Policies

This page covers the policies we have here on this site.  Please take a few moments and review them.

Comment Policies

Some of these policies have been swipped from Problogger.

1. Comments are welcomed. I know some sites, your comment will be deleted if you don't go along with the author of the post or the owner of the site. I won't delete you if you disagree.
2. Comments are held for moderation and review. That's why your comment doesn't show up right away.
3. Please remain civil. Shouldn't have to say this but if you're rude, obscene or just a general ass, please don't expect your comment to be published.
4. I delete spam. Should go without saying. I have spam filters in place which automatically catch the majority of automated spam comments. I don't put up with it and if any slip through the filters I delete it immediately. I do review all comments marked as spam before deleting though to make sure none were caught incorrectly..
5. ID Yourself. This should be understood as it's basic business ethics in my opinion but some folks do not understand this concept. If you leave a comment as a representative of a company or an organization, please identify yourself within that comment. A link to your site is not enough as folks will throw links up there willy nilly.
6. Please leave a real email address. You can fake the name if you want but please leave a real email address if I need to contact you. It's not visible by visitors so there's no risk.
7. Relevant links in comments are actively encouraged. Fell free. If you want to point folks to another site that goes along with what's being discussed, feel free.
8. Irrelevant links are not encouraged. If the link doesn't have anything to do with what's being discussed, it will probably be deleted.
9. I do not allow signatures in comments. Please don't.
10. Links are not nofollowed. If you've taken the time to write a comment, I think you should get credit for it. I've also adjusted Movable Type to link directly to your site.
11. Spelling doesn't count. Some folks have problems with using a keyboard. Please remember that.

Disclosure Policy

This policy was created at disclosurepolicy.org and has been modified.

1. This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. For questions about this blog, please contact Dr. Mike Wendell (theapparatus At gmail Dot com).
2. This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.
3. This blog abides by word of mouth marketing standards. We believe in honesty of relationship, opinion and identity. The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. That content, advertising space or post will be clearly identified as paid or sponsored content.
4. The owner(s) of this blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner(s) of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the bloggers' 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.
5. This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.