Listing and ranking policy
Concept. Deze tekst is opgesteld als uitgangspunt en is niet getoetst door een jurist. Hij bindt niemand en mag niet worden gebruikt zolang die toetsing niet heeft plaatsgevonden. — Draft. This text is a starting point, has not been reviewed by counsel, binds no one, and must not be relied upon until that review has taken place.
Two kinds of entry, never mixed
The archive and the advertising are separate. A record in the directory is compiled from public registers and is never bought. A commercial listing is placed by an advertiser and is always identified as such, on the listing itself and in every list where it appears.
No payment adds a château to the archive, removes one from it, changes what its record says, or changes where it ranks in the archive's own results.
The order of commercial listings
Where commercial listings are shown together, they are ordered as follows:
- Featured placement first. A featured listing has been paid for and carries a visible label saying so. Featured listings do not appear in the archive's results.
- Then relevance to what was asked — region, department, and any filter the visitor set.
- Then the date of last update, most recently updated first.
Nothing else affects the order. There is no hidden weighting, and a higher fee does not buy a higher position within the featured group; that group is ordered by last update like the rest.
What a listing must contain
- Who is advertising, and in what capacity.
- Where the property or accommodation is.
- A way to reach the advertiser directly.
- The date the listing was last updated.
What a listing may never contain
- A statement that a property has been verified, approved, certified or recommended by Le Roi du Château.
- A valuation, a projected return, a yield, or a claim that something is a good investment.
- A conclusion about structure, condition, planning permission, flood risk or legal title.
- A renovation cost presented as a figure we stand behind.
Where information of that kind comes from the advertiser or from a named third party, it is presented as their statement, attributed, and accompanied by the advice to obtain independent professional advice.
Withdrawal
A listing expires on its end date. We may suspend one earlier if it becomes inaccurate or if a complaint gives us reason to look at it. Suspension and its date are recorded, and the advertiser is told.