Terms and Conditions for Analyzer for Google™ AI Overviews

Effective Date: November 3rd, 2025

Provider:

Hagen Hoferichter as Rankforce.tech Reuterstr. 1, 12053, Berlin, Germany hagen@Rankforce.tech (Hereinafter referred to as "Provider", "we", "us", or "our")


IMPORTANT NOTICE: THIS SERVICE IS AN INDEPENDENT SOFTWARE PRODUCT AND IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH, ENDORSED, OR SPONSORED BY GOOGLE LLC OR ANY OTHER SEARCH ENGINE OR PLATFORM PROVIDER. THE USE OF BROWSER EXTENSIONS, DATA COLLECTION, AUTOMATED QUERIES, OR SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES MAY BE CONTRARY TO THE TERMS OF SERVICE OR USAGE POLICIES OF THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS. YOU USE THIS SERVICE AT YOUR OWN SOLE RISK. THE PROVIDER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS, PENALTIES, RANKING CHANGES, OR OTHER ACTIONS TAKEN BY GOOGLE OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTY AGAINST YOUR ACCOUNTS, WEBSITES, OR ONLINE PROPERTIES.


1. Scope and Applicability

1.1. These Terms and Conditions (hereinafter "Terms") govern the contractual relationship between the Provider and you (hereinafter "Customer" or "you") concerning the use of the software-as-a-service application and browser extension "Analyzer for Google™ AI Overviews" operated under the Rankforce.tech brand (hereinafter "Service").

1.2. Business Customers Only. This Service is offered exclusively to business entities and individuals acting in a professional or commercial capacity. By creating an account, you represent and warrant that you are not a consumer and that you are using the Service for business purposes only.

1.3. These Terms shall apply exclusively. Any deviating, conflicting, or supplementary terms and conditions of the Customer shall only become part of the contract if and to the extent that the Provider has expressly consented to their application in writing.

2. Service Description and Contract Formation

2.1. The Service is a software tool, including a Chrome browser extension and associated web application, that analyzes search queries and AI-generated search result features (in particular Google's "AI Overviews") on third-party search engines. It provides the Customer with insights, metrics, and suggested queries to support research, search engine optimization (SEO), Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO). The sole permitted purpose of the Service is to assist the Customer in optimizing their own or their clients' online content, marketing, and search strategies.

2.2. A legally binding contract is formed upon the Customer's successful completion of the online registration process and acceptance of these Terms. Access to the Service is contingent upon the successful payment of the applicable fees.

3. Subscription, Fees, and Payment

3.1. The use of the Service requires a paid subscription. The available plans and their respective features and fees are detailed on our website.

3.2. Subscription fees are billed in advance on a recurring monthly or annual basis, as selected by the Customer. All payments are processed through our third-party payment processor, Stripe.

3.3. Subscriptions will automatically renew for subsequent periods of the same duration unless canceled by the Customer via their account settings prior to the end of the current billing term.

3.4. If a payment is not successfully settled, due to expiration, insufficient funds, or otherwise, the Provider reserves the right to suspend the Customer's access to the Service until the outstanding payment is received.

3.5. Price Changes. The Provider reserves the right to modify subscription fees at any time. For existing Customers, any price changes will be communicated at least thirty (30) days in advance and will become effective at the start of the next billing cycle following the notice period.

3.6. No Refund Policy. All fees are non-refundable. The Customer is not entitled to any refunds or credits for partially used subscription periods, plan downgrades, or unused time within a billing cycle.

4. Customer's Obligations and Acceptable Use

4.1. The Customer is solely responsible for their use of the Service and must comply with all applicable laws and regulations.

4.2. Acceptable Use Policy. The Customer agrees not to use the Service to: a) Transmit any form of spam, unsolicited mass mailings, or other harassing communications. b) Engage in any activity that is unlawful, fraudulent, defamatory, or harmful to others. c) Distribute malware, viruses, or any other malicious code. d) Reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to discover the source code or underlying structure of the Service. e) Use the Service for any purpose other than its intended use as defined in Section 2.1.

