Hosting Terms and Conditions
General Conditions of Use
Sedona Sky LLC (aka Sedona Sky, SedonaWebsites, BeyondtheNet, FlagstaffWebDesign) provides server space for email accounts and hosting. Sedona Sky reserves the right to suspend, restrict or terminate any customers account where the customer is in breach of this agreement.
Use of Web Hosting Accounts
Accounts are to be used only by the purchaser / purchasing company. Account holders must not resell or give away web space or email accounts to other parties, other than the acceptance of advertisements. All web and space and email accounts must remain in total control of the account holder.
Each web hosting account may be used for only one website. Hosting of two or more websites on the one web hosting account is prohibited. Subdomains (where provided) may be used as an extension of the main website or as a site to run alongside the main website. Subdomains may not be used to host additional websites.
Prohibited Use
Sedona Sky prohibits the use of its servers for:
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Illegal material, such as commercial audio, video or music files or any other copyrighted works, for which the account holder does not have the permission of the coyright holder, or any other material in violation of US Law
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Adult material, such as pornography, erotic images or otherwise lewd or obscene content
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Racist, defamatory, obscene, indecent or other unlawful material
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'Warez', such as pirated software, ROMS, emulators, instructions or software for phreaking, hacking, password cracking or IP spoofing etc
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Sites engaging in or promoting pyramid sales, Multi Level Marketing or similar activities
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Engaging in illegal activities
Account holders will not post (nor allow to be posted) web pages containing such material or links to such material, nor shall they store such material in their server space, nor shall they transmit such material by email or any other means.
Sedona Sky reserves the right to determine whether any material or use is prohibited. Sedona Sky reserves the right to remove any such material without warning and suspend or terminate accounts without refund or notice.
Spam (unsolicited email)
Sedona Sky prohibits spam (the sending of unsolicited bulk email). Sedona Sky will terminate any account, without refund, for which the account holder has sent unsolicited bulk emails.
Payment for Web Hosting Accounts
Web hosting accounts are sold on a 6 month or one year prepay basis. The full payment for a full year's service is required at the time of placing your order. If a credit card is on file for a previous invoice, we reserve the right to use the credit card for an outstandinginvoice.
Failure to pay within these time limits will cause suspension of the account or additional facilities until payment is received.
Upgrading Web Hosting Accounts
At any time, account holders may upgrade their web hosting accounts by purchasing additional web storage space and/or bandwidth. Account holders can choose to have the upgrade take effect immediately or to have it take effect from the renewal date. If from the renewal date, then the renewal invoice will be adjusted to include the upgraded features. If immediate, then the account holder will be invoiced for the upgrades as for a new account, and payment will be due immediately.
Upgrades made part way through the term of the hosting account will be charged at the full rate as if they were ordered as part of the original hosting account. An upgrade made part way through the term of a hosting account will be valid only until the renewal of the hosting account.
Data Transfer (Bandwidth) and System Resources
All web hosting accounts should remain within the agreed data transfer (bandwidth) allowance for the account. Sedona Sky accepts that there are times when sites may unexpectedly exceed data transfer allowance for short period of time. Sedona Sky will not impose any penalty for such breaches of data transfer allowance providing that these breaches are small, are not frequent, and are not sustained. Sedona Sky reserves the right to determine what constitutes small, sustained or frequent breaches of data transfer allowance.
Many domains have to share the various resources (processors, memory, etc) available on the servers. Sedona Sky believes that no single domain should use excessive amounts of resources, as this may jeopardise server performance for the other domains.
In the event that an account is deemed to be using excessive data transfer (bandwidth) or resources, Sedona Sky may suggest action to reduce bandwidth or resource use, or suggest moving the website to its own dedicated server.
Account holders may also be subject to additional costs due to excessive data transfer or resource use. These costs will be agreed between Sedona Sky and the account holder.
Cancellation, Termination and Refunds of Web Hosting Accounts
All web hosting accounts are for a period of 6 months or one calendar year from the date of ordering or renewal. Fees are charged on a pre-pay basis and are non-refundable. No refund will be given where customers terminate or cease to use their account prior to the end of the term of the hosting account.
