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Homestead Design Services and Search Engine Optimization Services
Supplemental License and Terms of Service


This agreement ("Agreement") is between the below-named Member ("Member" or "You") and Homestead Technologies Inc. ("Homestead").

WHEREAS, Homestead develops products and services, including but not limited to Homestead web sites using the names "Homestead" or "Homestead," for which You register and which are provided by or through any web site or co-branded web site owned or controlled by Homestead or any successor web sites (collectively, the "Service"). Homestead may provide additional design services to You subject to the terms and conditions as further described in this Agreement ("Design Services"). By clicking "I AGREE," You indicate that You understand and agree to the terms of this Agreement. If You do not agree to the terms of this Agreement, You are not granted any rights in the Service, and You will not be able to access or use the Service. Your payment for and continued use of the Services constitutes your continued acceptance of these terms. If at any time You do not agree with the terms of the Agreement, You may no longer use these Services and You must notify Homestead to cancel Services.

WHEREAS, You have agreed to the terms and conditions of the Homestead Terms of Service and now wishes to engage Homestead for additional Design Services and/or Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Subscription Services. The terms of this Agreement supplement the Terms of Service, which remain in full force and effect.

1. Definitions. In addition to all other terms defined herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

  1. Content Updates

    means additions, deletions, changes made to text, placement of graphics, hypertext links, or other visual modifications that affect a single specific web page and are not part of the overall site design across multiple pages, or affect basic functionality provided as part of the site design.

  2. Copywriting

    means the authoring of textual content by Homestead based on verbal and written input from You.

  3. Design Updates

    means changes made to the site design that impact multiple pages on the site, including site and page layouts, headers and graphics, logos, including functionality related to basic site navigation, menus, categories, and any other inherent capabilities of the site design that affect use of the site.

  4. Grammar checking

    means review and updates made to textual content, at Homestead’s discretion, based on generally accepted English language standards. Grammar checking does not apply to words or text embedded in graphics.

  5. Graphics and Photos

    means image files supplied by You in JPG or GIF format that You assert have full rights to use as part of your project, per the terms of this Agreement.

  6. Keyword

    means a phrase consisting of one or more words that is anticipated to be used by the general public to find your web site on commonly used search engines and that meets specific criteria as established by Homestead in terms of search volume, relevancy to your business and target market, and suitability for optimizing your site based on competition among other web sites and content of your site.

  7. Mockup

    means an initial, non-final graphic depiction of one (1) initial page of your web site as designed by Homestead.

  8. Order Summary

    means the description of services, features of your site, and any other terms as outlined by Homestead during the sales process for the design of your site, as documented in the Homestead sales system.

  9. Site Buildout

    means the completion of your site, per the Design Services project including making the site visible on the Internet.

  10. Spell Checking

    means review and corrections made to the spelling of words in textual content supplied by You, based on a standard American English Language dictionary. Does not apply to words embedded in graphics.

  11. Service Offering

    means the description of features and included items as described on the Homestead.com website, under the "Let us design your site" pricing page, as of the time the customer order is placed, or alternatively services presented and outlined by an authorized Homestead customer service representative via phone and/or email.

Some services referenced within this Agreement may be available during limited times only, and may not be available as a Service offering at the time of purchase of other services.

2. Design Services  Homestead will provide You with Design Services