Editorial policy and quality standards
Short answer: A TODAY.you page must answer one real question, add an original comparison or calculation, cite suitable evidence and remain independent of commercial payment.
Every page must add value
Definitions alone are not enough; a publishable page must help the reader answer, compare, calculate or verify something specific.
One page, one clear job
A page starts with a real reader question. It should answer that question early, then explain the terms and choices that can change the result.
Definitions are not enough
A publishable page needs original value. That may be a calculation, comparison table, worked example, checklist, decision framework or tool. A rewritten definition does not meet the standard.
Useful links belong in the explanation
Links should help the reader take the next step. The anchor must describe the destination. Related guides and calculators are linked where they support the text, not added as random keywords.
The publishing check
- Answer: Can a reader find the main point quickly?
- Evidence: Does each factual claim have suitable support?
- Action: Can the reader compare, calculate or verify the next step?
Authorship and evidence
TODAY.you takes organizational responsibility for its pages and supports financial claims with primary sources or provider disclosures.
Who is responsible
TODAY.you is the responsible editorial publisher. We do not make up individual writers, reviewers, credentials or personal experience.
What supports a claim
Financial claims are checked against primary sources under the rate methodology. A page names the relevant regulator, public dataset or provider disclosure when available.
What an update date means
A date changes only when the substance is reviewed or updated. Moving a date without meaningful work would give readers a false freshness signal.
How automation is used
Automation can enforce structure and publishing controls, but it cannot prove a claim, create expertise or approve weak content.
What automation may do
Automation may validate metadata, sanitize copy, remove duplicate H1 elements and import a candidate as a private draft. It also rejects drafts that are too insubstantial for review, substantially duplicate another article, lack source links or contain affiliate-tracked links.
What automation cannot do
Automation cannot make a draft public. An accountable editor must check facts, originality and rights, topic fit and commercial influence before recording approval and scheduling the page. Publication speed or word count does not turn weak material into useful content.
Corrections and commercial conflicts
Material errors are corrected from evidence, while payment remains separate from factual and editorial decisions.
How to report an error
Readers and institutions can submit supporting documentation. Include the page URL, disputed statement and a current primary source when possible.
How commercial influence is limited
Material errors are corrected without payment. If commercial relationships are introduced, the published safeguards apply. Payment cannot determine an editorial conclusion.