It's a pretty basic feature that I've found useful especially when browsing Google results. WoT will put a colored circle next to each link, telling you the reliability of the site as rated by other members. Green circle = good, red circle = bad. When you enter a bad site from anywhere, WoT will pull up a screen telling you the stats that make that site bad and ask if you really want to go there. Most of the time the answer is No.
For example, when searching for downloads, either for software or music. So many sites will pop up in Google claiming to let you download stuff, and you go there, click around, locate the file, click around some more, ladida, until finally you are told you must sign up or dance on your head in order to download that file. WoT usually warns of those kinds of sites.
Stay away from frustration and shady downloads -- use Web of Trust.
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