This Agreement (“Agreement”) is by and between Taarefa Designing and you, and your heirs, assigns, agents and contractors (collectively, “You”) and is made effective as of the date of execution. This Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions of Your use of Taarefa Designing’s search engine optimisation (“SEO”) service represents the entire Agreement concerning the subject matter hereof. By using Taarefa Designing’s service, You acknowledge and agree that you have read, understood, acknowledged and agreed to be bound by all the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

THE SEO SERVICE

We shall provide You our SEO service that is aimed, but not guaranteed, to optimise pre-defined keywords and phrases, however, you agree to abide by the terms and conditions set forth herein and in each of our policies and procedures, as may be amended by us from time to time.

THE SEO SERVICE IS NOT GUARANTEED, BUT WILL BE PERFORMED TO THE BEST OF TAAREFA DESIGNING’S KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY

You should be satisfied once you have chosen to engage Taarefa Designing to implement the SEO service by examining our experience and previous work that Taarefa Designing has the requisite knowledge and ability to implement the SEO service for You.

Your website’s ranking with a particular Search Term will rely on both the relevancy of that term on your pages, the popularity of that term on other websites and the relevance of the back-links to your website to the search term.

Although Google’s results are displayed on other search engines, the work that is carried out by us is aimed at increasing visibility and boosting ranking on Google, MSN and Yahoo!. It is not possible to give a 100% guarantee for any specific result on any search engine, nor can we quantify the level of increased traffic or sales, as a result of the SEO campaign.

No guarantees will be given as to a Your website’s ranking as the search engines change their ranking algorithms on a regular basis and new sites and competitor sites may be being optimised and submitted continually. It is possible for Your website’s rankings to go backwards, if this were to happen, no liability will be on us and no refunds or discounts given.

SEO deliverables are to improve Your website rankings on the keywords selected &/or close variations of these phrases. In some cases it may not be possible to improve rankings on certain keyword phrases and in this case we will select the closest relevant keyword phrases to optimise.

SEO process takes at least 2-3 months to show some significant effect. During this time the client site is analysed and optimised within the timelines and resources specified in agreement. Achieving stable high rankings can take up to 6-12 months.

Results will be based upon listings of Google only unless otherwise agreed

YOU AGREE TO GIVE TAAREFA DESIGNING THE FOLLOWING ACCESS AND THAT SHOULD SUCH ACCESS NOT BE GRANTED, WE WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR MEETING ANY AGREED UPON TARGETS

You grant authority to submit the website pages being promoted to search engines and directories.

We will have the ability to optimise the structure and content of clients’ web pages. Such changes generally have a minimal visual impact. We will work directly with You in order to maintain the original look and feel of your website.

You must inform webmasters or anyone else who has access to the Website that we are performing SEO services on the site.

You must allow implementation of all optimisation strategies on their website.

You are responsible for ensuring that your website is always active and accessible.

ANY SEO WORK THAT WE UNDERTAKE MAY BE DETRIMENTALLY AFFECTED IF YOU HAVE

Employed the services of another SEO Company or any other related company to work on the website during the same period, or

Employed the services of a search engine submission company during the same period, or

Created any duplicate sites, duplicate content or pages, redirects or doorway pages, or

Requested or exchanged links with link farms or undertaken any spamming techniques which may harm the website’s ranking with Google, or

Attempted to use any other techniques, whether allowed by Google or not, to attempt to increase the SEO ranking of the site, or

Any other additional SEO or SEO related activity.

WE WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR REACHING ANY AGREED UPON TARGETS IF YOU HAVE ATTEMPTED TO COMPLETE ANY OF THE ABOVE LISTED TACTICS

It is agreed and understood that any activities undertaken by You (or by any third party on Your behalf) which is in relation to or similar to the Works, including without limitation any modification of the Works or the Your website or the use of or inclusion of any third party product or service which might relate to the Works shall interfere with the provision of the Works by Taarefa Designing and affect the results, outcomes and positions in search engines. All such things should be discussed with us prior to implementation and You shall not implement the same without the prior written consent of Taarefa Designing.

WE MAY PROVIDE HOSTING ADVICE AND WILL NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR NOT ACHIEVING AGREED UPON GOALS IN THE EVENT THAT SUCH ADVICE IS NOT TAKEN.ONCE A YEAR THE SERVER MAY GO DOWN FOR UPDATE WITHOUT LOSS OF DATA.

