Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

By visiting or using ranking-hours.uz ("the site", "we", "us", "our"), you agree to these Terms of Service. If you don't agree with any part of them, the only real recourse is to stop using the site — we don't require you to click "I agree" anywhere, since simply browsing a public website implies acceptance of its stated terms, in the same way it would for any other publicly accessible site you visit without a login wall.

These terms apply to every page on this site, including comparisons, category pages, the FAQ, and the contact form, unless a more specific policy (such as our Privacy Policy or Affiliate Disclosure) says otherwise for a particular topic.

If you're accessing this site on behalf of a company or organisation — for example, to reference a comparison in your own publication — you're confirming that you have the authority to bind that organisation to these terms, and that the organisation itself accepts them alongside you personally.

2. What This Site Is

Ranking Hours publishes independent, editorially-written comparisons across seven distinct categories — smartphones and tablets, laptops and PCs, cars and EVs, home appliances, audio, gaming, and software and cloud tools. The site is a publisher of comparative content, not a retailer, marketplace, or manufacturer. We don't sell, ship, warranty, or provide technical support for any product discussed here, and we don't process payments of any kind directly on this site.

Comparisons are built from manufacturer specifications, independent reviews, and owner reports, as described in detail on our Methodology page. Nothing on this site should be read as a guarantee that a specific product will perform a certain way for you personally — it's guidance intended to narrow your options, not a substitute for your own research before a purchase.

The site also includes supporting pages — Categories, FAQ, About, Methodology, and this Terms of Service page itself — which exist to make the comparisons more useful and more transparent about how they're produced, rather than being separate products or services in their own right.

3. Acceptable Use

You're welcome to read, share, and link to comparisons on this site for personal, editorial, or educational purposes, provided that use stays within reasonable, good-faith bounds at all times. You agree not to:

• Scrape, mass-download, or systematically copy the site's content for republishing elsewhere without permission.
• Attempt to interfere with the site's normal operation, including through automated traffic, denial-of-service attempts, or exploiting a security vulnerability.
• Misrepresent a comparison's conclusion when citing it elsewhere — quoting selectively in a way that reverses or distorts the actual recommendation.
• Use the site's contact form to send spam, phishing attempts, or unrelated commercial solicitations.
• Frame or embed this site's pages within another website in a way that misleads visitors about who actually published the content.

We reserve the right to restrict access for anyone who violates these terms, consistent with Section 15 below. In practice, we rarely need to enforce this — the large majority of readers simply use the site to compare products, which is exactly what it's built for.

4. No Accounts Required

Reading comparisons, browsing categories, and using the site's search and filters doesn't require creating an account of any kind whatsoever. There's currently no login system, user profile, or saved-preferences feature on this site. If that changes in the future, a separate section will be added here describing what account creation involves and what data it requires, consistent with our Privacy Policy.

Because there's no account system, we also don't hold a password or login credential of any kind for visitors — if you ever receive a message claiming to be from Ranking Hours asking you to "log in" or "verify your account," it isn't from us, and we'd encourage reporting it rather than clicking any link it contains.

5. Intellectual Property

The text, layout, and original graphics on this site are owned by Ranking Hours or used with proper permission, and are protected by copyright law. Product names, logos, and trademarks referenced in our comparisons belong to their respective manufacturers, and their use here is for identification and comparison purposes only — it doesn't imply any endorsement, sponsorship, or affiliation between those companies and this site, except where a genuine affiliate relationship is disclosed on our Affiliate Disclosure page.

You may quote short excerpts from a comparison with clear attribution and a link back to the original article. Reproducing a full comparison elsewhere, or presenting our content as your own, isn't permitted without prior written permission — reach out through the Contact page if you'd like to discuss a specific use.

Images used in our comparisons are either licensed for this purpose, drawn from manufacturer press materials intended for editorial use, or created specifically for this site. If you believe an image or piece of text on this site infringes your copyright, contact us with enough detail to identify the specific page and content, and we'll investigate promptly.

