Terms of Use

These terms explain how visitors and clients may use the matthew-web website, service information, project communication, and business resources.

Terms for Using matthew-web

These Terms of Use apply to the matthew-web website and to general information presented on this site. By using this website, you agree to use it in a lawful, respectful, and responsible way.

matthew-web provides website design, custom software, SEO-ready pages, indexing support, lead forms, CRM dashboard planning, business automation ideas, and related digital services for small businesses.

Important: Website content, pricing examples, service descriptions, and project information are provided for general business purposes. A final project agreement, invoice, or written proposal controls the specific scope of any paid work.

Website Information

matthew-web works to keep information on this website accurate and useful. However, website content may change over time as services, pricing, examples, tools, policies, and project offerings are updated.

Information on this website should not be treated as a guaranteed quote, guaranteed ranking promise, guaranteed approval promise, or guaranteed business result. Every project depends on the client, business needs, timeline, content, budget, platform, third-party tools, and technical requirements.

Services and Project Scope

matthew-web may provide services such as website design, custom website pages, service pages, contact forms, quote forms, SEO-ready structure, sitemap setup, Google Search Console support, Bing Webmaster Tools support, custom dashboards, CRM-style tools, and business software features.

The exact scope of a client project should be agreed to in writing before work begins. A project may include specific pages, features, forms, integrations, revisions, support terms, hosting guidance, or other deliverables.

Project scope may include

  • Website page design and development
  • Mobile-friendly layout work
  • Search-engine-ready page structure
  • Contact forms, quote forms, or booking forms
  • Custom-coded pages or dashboards
  • Basic indexing and sitemap setup
  • Content layout and page organization
  • Client-requested revisions within the agreed project limits

Estimates, Pricing, and Payments

Prices shown on this website, if any, are general examples or starting points unless clearly stated otherwise. Final pricing can depend on the number of pages, design complexity, software features, forms, integrations, content needs, revisions, and timeline.

Payment terms should be agreed to before work begins. Depending on the project, matthew-web may require a deposit, milestone payment, full upfront payment, or other written payment arrangement.

Work may be paused if required client information, content, approvals, or payments are not provided on time.

Client Responsibilities

To complete a project correctly, clients may need to provide information, approvals, text, images, logos, business details, hosting access, domain access, or account permissions when needed.

Clients are responsible for providing accurate information

  • Business name, phone number, email, and service information
  • Correct pricing, policies, and business details
  • Approved images, logos, videos, or brand materials
  • Timely feedback and approvals
  • Access to accounts needed for approved work
  • Legal permission to use any provided content or media

matthew-web is not responsible for incorrect information provided by the client or for delays caused by missing approvals, missing access, or missing materials.

SEO, Indexing, and Ad Approval Expectations

matthew-web may help with SEO-ready structure, metadata, sitemaps, indexing requests, Search Console setup, Bing Webmaster Tools setup, and content planning. However, no honest web design or SEO provider can guarantee specific rankings, instant indexing, ad approval, traffic levels, sales, or revenue.

Search engines and advertising platforms make their own decisions. Approval, indexing, ranking, and visibility can depend on content quality, website trust, competition, third-party policies, crawl timing, backlinks, reviews, user behavior, and other factors outside of matthew-web control.

Third-Party Tools and Platforms

Some projects may involve third-party services such as hosting providers, domain registrars, analytics tools, email providers, payment processors, databases, APIs, search tools, advertising platforms, CMS tools, or other external software.

matthew-web is not responsible for outages, billing changes, policy changes, account restrictions, platform decisions, lost access, or technical problems caused by third-party services.

Intellectual Property and Content

Clients should only provide content, images, logos, videos, text, or materials they own or have permission to use. The client is responsible for making sure provided materials do not violate someone else’s rights.

Custom work created for a paid client project may be transferred or licensed according to the written project agreement. matthew-web may keep rights to reusable code patterns, internal tools, development methods, templates, project systems, and general know-how unless a written agreement says otherwise.

Acceptable Website Use

Visitors may use this website for normal business and informational purposes. Visitors may not attempt to damage, overload, copy, attack, scrape, misuse, or interfere with the website, admin systems, forms, APIs, or connected services.

Do not use this website to

  • Submit false, abusive, spam, or harmful form entries
  • Attempt unauthorized access to admin areas or systems
  • Upload or send malicious code
  • Copy website content for misleading or unlawful use
  • Interfere with website security, hosting, or performance

Limitation of Liability

matthew-web provides website and digital service information in good faith, but this website is provided without guarantees that it will always be error-free, uninterrupted, or fully current.

To the fullest extent allowed by law, matthew-web is not liable for indirect damages, lost profits, lost rankings, lost ad approvals, lost leads, third-party platform issues, downtime, or business losses related to use of this website or third-party services.

Privacy

Use of this website may also be covered by the matthew-web Privacy Policy. The Privacy Policy explains general information about contact forms, communication, analytics, and website data.

You can read the Privacy Policy here:

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Contact Information

Questions about these terms, website services, project work, or business communication can be sent through the contact page.

matthew-web
973 River Road
Madison, ME 04950
Phone: (207) 631-7793

Client walk-ins are not accepted at this location. Please contact matthew-web by mail, phone, or website message.

Questions About These Terms?

Contact matthew-web for questions about website design, custom software, SEO-ready pages, indexing support, or project planning.

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