SITE INFO - Terms and Conditions of Use


This document describes terms and conditions for using www.alansayce.com World Wide Web (www) servers. There is also a copyright document that covers usage of the underlying www.alansayce.com data.

The purpose of this document is to explain our actions in protecting the resources of our www servers. Systems (described below) which cause additional and/or unnecessary strain on our servers are strongly discouraged and users and/or sites that do not follow these guidelines may be banned from using the site.

Please try to follow the rules, as it will provide for speedier use of the site for everyone. Many of the systems (described below) can cause other users to be unable to access our site so these measures are taken to help our users in general. The following terms and conditions relate to usage of our www services this page be read in conjunction with our Copyright notice and general terms. The list should not be considered comprehensive or final, we reserve the right to alter it at any time.

automated requests
User access to www.alansayce.com www servers is restricted to conventional non-accelerated browsers. So called web-accelerator products such as NetJet, NetSonic, MSIECrawler and Teleport-Pro are not permitted. If you are using a product or browser feature that claims to significantly speed up page downloads then that is most likely a web-accelerator and it must not be used while browsing www.alansayce.com www servers.

Web-accelerators consume vast amounts of bandwidth and server resources. We are able to detect use of these systems through live logfile analysis and we act quickly to ban all future connections from offenders.

www robots/crawlers
Robots and crawlers need to follow the robot guidelines (found at http://info.webcrawler.com/mak/projects/robots/robots.html). Robots that ignore the guidelines are easily detected and banned.

If you are using a robot/crawler to check www.alansayce.com links, please make sure it operates according to the robot guidelines (see above). Please take special care to ensure that new robots aren't left unattended. 1 minute is the minimum safe interval between automated requests.

filtering
Written permission must be obtained before www.alansayce.com content can be filtered/altered (e.g. automatic removal of advertising banners.). Failure to gain permission will be deemed a copyright violation. For further information please read our copyright document.

frames
Written permission is required before embedding www.alansayce.com pages in HTML frames running from other sites. For further information please read our copyright document.

graphics
Written permission is required before www.alansayce.com graphics can be placed on external sites. This includes copying the graphics and serving them from our site. A subset of the www.alansayce.com graphics are available for linking purposes; those do not require written permission if used in accordance with the conditions of linking.

republishing
See the copyright document for details on republishing parts of the Internet site.

email addresses
Email addresses are provided for user queries relating to the www.alansayce.com. Capture of email addresses featured in www.alansayce.com pages for use in unsolicited email activities is not permitted.