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How this site makes money from affiliate links and labeled sponsored placements, how each is marked, and what a sponsor can never buy.

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The short version: this site may earn money when you buy through some of its links, and vendors can pay for placements marked “Sponsored”. Neither one changes what I recommend.

Some links on this site may be affiliate links. If you click one and then buy, the vendor may pay this site a commission. You don’t pay anything extra.

  • An article with affiliate links says so at the top, and again next to the first affiliate link.
  • Affiliate links go through a /go/ address on this site, so you can see before clicking that it’s a tracked link.
  • They’re marked rel="sponsored nofollow". That tells search engines the link is commercial, so it passes no ranking credit.
  • A commission never changes a verdict, a ranking or a price I report. If the best choice for you has no affiliate program, it’s still the recommendation.

A vendor can pay for a clearly marked placement: a slot next to a relevant comparison, or a whole sponsored post.

  • Every sponsored slot and post is labeled “Sponsored” and looks different from the editorial content around it. A sponsored post names the sponsor at the top.
  • Sponsored slots sit beside or above a ranked list, never inside it.
  • Every link in a sponsored placement is marked rel="sponsored". This site never sells followed links.
  • Sponsored posts are written and edited by me, under my byline, on topics that fit the site.

What a sponsor can never buy #

  • A verdict or a “best for” pick
  • A higher position in a ranking
  • The removal or softening of criticism
  • Approval of, or edits to, an article before it’s published

If a sponsor asks for any of these, the answer is no.

Other connections #

Anurag Kumar, who runs this site, has a business connection to apiserpent.com, a SERP API covered on some pages here. Every article that covers apiserpent.com says so in its disclosure note. Anurag has no other ownership, job or shareholding in a vendor covered here. If that changes, or if a vendor covered here pays Anurag outside this site, every article that mentions that vendor will say so, and this page will too.

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