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webBikeWorld®,
webBikeWorld.com,
wBW,
wBW, the webBikeWorld logo(s), webikeworld and
webMotoWorld are registered trademarks of webWorld International, LLC. All of the
text, photographs and content on webBikeWorld
are Copyright © webWorld International, LLC - 2000 - 2009. All rights reserved.
Background
The mission of webBikeWorld is to provide information that helps our visitors make informed purchasing
decisions.
webBikeWorld product reviews are a vital source of unbiased information,
and our visitors depend on webBikeWorld reviews and information to make their
purchasing decisions. Our goal is to ensure that webBikeWorld will
continue to be trusted by our visitors as a source of unbiased information to
help make purchasing or other decisions.
We understand that there may be a perceived conflict of interest in
providing information and reviews while possibly also generating revenue. To help resolve this, many of the
products that we review are purchased anonymously by us.
Note that webBikeWorld never
accepts cash payments for any of our information or product reviews
or for listing or linking to a company or product. The only
revenue for running the site is generated by advertisements
and affiliate links (see the
"Finance" section of the Site Info page for details).
Occasionally, a manufacturer, distributor
or retailer will provide a product or prototype for
review free of charge. We have developed
the following policy for all vendors or manufacturers of products or services
that are provided to (not purchased by) webBikeWorld for product reviews or
information:
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The webBikeWorld® Product Review Policy
By offering a product, service or
information for review, the provider of the products or services to
webBikeWorld understands and agrees to the following:
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webBikeWorld will endeavor to
conduct a fair and honest review of the products or services.
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The provider of the product
understands that the webBikeWorld reviewer and the resulting published
information is personal opinion; as such, it may, and probably will,
differ from the opinion of the provider, the reader or others.
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It
will take at least several weeks from the time the product is received until final publication.
Current backlog is approximately 7-10 weeks, depending upon several
factors, including the complexity of the review, weather, publishing
schedules, etc.
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Products that
are provided by a manufacturer, distributor or retailer for review will be provided at no cost to webBikeWorld and
will become
the property of webBikeWorld and will not be returned to the vendor without
prior agreement.
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webWorld International, LLC or webBikeWorld.com staff,
evaluators or other associated contributors do not and will not accept
payment for publishing a review, evaluation, article or information.
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Providing a product is no
guarantee that a review will actually be published and if a review is
not published then the product will most likely be returned to the
provider.
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Reviews and/or evaluations
may be conducted by freelance or other contributors and their opinions and
findings are independent of and may or may not agree with those of
webWorld International, LLC staff.
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Reviews or unsolicited articles submitted by
freelance contributors may or may not be published at the discretion of
the editor.
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There will be
no attempt by the provider of the products or others to bias, change or
modify the results or the editorial neutrality of the author of the review
or webBikeWorld and the webBikeWorld Editor has final say in the matter.
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In rare
instances, a draft of the
review may be provided to the vendor or manufacturer prior to posting only
in cases where feedback is required to ensure technical accuracy. This
draft review is meant to ensure the accuracy of technical information,
pricing, availability, etc. of the product or service and is not meant to
provide an opportunity to revise the editorial content or bias the results of the
review.
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The review or
information on the website may occasionally vary from the vendor's or
manufacturer's published information, due to the versions of the products that are
reviewed, the passing of time or other circumstances.
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Although the
review pages will remain posted indefinitely, the reviews and information
may be updated or revised to add owner feedback, user comments,
or other comments, information or clarifications.
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The vendor or
manufacturer providing the product or service for review will not have the
opportunity to alter or edit any of the user or owner comments that are
added to the reviews. However, under certain
circumstances (proof that the user or owner supplied comments are
invalid or produced under false pretenses), the comments may be edited
or removed
by the webBikeWorld Editor.
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The provider
or vendor has permission to link to any webBikeWorld page only and agrees
that they will NOT copy, use, reprint, post as a web page or document or use
in any other way any of the information, photographs or materials written
about their products or any other webBikeWorld.com information (see note on
photographs below).
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When
the review article has been posted,
advertisements may be added to the page. The advertisements may
promote competitors of the product that is the subject of the review or
informational article. These ads help offset
the cost of running and maintaining the site.
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The opinions
and views expressed by contributors may not necessarily reflect those of
webBikeWorld.com staff or webWorld International, LLC.
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This
page outlines the terms of the agreement and they may be revised at any time,
therefore, interested parties should refer to this page for the latest updates.
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SPECIAL
NOTE: To manufacturers, distributors and retailers and your
friends or colleagues: Please do NOT send non-official comments or feedback
for the products for publication in the Owner Comments section of the
article related to your products. Do not have friends or associates
send feedback. This would be a definite conflict of
interest and could ruin the reputation of webBikeWorld and your
organization.
If we determine that someone is trying to scam the Owner
Comments section by having employees, associates or others submit positive feedback, all
comments will be removed and the Owner Comments section for that article
will be closed. The Editor's decision on this issue is final. To
send official feedback or comments, see #9 above.
Again,
please note that reviews,
by their nature, are based individual opinion and may differ from the
opinion of the manufacturer, the distributor, the reader or others.
Note also
that most of the products or services that are the subject of reviews or other
published information on webBikeWorld.com are purchased outright on the open
market by webWorld International, LLC (dba webBikeWorld.com). This
policy or parts thereof will not apply in those instances.
For more information, contact the Editor at
Updated On: November 7, 2009
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Photographs, Images
and Logos
Be sure to read the webBikeWorld
Terms and Conditions!
No text, photographs or
content may be copied from this site! It simply makes no sense for
us to give away our "crown jewels" -- the original intellectual
property that constitutes the site -- and all of the hard work that
goes into it to others for their gain on their website. The entire
content of webBikeWorld content is copyrighted and cannot be used
outside of our website.
For more information,
please read the
terms and conditions. Hyperlinks to the various articles may,
of course, be used. For more information, please contact the
editor at the address below. Feel free to link to the
site or to individual pages however using this URL: http://www.webBikeWorld.com/
If you would like a
webBikeWorld graphic to use to link to the site, please contact me.
NOTE: These policies are in effect immediately and are retroactive to
include all webBikeWorld information and reviews posted on the site.
If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact the
Editor at
Thank you for supporting webBikeWorld.com!
Rick Korchak
President & CEO
webWorld International, LLC
Owner and Webmaster of webBikeWorld.com ®
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