Professor emails, openings and deadlines are read from official university and public pages. Each one carries a link to the page it came from and the date we read it. We never guess an email. If we cannot find a fact on an official page, we say it is not stated, or we show nothing.
You sign in with Google and the email is sent from your own Gmail. You read and edit every email before it goes. There is a cap of 20 emails a day to protect your account.
Professors cannot pay to rank higher. There is no such option. The order is based on how well their work fits your resume, and an internal estimate of who is likely to reply. We do not show a made-up percentage.
Right now Shodhs earns nothing from lender links or university links. If that changes, we will say so on the same page.
Use "Report wrong email or fact" on a professor card. A professor who wants to be removed can write to us and we will remove the entry. See also the privacy page, where you can delete your data.