuals, Untrustworthy ● Pages that have characteristics of scams, malicious downloads, or other harmful behavior ● Encourages, depicts, incites, or directly causes physical, mental, emotional, or financial harm to self or others
Sharing highly sensitive personal information could significantly impact a person’s financial security. This page is on a YMYL topic. While this looks like a merchant site, the true purpose of this page is to collect information that could be used to commit identity theft or remove money from someone's bank account.
Harmful to Self or Other Individuals, Untrustworthy
Debt management significantly impacts a person’s financial security. This is a YMYL topic. This page has multiple concerning characteristics. The page has lowest E-A-T as it clearly lacks the financial expertise necessary to give financial guidance; clicking on the link could lead to a potentially harmful outcome. Overall, the promise of debt relief is a common scam technique.
Lowest: Poor financial advice and possible scam This is an article suggesting clicking on a link to avoid paying debt.
● Lowest reputation or lowest E-A-T ● Pages that have characteristics of scams, malicious downloads, or other harmful behavior ● Encourages, depicts, incites, or directly causes physical, mental, emotional, or financial harm to self or others
Harmfully Misleading Information, Untrustworthy ● Contains clearly inaccurate information that can easily be refuted by straightforward and widely accepted facts ● Deceptive design or deceptive intent Harmful to Self or Other Individuals, Harmfully Misleading Information, Untrustworthy ● Contains unsubstantiated theories/claims not grounded in any reasonable facts or evidence ● Contains information that contradicts well-established expert consensus ● Pages that have characteristics of scams, malicious downloads, or other harmful behavior ● Encourages, depicts, incites, or directly causes physical, mental, emotional, or financial harm to self or others
Lowest: Miley Cyrus is dead "news article" on a deceptive website This is a factually inaccurate article on a website called "Now 8 News". It falsely claims Miley Cyrus is dead.
This website is designed to look like a news site and yet has deliberate factually inaccurate information. There is no information on who is responsible for this content. This page was designed to misinform or deceive.
Lowest: Crystals heal cancer potential scam This article explains how crystals can be used to help cure cancers. It has a prominent "Shop Crystals" link at the top.
Claims about cancer cures could significantly impact people’s decisions to seek medical treatment. This page is on a YMYL topic. The claims made about the healing power of crystals contradict well-established expert scientific and medical consensus. Selling "cures" for diseases such as cancer is a commonly used scam technique.
Copyright 2022
55
Made with FlippingBook - Online magazine maker