4.3. Responsibility for Content and Actions. The Customer bears sole and exclusive responsibility for all decisions, campaigns, configurations, and content that they create, modify, publish, or execute using, or based on, any data, metrics, insights, or recommendations provided by the Service. The Service is an informational and decision-support tool only; it does not replace the Customer's own professional judgment, due diligence, or independent verification.

4.4. The Customer is responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their account login credentials.

5. Disclaimers and Third-Party Platforms

5.1. The Service is an independent third-party software and is not affiliated with, authorized, or endorsed by Google LLC, Alphabet Inc., or any other search engine, browser vendor, analytics provider, advertising network, or platform operator.

5.2. The Customer acknowledges that the use of browser extensions, automated querying, data collection, scraping, or optimization techniques based on the outputs of the Service may contravene the terms of service, usage policies, robots.txt rules, or developer guidelines of third-party platforms, including but not limited to Google Search and other search or advertising providers. The Customer is solely responsible for reviewing and complying with all applicable third-party terms and policies.

5.3. Assumption of Risk. The Customer agrees to use the Service entirely at their own risk. The Provider expressly disclaims all liability for any adverse consequences arising from the Customer's use of the Service, including, but not limited to, changes in search rankings or traffic, manual or algorithmic penalties, the temporary or permanent restriction, suspension, or termination of the Customer's accounts, websites, properties, or access by search engines, browser vendors, analytics providers, advertising networks, or any other third parties.

6. Limitation of Liability

6.1. The Provider shall be unrestrictedly liable for damages caused by willful misconduct or gross negligence, as well as for damages arising from injury to life, body, or health.

6.2. In cases of simple negligence, the Provider shall only be liable for the breach of a material contractual obligation. A material contractual obligation is an obligation the fulfillment of which is a prerequisite for the proper execution of the contract and on the observance of which the Customer may regularly rely.

6.3. In the event of liability under Section 6.2, the Provider's liability shall be limited to the typical, foreseeable damage at the time of the contract's conclusion. Furthermore, the Provider's total aggregate liability arising out of or in connection with this contract shall, in any case, be limited to the total amount of fees paid by the Customer to the Provider in the six (6) months immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim.

6.4. Any further liability of the Provider is excluded. This limitation of liability also applies to the personal liability of the Provider's employees, representatives, and agents.

7. Service Availability

7.1. The Service is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. The Provider does not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or completely secure.

7.2. The Provider may conduct maintenance or implement updates at any time, which may result in temporary service disruptions. The Provider is not obligated to provide prior notice of such disruptions.

8. Term and Termination

8.1. The Customer may cancel their subscription at any time through their account settings. The cancellation will become effective at the end of the current billing period.

8.2. The Provider reserves the right to suspend or terminate the Customer's account and access to the Service immediately, without notice and without refund, if the Customer commits a material breach of these Terms, particularly the Acceptable Use Policy (Section 4.2).

8.3. Data Handling upon Termination. Following the termination or expiration of the contract, all data associated with the Customer's account will be retained for a period of one (1) week to allow for account reactivation. After this period, all Customer data will be permanently and irretrievably deleted from our active systems.

9. Intellectual Property Rights

9.1. All intellectual property rights in and to the Service, including the underlying software, documentation, and branding, are and shall remain the exclusive property of the Provider.

9.2. The Provider grants the Customer a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, and revocable license to access and use the Service solely for their internal business purposes during the term of their paid subscription and in accordance with these Terms.

10. Final Provisions

10.1. Governing Law. These Terms and any disputes arising out of or in connection with them shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, under the exclusion of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG).

10.2. Jurisdiction. The exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from this contractual relationship shall be the courts at the Provider's registered place of business in [Your City, Germany].

10.3. Severability. Should any provision of these Terms be or become invalid or unenforceable, the validity of the remaining provisions shall not be affected thereby.