Our Advertising Policy: Keeping Your Puzzle Space Clean

Hello again! Let’s talk about something you might have noticed while visiting our site: the lack of flashy banner ads, pop ups, and auto playing videos. That’s not an accident. It’s a deliberate choice, and we want to be completely transparent with you about why we’ve made it.

This page explains our philosophy on advertising and our commitment to providing you with the best possible user experience.

Our Core Philosophy: Your Focus is Sacred

Your daily puzzle time is important. It’s a chance to unwind, to focus your mind, and to engage in a fun, rewarding challenge. The last thing you need when you’re trying to solve a tricky Codeword or a complex Picture Cross is a distracting ad getting in your way. We believe that your focus is sacred, and our number one job is to protect it.

We started this website because we are puzzle solvers ourselves. We know how frustrating it is to navigate a website that feels cluttered and chaotic. A good puzzle requires concentration, and a good resource for puzzle hints should support that concentration, not fight against it.

Our commitment is to create a clean, calm, and intuitive space where you can find the hint you need quickly and easily, and then get right back to the fun of solving. This user first approach is the foundation of every decision we make, and it’s the primary reason for our current advertising policy.

Our Current Status: An Ad Free Experience

So, let’s state it clearly:

Currently, PuzzlePageHints.com does not display any third party advertisements.

Right now, this is an independently funded passion project. We are covering the costs of running the website things like server hosting, development, and maintenance out of our own pockets. We’ve chosen to do this because we believe that providing a premium, ad free experience is the best way to serve the Puzzle Page community and to build a resource that people genuinely love to use.

We want you to be able to visit our site, find the hint for that one tricky clue, and leave without ever feeling like you were being sold something. Your visit is about the puzzle, and we intend to keep it that way for as long as we possibly can.

Why Does This Matter?

You might be thinking, “Okay, no ads, that’s nice. But why write a whole long page about it?”

It matters because it’s a core part of our promise to you. It’s a tangible demonstration of our values. In a digital world that is increasingly noisy and commercialized, we want to offer a small corner of the internet that is dedicated purely to the joy of puzzles.

  • It’s about Respect for Your Time: We know you’re here for a specific reason. Our job is to help you achieve your goal as efficiently as possible. By removing ads, we make our pages load faster and make it easier for you to find the exact information you’re looking for.
  • It’s about Respect for Your Focus: As we mentioned, a good puzzle requires a clear mind. Ads are, by their very nature, designed to break your focus and draw your attention elsewhere. We feel that running them would be fundamentally at odds with our mission to be a helpful puzzle companion.
  • It’s about Building Trust: We want you to know that our only motivation is to provide you with accurate, helpful hints. By not running ads, we remove any question about our incentives. Our success isn’t measured by ad clicks; it’s measured by how helpful you find our site.

Looking Ahead: Our Promise for the Future

We are committed to keeping Puzzle Page Hints running and growing for a long time to come. As the site grows, so do the costs associated with it. We want to be honest and realistic with you: there may come a time in the future when we need to consider introducing some form of advertising to help cover these operational costs and ensure the site can remain a free resource for everyone.

If that day comes, we want to make you a promise right now.

We will never compromise the core user experience that we have worked so hard to create. We will not suddenly clutter the site with intrusive pop ups or annoying auto playing videos. If we ever introduce advertising, we will do it thoughtfully, respectfully, and with the following commitments:

  1. Transparency First: We will update this policy page clearly and announce any changes.
  2. User Experience is Paramount: Any ads we consider will be carefully vetted to be as unobtrusive as possible. We will prioritize your reading and solving experience above all else.
  3. Clarity and Distinction: All advertising will be clearly marked and separated from our editorial content. You will always know what is a hint and what is an ad.

For now, though, please enjoy the clean, ad free experience. It’s our way of saying thank you for being a part of our community and for sharing our love for the wonderful world of Puzzle Page.