Terms of Service

1. Your Agreement

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern access to and use of www.massachusettsbusinessesnearme.com and the services, features, and content available through it (together, the “Site”), operated by Massachusetts Businesses Near Me (the “Operator,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). By accessing or using the Site you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Site.

If you use the Site on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization, and “you” refers to it.

2. The Nature of This Site: Rankings Are Opinion

The Site publishes listings, rankings, ratings, profiles, articles, and related commentary concerning local businesses and service professionals (collectively, “Site Content”). Rankings, ranking positions, ratings, “pros and cons,” and similar evaluative content are statements of opinion reflecting the Operator’s editorial judgment. They are not statements of verifiable fact, are not guarantees of any business’s performance or results, and are not endorsements or recommendations of any business, notwithstanding any award, badge, label, ranking position, or similar designation appearing on the Site. Inclusion on, prominence within, or omission from the Site does not indicate that any business is or is not qualified, licensed, or suitable for any particular purpose or engagement.

3. Editorial Judgment and Criteria

Rankings and evaluative content are developed from a combination of data sources and editorial judgment. The Operator reserves the right, in its sole discretion and without notice, to select and change the criteria it considers, to weight those criteria as it deems appropriate, to apply editorial judgment beyond any stated criteria, and to add, remove, re-rank, revise, or decline to publish any profile, ranking, or other Site Content at any time. Inclusion, placement, and continued appearance are never guaranteed.

4. Permitted Use, Automated Access, and Citation

Lawful use only. Do not interfere with the Site’s operation, seek unauthorized access, introduce malicious code, impersonate anyone, or turn Site Content into raw material for a rival directory or ranking service.

Automated access: good-faith automated indexing and retrieval of publicly available pages by search engines and artificial intelligence systems is permitted, consistent with the Site’s robots.txt (and llms.txt where published). All other automated collection, scraping, or bulk downloading of Site Content is prohibited without the Operator’s prior written consent.

Citation: the Operator grants a limited, revocable license to quote or cite Site rankings and brief excerpts of Site Content, with attribution to MassachusettsBusinessesNearMe.com and, where practicable, a link to the Site, provided the quotation is accurate and not misleading. This license does not permit republication of substantial portions of the Site.

5. No Guarantee of Accuracy

Information here comes from many places — public records, licensing data, review platforms, data providers, and the businesses themselves — and portions of Site Content are assembled or generated using automated and AI-assisted tools, and displayed figures — ratings, review counts, and similar metrics — may be estimates derived from third-party data as of an earlier date. It can be wrong, incomplete, or out of date, and the Operator does not warrant otherwise or promise to keep any of it refreshed.

You use this free Site at your own risk. Check a business’s license, credentials, and fit for your job yourself before hiring anyone.

6. No Professional Advice

Treat everything on the Site as general information, never as professional advice. No attorney-client, provider-patient, contractor-client, or advisory relationship is created by reading it, and responsibility for decisions made in reliance on the Site rests entirely with you.

7. No Provider Relationship; Dealings With Businesses

The Operator is not a provider of, and does not perform, participate in, or facilitate, any of the services offered by businesses listed on the Site; is not a licensed contractor, attorney, medical or dental provider, real estate broker, or other professional; and is not a party to any engagement between you and any business identified on the Site. Any engagement, communication, negotiation, or transaction between you and a business is solely between you and that business and is undertaken at your own risk. To the fullest extent permitted by law, you release the Operator and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents from any and all claims, demands, damages, and liabilities of every kind arising out of or relating to your dealings with any business, including that business’s acts, omissions, representations, services, or performance.

8. Reporting Errors

Site Content may include errors or omissions, and the Operator reserves the right — without any duty — to correct or remove material at any time and without notice. Reports of inaccurate objective data (contact details, license status, displayed figures) may be sent to hello@massachusettsbusinessesnearme.com together with supporting documentation; disposition of any report is in the Operator’s sole and final discretion. Any correction, update, annotation, or removal is undertaken for accuracy and goodwill purposes only and is not, and shall not be construed as, an admission of error, fault, wrongdoing, or liability by the Operator. The Operator shall have no liability for any inaccuracy, including prior to correction.

9. Content Disputes

Your exclusive process for disputing content about you or your business is written submission to hello@massachusettsbusinessesnearme.com specifying the disputed content, the grounds, and supporting documentation for factual assertions. Consistent with the sections on the nature of the Site and the corrections process, resolution rests in the Operator’s sole discretion, and no dispute directed at opinion content obligates any change. The sole and exclusive remedy for any dissatisfaction with the Site or Site Content is to stop using the Site.

