Please take a moment to read the following Terms of Service.
The Authority Directory, AuthorityDirectory.com, operates under the following terms and by using and accessing this website visitors take complete responsibility for these terms and compliance with local laws.
Terms of Service
The Authority Directory is a service for website owners, webmasters and marketers to have their website reviewed for standards and inclusion if accepted in the Authority Directory.
The Authority Directory reserves and retains the right, in its sole discretion, in the future, to modify, add, remove or change any or all parts of the Terms of Service Agreement at any time.
By completing the submission form and clicking the button to submit the website for consideration and review, you are representing that you are at least 18 years of age and that you are providing current, true, complete and accurate information, and you agree to the terms in this Terms of Service Agreement.
Description of Service
The Authority Directory is a fee-based service for review and consideration of your website for inclusion in the Authority Directory. Inclusion to the directory is by no means guaranteed. Upon review of your website, if it is accepted, it will subject to additional reviews on a recurring annual basis. If you selected an option requiring a recurring annual review fee, you will be annually invoiced via electronic mail and payment becomes non-refundable upon remittance.
The current annual and one time review fees for consideration of your website are posted on the submissions page of the Authority Directory and payments are non-refundable upon remittance. By submitting your website for listing or advertising space you acknowledge any fee submitted is for editorial review and consideration of your websites inclusion to the Authority Directory and does not guarantee the submitted websites inclusion to the Authority Directory. By submitting your website for review and consideration you expressly agree to pay the Authority Directory Review Fee whether or not your website is accepted or denied inclusion.
By submitting your website and paying the fee for review and consideration the Authority Directory agrees that an editor will review your website, consider its inclusion to the Authority Directory and respond with notification of accepted or denied inclusion within three business days from the date of submission (this excludes delays due to unforeseen issues with processing your submission and holiday’s observed by the Authority Directory)
If for any reason the website is denied inclusion the Applicant may request reconsideration one time within 30 days at no additional cost via an email sent to the Authority Directory at the address provided in the notification.
If you at any time need to request a change to your directory listing, including title, URL or description you should use the directory contact form.
Minimum Criteria for Site Inclusion
- Site should not already appear in the directory.
- The site should contain unique content which will be determined by Authority Directory Editor.
- The site should clearly define its products, services and purpose.
- Sites using pop-up or pop-under marketing may not be accepted.
- All sites are subject to annual reviews.
- Sites submitted should be in English or have an English version available with titles and description in english
- Do not submit sites designed primarily for affiliate links.
- The websites purpose, products and services should be clear
- All site links must work.
- The submitted site must be in English or have an English version available.
- Websites should support multiple browsers.
- Website should not be under construction.
- Website must be available online 24 hours a day.
- Website must not contain fraud, copyright infringement, pornography, libel, illegal content, infringe on anyone’s rights or content the Authority Directory in its sole discretion finds offensive.
These are the minimum criteria for consideration only and are not all inclusive. Authority Directory editors also use additional factors in review and consideration of your sites inclusion.
The Authority Directory reserves all rights to decide how, where and if a submitted website is included in the Authority Directory. The Authority Directory retains the right to place your sites listing in whichever category or sub-category it finds most appropriate and relevant, change or modify keywords or descriptions at any time. The Authority Directory also reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to remove a listing that is in non-compliance with Directory Standards and would no longer be accepted for inclusion.
Copyrights
Any and all material contained on the Authority Directory including site content, graphics, articles, trademarks and any other content or components are protected by copyright laws and should not be used or reprinted in any way without the written permission of the Authority Directory.
The Authority Directory is not responsible for the content, services, or products found on the websites that are listed within our directory.
