Our Standards.
The constitution of Clear Search. What we index, what we never index, and why.
Speed
Every page in our index loads in under 1 second. Not on a good day. Every day.
Search results appear instantly. No server roundtrip. The index lives in your browser.
If a page slows down, it gets removed. No warnings, no second chances. Speed is the price of admission.
Ads
Zero popups. Zero interstitials. Zero autoplay. If it interrupts your reading, it doesn't belong here.
Maximum 2 non-intrusive ads per page. Sidebar or bottom only. Never blocking content, never between paragraphs you're trying to read.
No ad that moves content around as it loads. Layout shift is a form of disrespect.
No "sponsored content" disguised as real content. If someone paid for it, it says so, or it's out.
Content quality
No typos. If we find them, we fix them or delist the page. Details matter.
Actually answers the question. Not SEO filler. Not 2,000 words of throat-clearing before the answer. The real thing.
Written by humans who know the topic. We can tell the difference. So can you.
Up to date. Outdated pages get flagged and reviewed. Stale advice is worse than no advice.
What we NEVER index
Gambling, adult content, scams. Non-negotiable.
Clickbait that doesn't deliver. If the headline promises what the page can't give, it's out.
AI-generated spam. Content farms pumping out machine text to harvest ad clicks. We see you.
Pages that require disabling your ad blocker to read. If you have to lower your defenses to enter, we're not going in.
Anything behind a hard paywall with no free preview. If we can't verify it's good, we can't recommend it.
"We index the web we'd want our kids to use. If a page wastes your time, it doesn't belong here."
The Clear Search promise