6. Accuracy of Content

We make a genuine, ongoing effort to keep comparisons accurate and current, following the sourcing and verification process described on our Methodology page. That said, product specifications, pricing, and availability change — sometimes quickly — and a comparison published at one point in time may not reflect the exact current state of a product by the time you read it, particularly weeks or months after publication.

If you spot something that looks outdated or incorrect, the fastest way to help fix it is through our Contact page. We treat correction reports seriously and act on genuine errors, as described on that page.

We also make reasonable efforts to flag when a comparison involves a product that's since been discontinued or replaced, but given the number of comparisons published and the pace at which some product categories change, we can't guarantee every such change is reflected the moment it happens.

7. Not Professional Advice

Nothing on this site constitutes financial, legal, medical, or other professional advice of any kind. Comparisons are intended to help with everyday consumer purchasing decisions — a phone, a car, a home appliance — and shouldn't be relied on for decisions involving significant financial, legal, or safety consequences without independent verification appropriate to that decision.

For a major purchase like a vehicle, where financing, insurance, and safety considerations go well beyond what a product comparison can address, we'd encourage treating our content as one input among several — alongside a test drive, a mechanic's inspection, or advice from a qualified professional where relevant — rather than the sole basis for the decision.

8. Third-Party Links & Retailers

Comparisons link out to manufacturer pages and third-party retailers so you can view current pricing or make a purchase. We don't control these external sites, and linking to them doesn't mean we endorse everything on them beyond the specific product page referenced. Once you leave ranking-hours.uz, that external site's own terms and privacy policy apply, not ours.

Any transaction you complete with a third-party retailer is a contract between you and that retailer. We're not a party to that transaction and aren't responsible for order issues, shipping, returns, or warranty claims — those go directly to the retailer or manufacturer involved.

We also can't guarantee that a linked retailer's price, stock level, or exact product configuration matches what's described in our comparison at the moment you click through, since those details are controlled entirely by the retailer and can change independently of our own publishing schedule.

9. Affiliate Relationships

Some links on this site are affiliate links, meaning we may earn a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking through, at no extra cost to you whatsoever. As explained in detail on our Affiliate Disclosure page, these relationships don't influence which product a comparison recommends — the editorial conclusion is decided first, based on the criteria described in the article, and an affiliate link is added afterward to whichever retailer stocks the recommended product.

Affiliate commission rates and program terms are set by the retailers we partner with, not by us, and can change without notice on their end. This has no bearing on the comparisons themselves — a product doesn't get rated more favourably because its affiliate program happens to pay a higher commission at a given time.

10. Advertising

This site displays advertising through Google AdSense and potentially other advertising networks in the future. These networks may use cookies and similar technologies to serve and measure ads, as described in our Privacy Policy. We don't control which specific ads appear on a given page, and an ad's presence next to a comparison isn't an endorsement by us of whatever product or service it's promoting.

Advertising revenue, alongside affiliate commissions, is one of the ways this site is funded and kept free to read without a subscription. We reserve the right to adjust the amount and placement of advertising on the site over time, within the bounds of a reasonable reading experience.

11. No Warranty

This site and all of its content are provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. We don't guarantee the site will be uninterrupted, error-free, or entirely free of inaccuracies, though we do act on genuine correction reports as described in Section 6 whenever they're brought to our attention.

We also don't warrant that any product recommended or favourably compared in an article will meet your specific expectations once purchased — a comparison reflects our editorial judgment based on available evidence at the time of writing, not a personal guarantee about how a product will perform for your particular use case.

12. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Ranking Hours and its editorial team won't be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from your use of the site, including a purchasing decision made after reading a comparison, or any financial loss connected to that decision. This includes situations where a product didn't perform as a comparison suggested, or where pricing or availability information was outdated by the time you acted on it.

Nothing in this section is intended to exclude liability that can't legally be excluded under applicable law — this limitation applies only to the extent permitted where you're located. Where a jurisdiction doesn't allow certain limitations on implied warranties or incidental damages, those limitations apply to you only to the extent permitted by that jurisdiction's law.

13. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold Ranking Hours fully harmless from any claim, loss, or expense — including reasonable legal fees — arising from your violation of these terms, your misuse of the site, or content you submit through the Contact page that infringes someone else's rights or breaks applicable law in your jurisdiction.