The Client agrees that their website is not hosted on free webspace using domain forwarding (either framed or otherwise).

In cases where there is either concern that the current hosting IP address may be part of a ‘bad neighbourhood’ or for reasons of optimisation, we may request the client to change hosting provider.

WE CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR PROBLEMS OR ADDITIONAL COSTS ARISING DUE TO ANY ERRORS MADE BY THIRD PARTIES, OR FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A CURRENT COPY OF YOUR OWN WEBSITE.

PROPERTY OWNERSHIP

You acknowledge and agree that the SEO service and procedure, the names and logos of Taarefa Designing and all related product and service names, are the sole and exclusive property of Taarefa Designing .

FEES AND PAYMENT

FEES WILL BE BILLED IN INSTALMENTS IN YOUR SELECTED CURRENCY (INDIAN RUPEE) FOR SERVICES.

The Fees are based on the volume package you select and any excess fees from the previous billing cycle. You are responsible for reviewing the Fee Schedule from time to time and remaining aware of the Fees charged by us. The Fee Schedule, for both standard subscriptions and excess fees, is subject to change at any time at our discretion. We shall not notify you in writing prior to the effectiveness of any change to the fee schedule. All the payments are non-refundable even in case of project cancellation or suspension.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND RESTRICTIONS

THIS IS AN AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES, AND YOU ARE NOT GRANTED A LICENSE TO ANY SOFTWARE BY THIS AGREEMENT.

You will not, directly or indirectly: reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to discover the source code, object code, or underlying structure, ideas, or algorithms of, or found at or through the Services or any software, documentation, or data related to the Services (“Software”); remove any proprietary notices or labels from the Services or any Software, modify, translate, or create derivative works based on the Services or any Software; or copy, distribute, pledge, assign, or otherwise transfer or encumber rights to the Services or any Software.

Unless you are expressly authorised by us, you may not display, copy, reproduce, or distribute the Software, any component thereof, any documentation provided in connection with the Services or the Software. Violation of these restrictions may result in the termination of this Agreement.

THE SERVICES MAY ONLY BE USED FOR LAWFUL PURPOSES. TRANSMISSION OR SOLICITATION OF ANY MATERIAL THAT VIOLATES INDIAN FEDERAL, STATE OR OTHER LAWS THAT MAY APPLY IN THIS JURISDICTION OR YOUR LOCAL AREA IS PROHIBITED.

IN USING THE VARIED FEATURES OF THE SERVICES, YOU MAY PROVIDE INFORMATION (SUCH AS NAME, ADDRESS, CONTACT INFORMATION, AND OTHER REGISTRATION INFORMATION) TO TAAREFA DESIGNING. WE MAY USE THIS INFORMATION AND ANY TECHNICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES TO TAILOR ITS PRESENTATIONS TO YOU, FACILITATE YOUR MOVEMENT THROUGH THE SERVICE, OR COMMUNICATE SEPARATELY WITH YOU.

TERMINATION

UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED ELSEWHERE, YOU MAY TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT AT ANY TIME BY PROVIDING 28 DAYS NOTICE IN WRITING, HOWEVER THE MINIMUM PERIOD THIS AGREEMENT CAN RUN IS 3 MONTHS. THERE ARE NO REFUNDS FOR ANY FEES PAID AND YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE TO PAY THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FEES DUE OVER THE MINIMUM 3 MONTH PERIOD. UNLESS ADVISED IN WRITING THIS AGREEMENT, THE SERVICE AND THE FEES WILL CONTINUE INDEFINITELY.

WE MAY TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SERVICES, OR DISABLE YOUR ACCOUNT, IN EACH CASE AT ANY TIME WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE, AND WITH OR WITHOUT NOTICE. WE SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY BECAUSE OF SUCH TERMINATION OR ACTION.

WARRANTY DISCLAIMER; REMEDIES

USE OF THE SERVICES AND ANY RELIANCE BY YOU UPON THE SERVICES, INCLUDING ANY ACTION TAKEN BY YOU BECAUSE OF SUCH USE OR RELIANCE, IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TAAREFA DESIGNING DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DOES IT MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE SERVICES. THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND TAAREFA DESIGNING DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.

Your exclusive and sole remedy for any failure or non-performance of the Services shall be for us to use commercially reasonable efforts to adjust or repair the Services.