Search Engine Optimization Agreement
These
Terms of Service, together with the attached proposal,
and the additional terms and conditions referenced below,
together constitute an agreement (the "Agreement")
between EWSites.com and you,the
customer ("Customer"). Please read these Terms
of Service and SEO Agreement and Search Engine Optimization
Agteement carefully. They govern your use of the EWSites.com
services
provided by EwSites.com.
1.
Description of Service. Customer requests that EWSites.com
provide EWSites.com's internet marketing service and
SEO and Search Engine Optimization (the "Service")
to Customer on the EWSites.com Network. The Service
Customer is purchasing is an internet marketing program
that includes any or all of the following components:
search engine content, meta tag optimization and research,
web site structure analysis, web site code analysis,
link structure analysis, press releases provided by
EWSites.com and customer to press release websites,
search engine site map creation, web site optimizationintegrated
with EWSites.com platform as described in the attached
EWsites.com SEO Proposal (the "Proposal")
which Proposal is a part of this Agreement. In addition
to these Terms of Service, by agreeing to this Agreement,
Customer will also be subject to, and hereby agrees
to abide by t h e f o l l o w i n g : E W S I T E S
.c o m T e r m s o f U s e p o s t e d a t http://www.ewsites.com/web-site-terms.htm
(EWSites.com Terms of Use), as such Terms of Use may
change from time to time.
2.
Approval of and Responsibility for Press Releases and
Other Content. Customer acknowledges and agrees that
Customer is solely responsible for all information contained
in all press releases and all other content of any kind
produced by EWSites.com for Customer (Content). This
Agreement, and for press r e l e a s e s , t h e E W
S i t e s .c o m T e r m s o f S e r v i c e p o s t
e d a t http://www.ewsites.com/web-site-terms.htm, require
Customer to approve all Content prepared for Customer
prior to distribution. Once Customer has approved any
Content, whether a press release or otherwise, Customer
is solely responsible for such Content and Ewsits.com
shall have no liability to Customer or to any third
party for such Content. Customer will be required to
acknowledge this responsibility in connection with the
approval of each piece of Content. In addition to this
Agreement, with regard to press releases, please read
the EWSites.com Terms of Service carefully before agreeing
to this Agreement.
3. Payment Terms. Upon execution of
this Agreement, Customer shall pay to EWSites.com the
Initial Implementation Fee as set forth in the Proposal.
In addition, upon execution of this Agreement and each
month thereafter, Customer shall pay EWsites.com the
Monthly EWSites.com Inclusion Fee as set forth in the
Proposal on a monthly basis. The Monthly EWSites.com
Inclusion Fee includes periodical press releases as
described in the Proposal. The initial press release
content will be written for Customer or provided by
based on initial information provided by Customer. Subsequent
EWSites.com press release content must be provided by
Customer and submitted to EWSites.com five (5) calendar
days prior to next scheduled press release submission
date as set forth in the Proposal, failure to do so
will result in a non-refundable minimum service charge
of $150.00 for EWSites.com press release content generation.
Customer
may waive the right to the scheduled EWSites.com press
release by written notice provided at least fifteen
(15) days prior to the next scheduled press release
submission. Customer hereby authorizes the credit card
company, bank or third-party automated payment/debit
service indicated in the Billing Details portion of
the Proposal as the means of payment to automatically
make such payments to EWSites.com and charge/debit Customer's
specified account on a recurring basis for the amount
of the Monthly EWSites.com I n c l u s i o n F e e .
A l l p a y m e n t s t o E W S i t e s .c o m h e r
e u n d e r a r e non-refundable. EWSites.com may remove
Customer's search engine content pages and deactivate
all EWSites.com link partner Links and discontinue Services
if payments are not received when due under this Agreement.
4. Term. Customer's EWSites.com program
will be in effect for the Initial Term as set forth
in the Proposal. After EWSites.com's implementation
of the Service, Customer may not terminate this Agreement
during the Initial Term. If Customer chooses to cease
its internet marketing campaign prior to the end of
the Initial Term, the unpaid balance, if any, for the
Service will become immediately due and payable and
no refunds will be provided.