In the event that Sedona Sky finds an account is in breach of the prohibited uses, then that account may be terminated without notice. No refund for the remainder of the year will be given.
In the event that an account exceeds data transfer or resource allowances and an agreement cannot be reached between Sedona Sky and the account holder, then Sedona Sky may terminate the account. In this case, Sedona Sky may provide a refund for the remaining unused part of the year, subject to an administration fee of $20.
Liability
Sedona Sky will not be responsible for any loss or damage your business may suffer. Sedona Sky make no warranties, expressed or implied, for any services we offer.
Customers shall indemnify and hold harmless Sedona Sky from any and all demands, liabilities, losses, costs, and claims, including all legal fees, asserted against Sedona Sky and it's agents, customers, officers and employees, that may arise from any service provided or performed or agreed to be performed, or for any product sold by Sedona Sky, it's agents, customers, officers or employees.
Sedona Sky will not be responsible for any loss or damage caused by infringement of copyright or proprietary rights, supply of defective goods or services, any loss or damage (personal or business), caused by customers of Sedona Sky.
Changes and Amendments
Sedona Sky reserves the right to amend and/or change these Terms and Conditions without notice.
Sedona Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Sedona Sky's approach to Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is straight-forward, honest and practical. In your initial free consultation, the web professionals at Sedona Sky ask pertinent questions to determine your internet marketing goals to ensure that your goals and expectations are realistic and attainable.
Keyword Research
The first and most important piece of work that must be done is keyword research to determine which key phrases best suit your product or service and that those keywords receive enough search volume to make them viable for you.
Niche Keyphrases
We will work to narrow your keywords into the most specific categories possible in order to narrow competition and focus on your target market. We will seek out niche keyphrases that describe your product or service in the most specific terms possible, in order to increase your chances of being found by your potential clients or customers.
On-page Optimization
All of the sites built by Sedona Sky are built to be search engine friendly. This means making sure that the appropriate keywords are in place not only in your meta tags but also in the text of your page.
Speak to Your Visitors - Create Content for Humans
When writing website text, we make sure we write text that speaks clearly and powerfully to your visitors first and second is optimized for search engines. There's no sense spending a lot of time driving people to your website if you have nothing of clear value to keep them there once they arrive. So, we focus on helping you create content for humans that is also optimized for search engines.
Keep Current
A site that is updated regularly will be crawled and indexed more by search engines. Having a Blog on your site is a great way to keep the content fresh. Forums are also excellent vehicles to generate fresh content as you engage people in conversations and keep them coming back to your site.
Be Relevant and Popular
Creating a site with unique and useful content will help to make you one of the popular kids on your block. Your "block" is your neighborhood of keyphrases and related categories and your "neighbors" are other sites that have content that is relevant to your own. Links pointing to your site from other sites of relevant content are basically seen as a "vote" towards the importance of your site. And yes, you guessed it, the more votes you get, the more popular your site becomes in the search engines. Social Networking has also become a key tool to help generate votes and site popularity and drive traffic to your site.
Social Networking
Social Media Outlets such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc. can be excellent tools to help you reach out and connect to your customers and colleagues. It’s all about social “shares” and engagement. Participating in blogs and forums related to your field can also be a great way to drive visitors to your site. Being seen as an expert or an authority in your field will help generate traffic to your site as people become interested in what else you may have to offer.
Pay Per Click
Gaining good search engine rank takes time. Depending on how competitive your category is, you could be looking at six months to several years before you attain the rank you are seeking. If you need your site to be found right away, we can help you set up Pay Per Click ads in Google, Bing, Yahoo, Facebook, etc. Pay Per Click ads can be a very useful tool in helping to refine and narrow your keywords and determining which key phrases actually bring you results.
Be Flexible
Search engine algorithms are constantly being updated. What works today to gain placement for your website, may not work forever. The professionals at Sedona Sky are committed to staying on top of recent trends and algorithm updates. We will always remain prepared to make the appropriate recommendations to help keep your site at the top of the search engines.
