So the question is, how do you find legitimate content when it comes to something as generic as a WordPress theme? If your computer-literate then you probably have a bit a intuition about sites you visit. You may also have some help from services such as the Firefox add-ons – NoScript and Web of Trust. But those are really just a belt to use with your suspenders.
Is there a way to really sort out the good content? Back to my WordPress example, I have waded through pages of Google results, but found only a smattering of decent ones. Some sites that show up high in the rankings don’t even pass the Web of Trust tests. If it’s tough for a geek to figure out then that explains the amount of people who find their PC’s infected – or worse, don’t know their computers are infected.
That’s the discussion I’d like to have with all of the readers of this site. I am not just looking for WordPress theme sites. I am really looking for how all of you sort through results in a generic search and find the good stuff. With Google returning thousands (or more) of hits and some of the less-than-savory sites rising up the rankings, how does anyone figure out where to go today?