5. Renewal Term. This Agreement shall
automatically renew for successive Renewal Terms of
the same length of time as the Initial Term set forth
in the Proposal. Such Renewal Terms will be subject
to the terms of this Agreement, including the additional
Terms of Use referenced in Section 1, and to EWSites.com's
then-current pricing and specifications. Any Renewal
Term may be terminated by either party upon fifteen
(15) days written notice to the other party effective
15 days after receipt of notice. If Customer chooses
to terminate this Agreement during any Renewal Term,
payment will be due through the end of the billing cycle
within which the Service was terminated, and such charges
will not be prorated.
6. Internet Marketing Service Policy.
It is Customer's responsibility to remain in compliance
with, and periodically review this Agreement, including
all Terms referenced herein. All internet marketing
services are subject to EWSites.com's approval and Customer
must follow all EWSites.com guidelines, suggestions
and recommendations in order to implement the Service.
EWSites.com reserves the right to terminate or modify
any Service at any time and for any reason in EWSites.com's
sole discretion. If such termination is done by EWSites.com
without cause, then EWSites.com shall refund any prepaid
and unused Monthly EWSites.com Network Inclusion Fee
paid in connection with the terminated Service.
7. Ownership and Use of Content. Customer
acknowledges that, except for press releases prepared
for Customer, EWSites.com shall exclusively own all
Content prepared for Customer, including all drafts
and all changes made to such Content by EWSites.com
or Customer until the completion of the initial term
set forth in this contract. EWSites.com grants Customer
a license to use such Content on Customer's website
and as otherwise expressly authorized solely as part
of the Service provided to Customer by EWSites.com.
Except as specifically authorized hereunder, Customer
shall have no rights in or to the Content, and shall
not reproduce, distribute, sell, license, transfer or
otherwise use the Content in any manner or in any medium.
Upon Completion of the initial Term
set forth in this agreement the Ownership and the Rights
to the Content generated by EWSites.com will be automatically
transferred to the Customer. If the service is discontinued
prior to the Completion of the initial Contract term,
whether by EWSites.com or Customer, Customer's license
to use the Content shall immediately terminate, and
Customer shall immediately cease all use of the Content.
In addition, Customer shall return to EWSites.com or
destroy all Content in Customers, including all copies
made of the Content, and delete all Content displayed
on Customer's website or any affiliated website, and
shall destroy all copies whether in electronic or paper
form stored by Customer, Customer's affiliates, agents,
ISP, or otherwise, and upon the written request of EWSites.com,
certify in writing as to the return or destruction of
all such Content. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at
any time during the term of this Agreement, Customer
shall have the option to purchase and assume ownership
of EWSites.com's rights in any Content produced by EWSites.com
for Customer. The purchase price for any such Content
shall be $100 per page, with pages as reasonably determined
by EWSites.com.
8. Ownership and Proprietary Rights
in Service. Customer acknowledges that EWSites.com or
its licensors own all rights in and to the Service,
that the Service is protected by copyright, trademark
or other proprietary rights of EWSites.com or third
parties, and that Customer shall not acquire any rights,
express or implied, in any part of the Service. Customer
agrees not to reverse engineer, decompile, reproduce,
duplicate, copy, sell, trade, resell or exploit for
any commercial purposes, any portion of the Service,
use of the Service, or access to the Service.
9. Disclaimer of Warranties. THE SERVICE
IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS," AS AVAILABLE BASIS
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND,
WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. In addition, EWSites.com
shall be excused from any failure to provide the Service
that is beyond its reasonable control. EWSites.com may
redesign or modify the structure, layout and look and
feel of the EWSites.com Network, the Service, or any
portion thereof, at any time without notice.
10. Customer Representations. Customer
represents and warrants that the person entering into
this Agreement on behalf of Customer is authorized to
enter into this Agreement, and Customer is authorized
to advertise and display the content related to the
named business in such any advertisements, press releases
or other distributions, including business name, address,
phone number and URL address. Customer further represents
and warrants that the content provided to EWSites.com
from Customer and Customer's website does not and will
not infringe any third-party rights, or violate any
applicable law, and Customer agrees to indemnify, defend
and hold EWSites.com harmless from and against any third-pa0rty
claims against EWSites.com arising from the use or display
of any content provided by or approved by Customer.
