With the continued proliferation of malware and websites of malicious intent on the Internet, consumers are offered little if no help in protecting their computers.
There is, however, help at hand.
Google, not only the most popular search engine, but also the largest single repository of information about the internet (internet metadata, if you like), now provide developers with an advanced way of warning users about malicious content on the internet.
This post is an overview of the Google Safe Browsing API; what it is, why you should use it in your application, and how it can help your users.