The Index Today, read end to end.
Every page the site links, all 867 articles from its own API, the JavaScript that prices and gates them, and what the rest of the web says about it. Each finding carries the code of its source in src/facts.md.
What holds up, and what doesn't
The site looks like a finished financial paper. Underneath, it is five months old, unindexed, and several of its own descriptions disagree with how it works.
How the archive was built
Posts per month by byline, and the hour each post went live. Read from the site's REST API.
Posts per month, by byline
October counts Oct 1–14. Source: A2b, A6.
Publishing hour (UTC)
Source: A3.
Outlets named in article text
Posts naming each outlet; 0 of 867 link to any source. Source: A4, A5.
The site's own statements, graded
From the About, How TimePay Works and Privacy pages, checked against the archive, the price data and the site's code.
| Claim on the site | Grade | What we found | Source |
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Outside the site
Accounts, search, press and the domain's history.
| Where | Result | Grade | Source |
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Who does what
No public statement links The Index Today and Infiniti. The relationship below is the brief's, to be confirmed (action a17).
Who else prices content
Every comparable service prices access or AI usage. ZZAZZ is the only one found that publishes a live price per article and accepts attention as payment.
| Service | Model | Status in 2026 | Grade |
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Source: src/external.md §6 (Nieman Lab, Press Gazette, Axios, ppc.land, Microsoft Advertising blog, Digiday, TechCrunch; read Oct 15, 2026).