EWSites.com may remove Customer's advertisements press
releases or other Content on the EWSites.com Network
and/or discontinue the Service if, in EWSites.com's
sole discretion, any such content infringes or violates,
or may infringe or violate, any third-party rights or
applicable law. As stated above in Section 2, and in
the EWsites.com Terms of Service, once Customer has
approved any Content, Customer is solely responsible
for such Content and EWSites.com shall have no liability
to Customer or to any third party for the distribution
of such Content.
11. Limitation on Liability. Neither
EWSites.com, representatives or agents shall be liable
for any indirect, special, incidental or consequential
damages or loss (including damages for loss of business,
loss of profits, or the like), whether based on breach
of contract, tort (including negligence), product liability
or otherwise, even if EWSites.com, its affiliates, representative
or agents have been advised of the possibility of such
damages. Additionally, neither EWSites.com nor any of
its affiliates, representatives or agents shall be liable
for any damages (whether direct or indirect, special,
incidental or consequential), that may result from the
use of the EWSites.com Network or any third party software
or services used in connection with the Service. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, EWSites.com, its affiliates, representatives
and agent's total liability to Customer under any and
all circumstances shall not exceed the aggregate fees
paid by Customer to EWSites.com under this Agreement
during the three (3) months preceding the date on which
the action took place giving rise to such claim.
12. Indemnification. Customer agrees
to indemnify, defend and hold EWSites.com, its affiliates,
and their directors, officers, employees, agents, shareholders,
partners, members or other owners, harmless against
any and all actions, suits, proceedings, claims, judgments,
damages, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney
s fees, and other liabilities arising from or related
to this Agreement, or otherwise based on Customer's
acts or omissions in any way relating to or arising
out of this Agreement.
13. General Provisions. This Agreement,
including the Proposal and all the terms and conditions
referenced herein, supersedes all prior or contemporaneous
agreements or understandings between the parties, is
a complete statement of the parties agreements with
respect to the matters referenced herein. EWSites.com
reserves the right to modify these Terms of Service,
the EWSites.com Terms of Use from time to time, and
such modifications shall become effective fifteen (15)
days after notice is provided to Customer that modifications
have been made. In the event of any dispute arising
under or in connection with this Agreement, the laws
of the State of California shall apply, without regard
to conflicts of law principles, and the exclusive jurisdiction
and venue for any disputes arising under or pursuant
to this Agreement shall be the appropriate federal or
state courts located in Maricopa County, Arizona, and
the parties hereby consent to the jurisdiction of such
courts.
IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER REGARDING EWSites.com'S
SERVICES EWSites.com MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES
THAT ITS SERVICES HAVE ACHIEVED OR WILL ACHIEVE ANY
PARTICULAR RESULT, GOOD OR BAD. OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY
PROVIDED IN THE FOLLOWING EWSites.com TERMS OF SERVICE,
EWSites.com DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF ANY KIND, ORAL OR IN WRITING, THAT ARE MADE BY EWSites.com
OR ANY THIRD PARTY REGARDING EWSites.com's SERVICES.
EWSites.com maintains relationships with third parties
to allow third parties to refer customers to EWSites.com.
EWSites.com is not responsible for, nor can EWSites.com
verify, that statements made by any such third party
regarding EWSites.com or its Services are true or accurate.
Such statements may include, but are not limited to,
testimonials, timelines or guarantees of certain results.
CUSTOMERS SHOULD NOT RELY ON ANY REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES
OR OTHER STATEMENTS, WHETHER MADE ORALLY OR IN WRITING,
FROM ANY THIRD PARTY WITH REGARD TO EWSites.com OR EWSites.comS
SERVICES. EWSites.com SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY TO CUSTOMERS
OR ANY OTHER PARTY FOR ANY SUCH THIRD PARTY REPRESENTATIONS,
WARRANITES OR OTHER STATEMENTS REGARDING EWSites.com
OR EWSites.comS SERVICES.
By executing this Agreement below, Customer
understands and agrees to the terms as stated in the
Proposal, the above EWSites.com Terms of Service"
and the additional terms referenced herein. |