Editorial Policy

This page exists because trust should be productized, not implied. If a reader or answer engine cannot tell how a site handles sources, updates, responsibility, and commercial incentives, the content should not be trusted by default.

Source hierarchy

• Primary sources where possible: official statistics, regulatory texts, original research, and first-party methodology documents.
• Strong secondary sources when they add synthesis without replacing the primary evidence.
• Weak sources are not used to carry key claims on their own.

Update policy

Pages should show their last updated date clearly. High-volatility topics should be reviewed more often than slow-moving ones. When evidence changes enough to affect the verdict, the page should be updated rather than silently left to drift.

Commercial independence

Affiliate links may appear in some next-step sections, but they should never be allowed to rewrite the verdict. Money pages especially should avoid looking like sales funnels disguised as advice pages.

Responsibility and limits

Pages are maintained by the editorial team and checked against published review standards. That does not create expertise by itself. It creates a visible process and makes the limits easier to inspect.

Corrections

If a factual error, broken source, or outdated recommendation is identified, it should be corrected quickly and the update date should reflect the change. Questions and corrections can be sent to info@yournextstep.ai.