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USANOTARIES.COM
Placement Policy
Our standard standard guidelines are to order
the notary listings as follows:
- The first notary to join in any county or region, if
regions are introduced, will occupy the first position in
that county or region, the second will occupy the second
position, and so on, based on 2 groups - standard and
premium.
- All Premium members will be listed first in the order
that their applications are received. All Standard
members will be listed in the order that their
applications are received after all Premium member
listings.
- Standard members who later upgrade to Premium membership
will be placed according to the date of the upgrade, not
the original date of joining. This is to prevent Premium
members from being pushed down in position by Standard
members who later upgrade to Premium.
Simply put, within the categories of Premium and Standard,
notaries are placed higher when they join earlier, and are not
pushed down by new notary memberships. Keep in mind that since
Premium member listings are placed above Standard member
listings, Standard member listings can be pushed down by the
Premium member listings while still maintaining their
positions with regard to other Standard member listings. |
It is our intention to keep this policy for
some time. The only factor
that may change this policy with regard to some methods of search would be the
introduction of our new database engine, due out sometime in 2007, that will allow selecting and sorting by
multiple criteria, including proximity to the signing. Such a system
will further benefit everyone involved, including the notaries
listed at USANotaries.com.
While we may eventually sell top placements in
each county/region, this would only be the top 5 or 10 spots. We do
not have plans at this time to sell top listing positions, and will
continue to follow our guidelines above until such time as we deem a
need or benefit to changing this policy. USANotaries.com recognizes the
importance of a membership that is large and geographically diverse,
and it is our intention to make this directory a win-win-win
situation for all involved.
DISCLAIMER - This policy may change at any
time due to changes in how notaries are searched, such as, but not
limited to, inclusion of a database that allows search by distance
of the closest notary to the signing, search by notary's credentials
and/or qualifications, or search by any other criteria or technology
that USANotaries.com may add in order enhance the ability of the
signing entity utilizing the USANotaries.com directory to select a
notary public. We believe that such enhancements serve to increase
the efficiency of those using the directory to find a notary public,
encouraging them to use this directory on a more frequent basis, and
thereby increasing the likelihood of more business for all notaries
who list here.
By agreeing to be placed in the USANOTARIES.COM notary directory,
you acknowledge that you have read, agree, and abide by the terms
and conditions of the USANOTARIES.COM Terms of
Service, of which this Placement Policy is a part of. In the
case that there is a dispute and a difference exists between the
Placement Policy and the Terms of Service, the Terms of Service will
prevail as the terms by which USANotaries.com will enforce its
policy.
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