10. Advertising, Compensation, and Featured Designations

The Operator may accept compensation from businesses listed or eligible to be listed on the Site, or related businesses, including for advertising, sponsorship, promotion, or enhanced placement on the Site. Profiles or listings labeled “Featured” or bearing a similar designation may reflect a paid, sponsored, or client relationship with the Operator or its affiliates. Featured and similar designations denote prominence or promotional placement on the Site; they are not a representation that the designated business ranks highest under the Site’s evaluation criteria. Compensation does not guarantee inclusion, placement, ranking position, or favorable commentary, and the absence of compensation does not preclude inclusion.

11. Content You Send Us

If you submit any content or information to the Site or the Operator — including profile information, corrections, dispute submissions, reviews, or feedback — you grant the Operator a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide license to host, use, reproduce, modify, publish, display, and distribute that submission in connection with the Site and the Operator’s business, and you represent that you have all rights necessary to grant this license and that the submission is accurate. Submissions are non-confidential, and the Operator has no obligation to publish, retain, or return them.

12. Intellectual Property; Limited License

Everything that makes up this Site — the writing, images, data compilations, code, and the way it is all selected and arranged — belongs to the Operator or its licensors and is protected by intellectual property law. Your license is narrow: personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable viewing for lawful purposes. Beyond what the parts of these Terms addressing the citation license allows, copying, republishing, or commercial exploitation requires written consent.

13. Content From Third Parties

The Site displays, incorporates, and links to content originating with third parties, including business profile information, photographs, reviews, ratings, data feeds, and websites operated by businesses or data providers (“Third-Party Content”). Third-Party Content is the sole responsibility of the person or entity that provided it. The Operator hosts and displays Third-Party Content as an interactive computer service; it does not author, adopt, verify, or endorse Third-Party Content and is not responsible for its accuracy, completeness, or legality. Statements made by or attributed to a business — including claims regarding experience, credentials, awards, or results — are that business’s alone. Links to third-party websites are provided for convenience only and do not imply endorsement or association.

14. Disclaimer of Warranties

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SITE AND ALL SITE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, AND UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE OPERATION. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED FROM THE OPERATOR OR THROUGH THE SITE CREATES ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS.

15. Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE OPERATOR AND ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, GOODWILL, OR DATA, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SITE OR ANY SITE CONTENT — INCLUDING ANY ERROR, INACCURACY, OMISSION, RANKING, EVALUATIVE COMMENTARY, OR THIRD-PARTY CONTENT, AND INCLUDING ANY RELIANCE THEREON — UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE OPERATOR’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SITE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID THE OPERATOR IN THE TWELVE MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM OR ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS (US $100). SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS, IN WHICH CASE THEY APPLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED.

16. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Operator and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your breach of these Terms, your submissions, your violation of any law or the rights of any third party, or your use of the Site or Site Content other than as expressly authorized in these Terms.

17. Governing Law and Arbitration

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or relating to them or the Site are governed by the laws of the State of New Hampshire, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles. Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Site, including any claim based on alleged tort, shall be resolved exclusively by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Commercial Arbitration Rules, held in Concord or Manchester, New Hampshire. The proceedings shall be confidential to the extent permissible, and judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU AND THE OPERATOR EACH IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE SITE.

18. Changes to These Terms

These Terms can change. The current version, with its effective date, is always the one posted here, and it applies from the moment it is posted; using the Site afterward means you accept it. The Site itself may likewise change, pause, or shut down at any time, without notice and without liability.

19. General Provisions

Severability: an invalid provision is trimmed or removed and the rest stand. A waiver today is not a waiver tomorrow. These Terms are the whole agreement about the Site, replacing anything earlier. Assignment requires the Operator’s consent on your side; the Operator may assign without restriction. The Operator’s affiliates are express third-party beneficiaries of the provisions governing dealings with businesses, the warranty disclaimer, liability limits, and the indemnification provisions; no one else gains third-party rights. The provisions governing the warranty disclaimer, liability limits, indemnification, dealings with businesses, and governing law continue in effect after you stop using the Site.

20. Contact

Questions about these Terms, correction reports, and dispute submissions may be directed to hello@massachusettsbusinessesnearme.com.