Disclosure

Here is how website-checker.org pays its way, and the rules we follow so that money never shapes the website checker or its guides. The same principles apply on every page of website-checker.org.

How the site is funded

Advertising is how website-checker.org is funded: it pays for the server, the development of the website checker and the guides. We do not charge for the website checker and do not ask you to register. Advertising income does not depend on the results the website checker gives you, so we have no reason to steer them.

Advertising

Ads on the site are served by third-party advertising networks. Ad selection is automated and handled by the networks, which take into account the page content and, where allowed, your browsing. We do not choose individual advertisers, and an ad appearing here is not a recommendation. Details of the cookies involved are in our Privacy Policy.

Paid placements

Any link that someone paid us to include is clearly labelled as sponsored. We also mark them nofollow, so search engines know they are not editorial links. Ordinary links in the guides are chosen because they are useful, not because anyone paid for them.

Independence of our content

Neither advertisers nor ad networks influence how the website checker works or what the guides say. Our guides are written to explain the tool and its results; ads do not change their content.

Errors are corrected when we find them or when readers point them out. You can report one at [email protected].

If an ad bothers you

In exchange for free access you will see ads, which we try to keep out of the way of the tool itself. Should an ad look misleading or inappropriate, tell us which page it appeared on and what it showed; we will pass the report to the ad network. An ad blocker will not stop the website checker from working.

No paid reviews or endorsements

No one can pay us for a review, a recommendation or a favourable mention. When a guide mentions a product or a method, it is there because it is relevant, not because someone paid for it. Nor can anyone buy the removal of a fair criticism.

Questions about this statement

Write to [email protected] with any question about advertising on the site. We are happy to explain anything that is unclear.