Editorial policy

Who publishes this site

Free Toolset is maintained by the Free Toolset team. We do not claim that every tool has been reviewed by a licensed accountant, physician, attorney, engineer, contractor, or other professional. When professional review has not occurred, we say so rather than attaching a title or credential that is not supported.

Questions, corrections, source suggestions, and accessibility reports can be sent to contact@freetoolset.com.

What earns publication and search visibility

A page should solve a defined problem, work without an unnecessary account gate, explain its inputs and output, disclose important assumptions, and add value beyond a generic formula or search-targeted description. We prioritize tools that can be tested with reproducible examples and documented with useful limitations or source material.

Not every available tool is automatically promoted to search engines. Tools that need deeper documentation, stronger testing, better differentiation, or an updated methodology may remain accessible through the site while being marked not to appear in search results. Search visibility is treated as an editorial decision, not a reward for producing more URLs.

Originality and automated assistance

Tool behavior, examples, and explanatory material must be reviewed against the actual implementation. We do not publish scraped articles, spun copies of competing pages, or collections of text created only to fill space around advertisements. Software and automated assistance may be used during development or editing, but output is not accepted as authoritative merely because it is fluent. Formula, source, route, and browser checks are required before release.

Sources and links

• Primary standards, government resources, and recognized technical documentation are preferred when available.
• Sources must support the specific statement or method for which they are cited.
• A source date, jurisdiction, or scope is disclosed when it materially limits the result.
• Commercial sources are not presented as independent evidence when they are selling the product being discussed.
• Broken or outdated source links are corrected or replaced during review.

High-impact topics

Finance, tax, health, construction, legal, and safety decisions can have consequences beyond the browser. Pages in these areas must make clear that results are educational estimates, identify major exclusions, and point readers to current official or professional guidance where appropriate. We avoid promises about qualification, approval, savings, safety, health outcomes, investment returns, or legal compliance.

A calculator cannot know a visitor's complete circumstances. Users remain responsible for verifying rates, local rules, product instructions, professional advice, and contractual terms before acting on a result.

Corrections policy

1. We reproduce the reported issue using the supplied inputs when possible.
2. We compare the implementation with its documented formula, conversion, or source.
3. We correct the calculation and related explanation together when the report is valid.
4. We run focused checks and the broader site quality gates before release.
5. We update the visible review date when a material calculation or explanation changes.

Reports should include the page URL, browser/device if relevant, exact non-sensitive inputs, observed result, and expected result. We do not require payment to consider a correction and we do not remove accurate criticism in exchange for compensation.

Advertising and commercial independence

Advertising helps support hosting, testing, and continued maintenance. Ads are labeled and are not part of a calculation result. Advertisers do not receive control over formulas, rankings, conclusions, or correction decisions. We do not ask visitors to click ads, and access to a tool does not depend on interacting with an advertisement.

Free Toolset may use automated ad placement. We monitor placements so ads do not imitate tool controls, cover important content, or sit where a download or calculate action could cause an accidental click. Privacy and cookie details are maintained in the Privacy Policy.

Review cadence

Priority tools are reviewed when implementation changes, when a relevant standard or source changes, when browser support affects behavior, or when a credible correction is received. Pages with time-sensitive rules require more frequent attention than stable conversions. A displayed date means the page was reviewed on that date; it is not a promise that an outside professional endorsed it.