Blog editorial policy

01 · Product neutrality

Conflicts are excluded, not managed inside the verdict

The blog does not mention, review, rank, link to, promote or optimize recommendations for any product on the internal conflict-exclusion register. It contains no affiliate links, sponsored rankings, vendor lead handoffs or paid product calls to action.

Comparison statement: We test products using published scenarios and criteria. Vendors cannot buy inclusion, placement or a higher score. Products with an editorial conflict are excluded from coverage.

02 · Evidence gate

Every article must add something reusable

A page must include at least one first-hand test, source-grounding review, current official-source check, scoring model, decision tree, QA checklist, dataset, reproducible workflow or source-led resolution of conflicting claims. Pages that only rephrase existing search results are not commissioned.

Hands-on claims require dated notes or artifacts. Automated checks do not replace subject-matter review where factual or assessment quality matters.

03 · Source hierarchy

Primary sources sit beside changing claims

Official product documentation is used for current features, limits, privacy and licensing. Standards bodies, peer-reviewed research and university teaching resources support assessment-design guidance. Vendor studies are labelled with the source and denominator, and are not treated as universal benchmarks.

04 · AI assistance

AI may assist drafting, but it does not own verification

AI can support outlining, query clustering, transcription, extraction and draft editing. An editor remains responsible for the final structure, source match, claims, links and limitations. AI-generated test questions require the same item-level review as questions generated by a product under evaluation.

05 · Corrections

Correct the page and preserve the record

Material errors are corrected on the affected page with a new verification date and an entry in the public changelog. A correction identifies what changed and why. Silent edits are limited to spelling, grammar and formatting changes that do not alter meaning.

06 · Vendor and expert responses

Facts can be corrected, verdicts cannot be negotiated

Covered vendors and relevant experts may submit public evidence to correct a factual claim. They cannot select competitors, alter test weights after results are known or negotiate a verdict. Material responses and resulting corrections are logged.