YLM Search Terms of Use

Welcome to YLM Search. YLM Search is owned and operated by YLMTM ("YLM"). By using the YLM Search service (the "Service"), you ("You") accept and agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions (the "Terms of Use"). Nothing in the Terms of Use will be construed to confer any rights to third party beneficiaries.

YLM Search assists you in providing Web search services on the Site by utilizing the YLM Search engine to crawl and index pages from the YLM Directory (the "Directory").

Definitions: For purposes of the Terms of Use, "Site" shall mean the Website or sites (and not any client application, as defined below) on which You place the YLM Search Code ("Code") which renders the YLM Search box (or other means used by users of the Site ("End Users") to enter a search query ("Query") on the Site ("Search Box").

For purposes of the Terms of Use, the "Results Page" is defined as the YLM hosted or controlled Web page that contains and displays to an End User the Results from the Service. YLM shall have sole and complete control over the content and format of the SEARCH BOX, CODE, GRAPHICS AND RESULTS PAGES.

For purposes of the Terms of Use, "Intellectual Property Rights" shall mean any and all rights existing from time to time under patent law, copyright law, trademark law, publicity rights law, privacy rights law, and any and all other proprietary rights, as well as any and all applications, renewals, extensions and restorations thereof, now or hereafter in force and effect worldwide.
For purposes of the Terms of Use, "Brand Features" shall be defined as the trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features of each party, respectively, as secured by such party from time to time.

Your Obligations: You shall receive a Query from the End User and shall forward that Query to YLM. You may not in any way frame or cache the Results produced by YLM. YLM will not be responsible for receiving Queries from End Users or for transmission of data between you and YLM’s network interface.
Appropriate Conduct. You shall not, and shall not allow any third party to:

a) Edit, modify, truncate, filter or change the order of the information contained in any Results (either individually or collectively), including, without limitation, by way of commingling Results with non-YLM provided search results or advertising.

b) Minimize, remove or otherwise inhibit the full and complete display of any Results Page (including any Results)

c) Display any Results to any third parties other than End Users.

d) Frame any Results or Results Page.

e) Display any Results in pop-up, pop-under, exit windows, expanding buttons, or animation

f) Directly or indirectly access, launch and/or activate the Service through or from, or otherwise incorporate the Service in, any Client Application, Web site or other means other than the Site, and then only to the extent expressly permitted herein.

g) Transfer, sell, lease, syndicate, sub-syndicate, lend, or use for co-branding, timesharing, service bureau or other unauthorized purposes any Service or access thereto (including, but not limited to Results, or any part, copy or derivative thereof).

h) "Crawl", "spider", index or in any manner store or cache information obtained from the Service (including, but not limited to, Results, or any part, copy or derivative thereof).

i) Enter into any arrangement or agreement under which any third party pays You fees, You pay any third party fees, or either shares in any revenue payments and/or royalties for any Results.

j) Directly or indirectly generate queries, or impressions of or clicks on Results, through any automated, deceptive, fraudulent or other invalid means (including, but not limited to, click spam, robots, macro programs, and Internet agents).

k) Modify, adapt, translate, prepare derivative works from, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise attempt to derive source code from any Service or any other YLM technology, content, data, routines, algorithms, methods, ideas design, user interface techniques, software, materials, and documentation.

l) Remove, deface, obscure, or alter YLM's copyright notice, trademarks or other proprietary rights notices affixed to or provided as a part of any Service or any other YLM technology, software, materials and documentation.

m) Engage in any action or practice that reflects poorly on YLM or otherwise disparages or devalues YLM’s reputation or goodwill. Further, the Site shall not contain any pornographic, hate-related or violent content or any other material, products or services that violate or encourage conduct that would violate any criminal laws, any other applicable laws, or any third party rights.

n) Create or attempt to create a substitute or similar service or product through use of or access to any of the Service or proprietary information related thereto.

Modifications.

YLM may modify the Terms of Use at any time with or without notice. The current version of the Terms of Use is available online at any time for You to review at http://www.ylm.ca/terms.html. If a modification is unacceptable to You, You may cancel the Service on the Site and terminate the Terms of Use by removing the Code and the Search Box from Your Site. If You continue to use the Code and/or the Search Box on any Site, You will be deemed to have accepted the modifications.

Proprietary Rights.

YLM Rights. You acknowledge that YLM owns all right, title and interest, including without limitation all Intellectual Property Rights, in and to the Service (including YLM's search engine technology and YLM Brand Features)

Brand Feature License. YLM hereby grants to You a nontransferable, nonsublicenseable, nonexclusive license during the Term to display YLM's Brand Features on your website

Attribution.

The Search Box shall conspicuously display a graphic that indicates that the Service is provided by YLM. The graphic shall link to the YLM site located at http://www.ylm.ca or such other address as YLM may designate from time to time during the Term.