This indemnification obligation survives any restriction of your access to the site under Section 15, and applies regardless of whether the underlying claim is brought by another visitor, a third party, or a regulatory authority.

14. Prohibited Conduct

In addition to the acceptable-use rules in Section 3, you agree not to use this site to violate any applicable law or regulation, infringe on intellectual property rights, transmit malware, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the site's infrastructure, including its hosting environment or backend systems. Violating this section may result in restricted access under Section 15 and, where relevant, be reported to appropriate authorities.

This also covers attempting to manipulate the site's search or filter functions in ways designed to disrupt other visitors' experience, and using automated bots to repeatedly submit the Contact form outside of genuine inquiries.

15. Access & Termination

We reserve the right to restrict or block access to this site, for any specific visitor or IP address range, where we reasonably believe these terms have been violated in a way that harms the site or other visitors. Since the site doesn't use accounts, this typically takes the form of a technical block rather than an "account termination" in the traditional sense.

We may also, at our discretion, discontinue any part of the site — a specific feature, a category, or the site as a whole — with or without notice. We'd aim to give reasonable notice for anything significant, but nothing in these terms guarantees the site's continued availability indefinitely.

16. Changes to These Terms

We may update these terms from time to time to reflect changes in how the site operates, new features, or changes in applicable law affecting publishers. Updates take effect once posted here, and the "last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. Continuing to use the site after a change means you accept the updated terms — if you disagree with a change, discontinuing use is the appropriate response.

For a change significant enough to meaningfully affect your rights or obligations under these terms, we'll aim to make that clear rather than only updating the date quietly, consistent with how we approach changes to our Privacy Policy.

17. Governing Law

These terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Uzbekistan, without regard to conflict-of-law principles that might otherwise apply. Any dispute arising from your use of this site that can't be resolved informally through our Contact page will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Tashkent, and both parties agree to that jurisdiction for any such dispute.

We'd encourage reaching out informally first for the large majority of concerns — most issues, particularly factual corrections or content disputes, are resolved far more quickly through direct contact than through any formal process, and that route remains available regardless of where you're located.

18. Severability & Entire Agreement

If any provision of these terms is found unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, that specific provision will be limited or removed to the minimum extent legally necessary, and the remaining provisions will stay in full effect. These terms, together with our Privacy Policy and Affiliate Disclosure, make up the entire agreement between you and Ranking Hours regarding use of this site, superseding any prior understanding on the same subject.

Our failure to enforce any part of these terms in a specific instance doesn't waive our right to enforce it later — an occasional lapse in enforcement shouldn't be read as a permanent change to the terms themselves.

19. Contact

Questions about these terms can be sent through our Contact page, or directly by email using the address below. We're happy to clarify how a specific section applies to your situation before you rely on it for anything significant or legally consequential.

20. Age Requirement

This site is intended for a general audience and doesn't knowingly collect personal information from children of any age, consistent with the children's privacy section of our Privacy Policy. If you're under the age of 13, please only use this site with the involvement of a parent or guardian, particularly before using the Contact page, which asks for a name and email address.

Comparisons on this site cover everyday consumer products — phones, laptops, cars, appliances — and don't involve age-restricted goods or services. Where a comparison happens to reference a product with its own age restrictions set by the manufacturer or retailer (a mature-rated game, for instance), that restriction is set and enforced by the retailer at the point of purchase, not by this site, and we'd encourage parents to check a game or platform's own rating before a purchase decision based on a comparison here.

21. Feedback & Submissions

If you send us feedback, a correction report, or a comparison request through the Contact page, you're granting us permission to use that input to improve or correct our content, without any obligation to credit you individually by name or compensate you for the suggestion, unless we agree otherwise in a specific case in writing.

Please don't submit anything through the Contact page that you don't have the right to share — for example, a screenshot or document containing someone else's private information, or content copied from a source you don't have permission to redistribute. We rely on the accuracy and legitimacy of what's submitted when we act on a correction or request, and a submission that turns out to be false or misleading may be disregarded entirely.