ADVERTISING POLICIES, TERMS & CONDITIONS
Revised November 22, 2002
All advertising is subject to acceptance by Yosemite.com. Yosemite.com has sole discretion regarding which ads are appropriate on the site. Yosemite.com may decline any advertisement deemed malicious, in bad taste, stating false info or otherwise inappropriate to the web site for any reason. Yosemite.com will not sell ad space to individuals who benefit from the sales of multiple ad listings.
Advertiser wishing to cancel an ad may do so on or before the expiration deadline, however, as a general rule, advertiser cannot receive refunds from advertising with Yosemite.com.
All banner advertising will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis. If an advertiser wants to place a banner in a category that is filled, the advertisers business name will go on a waiting list. Wait-list advertisers will be contacted to advertise following cancellation or expiration of another banner ad/ads.
All advertising must be paid in full before it will be processed and posted to the yosemite.com web site.
Banner ads will be placed for a minimum of two months initially, and no more than one year in advance.
Wording on banners cannot be such as to depict banner advertiser as having the only available lodging in or near Yosemite.
Advertisers have the responsibility for paying for their account before it expires if they desire to continue advertising. As a courtesy, YOSEMITE.COM will invoice banner advertisers 1 week prior to expiration and standard web ads 1 month prior to the expiration date. If YOSEMITE.COM does not receive payment by the due date, then staff will remove that advertisers banner or listing and offer the available banner slot to the next advertiser in line on the waiting list.
Advertising policies, rates and specifications are subject to change at any time without advance notice.
By posting your advertisement, YOSEMITE.COM does not endorse or make any guarantees on the product or service advertised.
Advertiser agrees that all content information provided to Yosemite.com is appropriate and truthful.
YOSEMITE.COM is paid advertising by the owners and operators of these businesses listed, and any claims regarding the accuracy and truthfulness of any individual listing, or satisfaction with that service, should be directed toward the advertising party, NOT toward YOSEMITE.COM.
YOSEMITE.COM, Merced County Association of Governments, Merced Data Special Services (MDSS), or staff hired by any of these entities accepts no liability for any damages incurred by advertisers or those who purchase products or services through the banner or standard web advertisements on the YOSEMITE.COM web site.
YOSEMITE.COM does not make any claims regarding future effectiveness of advertising and does not guarantee any amount of hits to any page in the future.
Yosemite.com reserves the right to terminate or suspend any advertising account of any advertiser that may violate any of the terms in this agreement. Cancellations, termination, or suspension does not entitle you to a refund.
Advertisers and advertising agencies assume liability for all content (including text, representation and illustrations) of advertisements published and assume responsibility for any claims arising there from against the publisher. All materials submitted as advertising are subject to acceptance for publication at the sole discretion of Yosemite.com.
Yosemite.com accepts most types of banners including .gif, gif 89A, JPEG (jpg). Audio banners are not acceptable. All URLs must be active at the time the banner is posted to the site. Yosemite.com will not display dead URLs.
Advertisers are responsible for checking their advertisements accuracy after publication. Inaccuracies and misprints must be reported immediately to Yosemite.com. Advertisers are responsible for contacting Yosemite.com with any changes to their listing, contact name, address, phone number, rates, etc.
After receipt and approval of the signed policy and advertising form, Yosemite.com has between 5 and 10 days to publish the basic web listing or banner advertisement.
This Yosemite.com site contains links to other web sites that are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by Yosemite.com. Yosemite.com is not responsible for the content of any other web sites and makes no representation or warranty regarding any other web sites or the contents or materials on such web sites. If you decide to access other web sites, you do so at your own risk.
Group Ad - advertiser MUST already advertise on Yosemite.com before a group ad is considered. If an advertiser listed on yosemite.com expires say on June 4th and the group ad expires on December 20th, the advertiser must renew their listing with yosemite.com in order for their link to be active from the group ad page.
