• Government agencies;
  
• Search engines;
  
• News organizations;
  
• Online directory distributors when they list the BBBCEF in the directory may link to the BBBCEF web site in the same manner as they hyperlink to the web sites of other listed businesses; and
  
• CBBB national members or local BBB members who are also sponsors of BBBTips^TM Information Topics.
  

These organizations may link to BBBCEF's home page, to publications or to other web site information so long as the link:

• (a) is not in any way misleading;
  
• (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and
  
• (c) fits within the context of the linking party's site.
  
  2. The BBBCEF may consider and approve in its sole discretion other link requests from the following types of organizations:
  
• commonly-known consumer and/or business information sources such as Chambers of Commerce, American Automobile Association, AARP and Consumers Union;
  
• dot.com community sites;
  
• associations or other groups representing charities, including charity giving sites,
  
• online directory distributors;
  
• internet portals;
  
• accounting, law and consulting firms whose primary clients are businesses; and
  
• educational institutions and trade associations.

• (a) the link would not reflect unfavorably on the CBBB and it's members, local BBB's and its members or the BBBCEF (for example, trade associations or other organizations representing inherently suspect types of business, such as work-at-home opportunities, shall not be allowed to link);
  
• (b)the organization does not have an unsatisfactory record with the BBB;
  
• (c) the benefit to the BBBCEF from the visibility associated with the hyperlink outweighs the absence of BBB membership; and
  
• where the link is in the context of general resource information or is otherwise consistent with editorial content in a newsletter or similar product furthering the mission of the organization.
  
  These organizations may link to BBBCEF's home page, to publications or to other web site information so long as the link:
  
• (a) is not in any way misleading;
  
• (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and it products or services; and
  
• (c) fits within the context of the linking party's site.
  
  If you are among the organizations listed in paragraph 2 above and are interested in linking to www.bbbtips.org, you must notify BBBCEF by sending an e-mail to webmaster@bbbtips.org. Please include your name, your organization name, contact information (such as a phone number and/or e-mail address) as well as the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our web site, and a list of the URL(s) on our site to which you would like to link. Allow 2-3 weeks for a response.
  
  Please also read the following terms and conditions applying to use of our web site. Approved organizations may hyperlink to www.bbbtips.org as follows:
  
• By use of the name 'Better Business Bureau Consumer Education Foundation'; or
  
• by use of the uniform resource locator (web address) being linked to; or
  
• by use of any other description of the BBBCEF web site or material being linked to that makes sense within the context and format of content on the linking party's site.