Editorial Policy

This page sets out how InternetArc produces its content, what our recommendations are based on, and what we do when we get something wrong. It applies to every article on the site.

1. Editorial independence

Editorial decisions at InternetArc are made independently of commercial relationships. Specifically:

• No merchant, advertiser or affiliate partner receives approval rights over our content, our rankings, or our scores.
• No position in a list is for sale, and we do not accept payment in exchange for a positive review.
• Commission rate is not a ranking factor. Where the best option for a reader has no affiliate programme, we recommend it anyway and link to it without earning anything.
• Where we hold a commercial relationship with a company we are writing about, that relationship is disclosed on the page.

2. How we choose what to cover

We cover categories where a reader faces a genuine choice and where the differences between options are hard to see from marketing material alone. Topic selection is driven by reader questions, search demand and gaps we find in existing coverage — not by which merchants pay the highest commission.

3. How we research

We are explicit about our evidence, because "we tested it" is a claim many sites make and few can support. Our coverage is research-led. For each product or service we work from:

• Vendor primary sources — specifications, pricing and renewal terms, service agreements, warranty and support policies, published changelogs.
• Total cost over time — introductory versus renewal pricing, what is included at each tier, and what is billed separately.
• Aggregated user experience — patterns across verified-purchaser reviews, support forums and community discussion, with weight given to repeated and recent reports.
• Independent third-party evidence — published audits, benchmark results and regulatory filings, cited to their source.
• Direct use, where applicable — for software, hosting and privacy tools we sometimes hold active accounts. When first-hand use informs an article we state it plainly and describe what we did.

4. Labelling our evidence

We do not present research as testing. An article that is based on documentation and aggregated user feedback will not claim laboratory results, comparative measurements, or long-term hands-on use. If you find language on this site that overstates our evidence, please report it — see the corrections section below and we will fix it.

5. Sourcing and accuracy

• Factual claims — prices, specifications, terms — are checked against the vendor's own current material at the time of writing or updating.
• Prices change frequently. We date our articles and treat pricing as accurate as of the stated update, not indefinitely.
• We link out to sources so readers can verify claims themselves.
• We do not republish manufacturer marketing copy as if it were our own assessment.

6. Use of AI

We use AI tools for limited production tasks such as research assistance, outlining, drafting support and copy editing. Every published article is reviewed, fact-checked and edited by a human who is accountable for it. We do not publish unreviewed machine-generated content, and AI is not permitted to originate a recommendation, a score, or a ranking.

7. Updates and freshness

Articles in fast-moving categories — pricing, software, security — are reviewed periodically and updated when the underlying facts change. Each article shows a publication date, and updated articles show the date of the most recent revision. Older articles that we no longer stand behind are either revised or removed rather than left to drift.

8. Corrections

We correct errors promptly and visibly.

• Factual errors — corrected as soon as they are verified, with a note on the article describing what changed.
• Material errors — where a correction changes a recommendation or a conclusion, we say so explicitly rather than editing silently.
• Minor fixes — typography, broken links and formatting are corrected without a note.

To report an error, email hello@internetarc.com with the article URL and the specific claim in question. Corrections take priority over other correspondence.

9. Sponsored content and gifted products

Sponsored articles, if published, are labelled as sponsored at the top of the page and are never presented as independent editorial. Where a company provides access to a product or a complimentary account for review purposes, that fact is disclosed in the article. Receiving access does not entitle a company to a favourable review or to see the article before publication.

10. Reader feedback

Disagreement is useful. If our conclusion does not match your experience with a product, we want to hear about it — that feedback frequently drives our updates. Reach us at hello@internetarc.com or through the contact form.

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