Trust and methodology
Editorial Policy
How Shark-E-Ting frames product decisions, separates evidence from judgment, handles commercial relationships, uses automation, and corrects material errors.
What we publish
Content begins with a reader decision
Shark-E-Ting publishes tutorials, reviews, pricing analyses, comparisons, and decision guides about affiliate marketing tools and connected publishing systems. A page should help someone choose, verify, build, or improve a real workflow. Collecting features without a decision path is not enough.
Recommendations consider the job to be completed, fit, material limitations, total required stack, setup effort, portability, migration cost, and credible alternatives. Affordability is assessed against the workflow and sustainable tool budget—not invented demographic or income assumptions.
Evidence labels
Four labels prevent one kind of evidence from impersonating another
Vendor fact
A claim from current official documentation, pricing, or program terms. It is dated when it can change.
Direct observation
Behavior actually inspected or tested. The method and limits are stated when they affect the conclusion.
Calculation
A reproducible comparison using visible inputs, such as plan costs or a complete-stack estimate.
Editorial judgment
A conclusion drawn from the evidence and identified as judgment rather than reported fact.
Review process
The minimum path from question to recommendation
The depth changes with the claim. The sequence does not.
Define the reader and job. A conclusion without a use case is too broad to be useful.
Collect current primary sources. Product, pricing, and program claims use official evidence whenever possible.
Test or inspect only what can be represented honestly. A trial is not described as long-term use, and a vendor claim is not called a test result.
Compare the complete workflow. Required add-ons, migration effort, portability, and better-fit alternatives belong in the decision.
State fit and avoid-if conditions. A recommendation names the boundary that could change it.
Verify publication output. Sources, disclosure placement, links, dates, taxonomy, and the public rendering are checked.
Automation and AI
Automation can assist production; it cannot upgrade weak evidence
Automation may help organize research, prepare drafts, map taxonomy, check links and structure, or create explanatory editorial illustrations. Published claims, sources, commercial labels, dates, destinations, and rendered output still require verification against the relevant source and live page.
Generated illustrations explain an idea or workflow. They are not presented as product screenshots, proof of hands-on use, or documentary evidence. Shark-E-Ting does not claim a test, purchase, or long-term result that did not occur.
Corrections and updates
Changing facts should leave a visible maintenance trail
Prices, features, program terms, and service behavior change. Materially reviewed articles display an updated date. A confirmed substantive correction should update the affected claim and reviewed date rather than being silently hidden.
For a potential error, record the page URL, exact claim, and a current primary source. The Contact page lists the reader-support routes currently available and the details needed for a useful correction review. The newsletter sender address is delivery-only and is not monitored for support.