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Transparency & Trust

Editorial Guidelines

How we research, write, fact-check, and maintain every tool and article on LinkForge.

Our Editorial Mission

LinkForge exists to give students, job seekers, and professionals trustworthy, practical tools and advice for LinkedIn — for free. Every recommendation we publish must meet a simple test: would we follow it ourselves? If not, it doesn't ship.

1. Source Standards

  • Primary sources only for statistics — LinkedIn's official help center, public research papers, and verified case studies.
  • Claims with numbers must cite a source or be replaced with qualitative language.
  • Anecdotes are labelled as such — never presented as universal truth.

2. Writing & Review Workflow

  1. Draft — written by a contributor with hands-on LinkedIn experience.
  2. Technical review — fact-check claims, verify any LinkedIn UI references against the live platform.
  3. Editorial review — clarity, plain language, no hype, no exaggerated promises.
  4. Tool QA — every tool is manually tested across desktop and mobile before release.
  5. Publish — with a clear author byline and a publication date.

3. Updates & Corrections

LinkedIn's platform and best practices change constantly. We re-review high-traffic articles and tools at least every 6 months, and we update the dateModified timestamp whenever meaningful changes ship. If you spot an error, email hello@linkedinforge.com — confirmed errors are fixed within 5 business days and noted with a correction.

4. AI & Automation Disclosure

Our tools generate content via deterministic templates and scoring algorithms — they do not call external AI APIs. Blog drafts may use AI assistance for outlines, but every published article is reviewed, edited, and approved by a human editor.

5. Independence & Affiliate Disclosure

LinkForge is not affiliated with LinkedIn Corporation. We do not accept paid placements in tool rankings or blog editorial. When we recommend a third-party product, the recommendation is independent. Any affiliate links are clearly disclosed in-line.

6. Privacy in Editorial

We never publish identifying details from user-submitted data. Tool inputs stay in the user's browser; the editorial team never accesses individual sessions or generated outputs.

7. Reader Feedback

We treat every bug report and suggestion as editorial input. Use our contact form or the floating feedback button — both go to the editorial team.

Last reviewed: June 2026

Next scheduled review: December 2026

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