The disclosure that follows is my attempt to fully comply with the recent FTC’s policy that demands transparency about any and all affiliate relations I may have on this website.
In simple English you, the visitor or customer, should assume that any and all links on this site are affiliate links. If you click on these links and go visit the resulting site, a cookie will be set in your web browser that will cause me to receive a commission “IF” you purchase a product on the site I recommend. This is a legitimate way to monetize and pay for the operation of my web sites and I am more than happy to reveal these affiliate relationships to you.
In addition I fully disclose that hyperlinks (anchor text links etc) on my site are in most cases shortened to hide long ugly links for functionality and tracking purposes. I have nothing to hide and I am very proud of the relationship with the exceptional vendors, products and services found on my site. Link tracking, shortening and cloaking is a very common practice on all types of web sites.
Other vendors may also pay to place advertising on my site in the form of banners, widgets, and hyperlinks. These are paid advertisements and while I do my best to only allow quality products and services to be advertised on my site, I am not responsible for claims or testimonials made on these paid advertising links.
The following represents a more legally worded document but basically states the same information presented in the English Translation above.
As directed by the FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, (see 16 CFR Part 255) – Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising, the purpose of this policy is to establish any compensatory affiliation between the site owner and affiliate networks Amazon, Clickbank, Commission Junction, Google, Share-A-Sale and any individual vendors they represent and that the site owner has established an affiliate relationship.
This website may at times accept forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of affiliate compensation.
The compensation received may or may not influence the advertising content, topics or posts made on this site. That content, advertising space or post may not always be identified as paid or sponsored content. Not all content is written or presented for the sole purpose of receiving affiliate income.
The owner(s) of this website is compensated through various affiliate programs and some content presents opinions on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner(s) of this website may receive affiliate compensation for reviews or advertisements, I always give my honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this website are purely the website’s’ own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.
Disclosure Policy
Last updated February 28th 2011
