External Links Policy

External Links Policy

TELLGRADE.COM links to oth­er, exter­nal web­sites that pro­vide infor­ma­tion we deter­mine at our dis­cre­tion con­tain the most use­ful infor­ma­tion for our pro­gram. While many sites pro­vide very use­ful infor­ma­tion, TELLGRADE.COM only links to those sites which pro­vide the most use­ful con­tent.

These links may be changed at any time as more use­ful sites come to our atten­tion. The sole pur­pose of any exter­nal link is to enrich this site for our cus­tomers. All requests for inclu­sion of a link on this site is first and pri­mar­i­ly eval­u­at­ed with the needs of our cus­tomers in mind. Gen­er­al­ly, exter­nal web­sites do not meet the pur­pos­es of TELLGRADE.COM if they con­tain, sug­gest, or infer any of the fol­low­ing:

1. Advo­ca­cy of or oppo­si­tion to any polit­i­cal­ly, envi­ron­men­tal­ly, or social­ly con­tro­ver­sial sub­jects, issues, or can­di­dates.
2. Dis­parag­ing or pro­mot­ing any per­son or class of per­sons.
3. Exter­nal con­tent not suit­able for read­ers or view­ers of all ages, or links to or oth­er pro­mo­tion of busi­ness­es whose prod­ucts or ser­vices are not suit­able for per­sons of all ages.
4. Pro­mot­ing or incit­ing ille­gal, vio­lent, or social­ly unde­sir­able con­duct.
5. Pro­mo­tion or avail­abil­i­ty of alco­hol or tobac­co prod­ucts.
6. Pro­mo­tion or avail­abil­i­ty of ille­gal drugs.
7. Pro­mo­tion or avail­abil­i­ty of adult or sex­u­al­ly ori­ent­ed enter­tain­ment or mate­ri­als.
8. Pro­mo­tion, oppo­si­tion, or avail­abil­i­ty of weapons.
9. Pro­mo­tion, oppo­si­tion, or avail­abil­i­ty of gam­bling.
10. Claims of effi­ca­cy, suit­abil­i­ty, desir­abil­i­ty, or oth­er non-objec­tive state­ments about busi­ness­es, prod­ucts, or ser­vices.
11. Con­tent that infringes on any trade­mark, copy­right, or patent rights of anoth­er.
12. Claims or rep­re­sen­ta­tions in vio­la­tion of adver­tis­ing or con­sumer pro­tec­tion laws.
13. Con­tent that a rea­son­able cit­i­zen may not con­sid­er to main­tain the dig­ni­ty and deco­rum appro­pri­ate for gov­ern­ment.

This list is a nonex­clu­sive list. The exter­nal link pol­i­cy applies only to web­sites out­side TELLGRADE.COM The web­mas­ter shall estab­lish pro­ce­dures to mon­i­tor the imple­men­ta­tion and con­tin­u­ing over­sight of this pol­i­cy. These pro­ce­dures shall include a process for review of all new requests for exter­nal con­tent links from TELLGRADE.COM Web page to anoth­er page to ensure com­pli­ance with this pol­i­cy pri­or to grant­i­ng the request.

Each request for such a link shall be eval­u­at­ed using the fol­low­ing guide­lines:

Is the con­tent rel­e­vant?

Does the site pro­vide infor­ma­tion or ser­vices, which are not already avail­able or linked to on TELLGRADE.COM? If not, is the qual­i­ty of the site com­pa­ra­ble to or bet­ter than what is already pro­vid­ed?

Is the site well designed, easy to use, cross-brows­er com­pli­ant, and acces­si­ble to peo­ple with dis­abil­i­ties?

TELLGRADE.COM reserves the right, at its sole dis­cre­tion and with­out expla­na­tion, to with­draw at any time any exter­nal con­tent for any rea­son.