Atlas · Editorial independence
How we make money, and what is never for sale
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Never for sale
Verdicts and grades
SAFE, CAUTION and BLOCK come only from the audit of the source. A publisher can report a wrong finding; it cannot buy a different one.
Ranks and order
Order is computed from the data: price, context, score. We sell no sponsored placement, so nothing sits inside a ranked list because someone paid.
Removal or delay
A BLOCK page stays public. A finding goes away only when a new audit of a fixed commit no longer produces it.
Where the money comes from
| Source | What it is | Where you see it |
|---|---|---|
| Display ads | Google AdSense, in reserved slots each labelled “Advertisement”. | Hubs and pages outside the list below. |
| Outbound referral links | Links to vendors are tagged as coming from ModelsAtlas, and a vendor that pays for referred sign-ups can pay us for them. | “Visit {Vendor} ↗” buttons. Whether a link earns anything never changes where a model, tool or server appears. |
Where ads never appear
- Skill and MCP server pages, including BLOCK pagesNo adsNothing commercial between a verdict and its findings
- Comparison tables on phonesNo adsAn ad there crowds the controls you are using
- Methodology, about, this page, submit and searchNo ads
- Everywhere elseAt most three slotsA rail on desktop, one in the content and one before the footer. Never above the page title, inside a table, inside a FAQ or beside a verdict.
How paid things are labelled
We sell no sponsored placement today. If we ever do, it will carry this label, sit outside ranked lists and never touch a verdict.
Every ad slot is labelled, and reserves its height so the page does not move when it fills.
Vendor links carry this tag and rel="nofollow", so the vendor can see the visit came from us.
The wall between records and revenue
- Pages render records.
A price, a grade or a ranking is read from the data when the site is built. A template never corrects a record, and nothing on a page can be edited by a vendor.
- Findings are not negotiable.
We do not remove a finding because its author asks. If it is wrong, say so with your reasoning and it is re-audited; the correction is public.
- Everyone is audited the same way.
The audit does not know who is listed anywhere else on this site.