Webpage/Content
Lowest Quality Characteristics
PQ Rating and Explanation
Untrustworthy, Spammy ● Deceptive design or deceptive intent ● Pages that have characteristics of scams, malicious downloads, or other harmful behavior ● Inadequate information about the website or creator of the MC for the purpose of the page ● Cannot determine any purpose, e.g., gibberish MC ● Content created with little to no time, effort, expertise, manual curation, or added value for users Untrustworthy, Spammy ● Cannot determine any purpose, e.g., gibberish MC ● No MC or insufficient MC for the purpose of the page ● Content created with little to no time, effort, expertise, manual curation, or added value for users ● No information about the website or creator of the MC
Lowest: Lowest MC free credit report The title of the page suggests that it may provide a credit report from the government "freecreditreport gov". However, the page has gibberish MC and spammy looking features, such as ads or links surrounding the meaningless text. Lowest: Deliberately created with no MC This is a confusing page. It seems to be missing MC and instead has a block of ads. It may be that the page was created to have content about a video game called Point Blank. The only content related to Point Blank is a video from another website embedded in the right hand side of the page.
Credit reports could significantly impact one’s financial security. This is a YMYL topic. The MC is gibberish. There is no beneficial purpose of gibberish MC. The title of the page is misleading, given the MC. This page also has deceptive features in the supplementary content, such as a friend request, a prize alert, and a download button. It is highly likely that these are ads or malicious download links. While this page may look odd or broken, many other pages on the website are similar pages with only ads. Many don't have videos, and any videos present are from another website, not original to this one. This page and this website was created with little time and adds no value for users. Prescription drugs could significantly impact a person’s health. This is a YMYL topic. This specific page has been created or modified on this organization's website in hopes that people will click on the link to buy the prescription drug Xanax. This is a spam technique. Spammers hope that the page will rank well in search results because the website is otherwise high quality. The words "buy xanax" are used repeatedly in hopes that the page will show up for the search "buy xanax". Attempting to spam search engines and trick people into clicking on links is highly untrustworthy behavior.
Lowest: Buy Xanax This is a page on the website for the U.S. Green Building Council. However, this page has the words "Buy Xanax" over and over again, along with related words about buying Xanax and a URL link.
Untrustworthy, Spammy ● Hacked, defaced, or spammed pages ● Pages that have characteristics of scams, malicious downloads, or other harmful behavior
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