What type of websites should be added
to the directory?
Websites added to the
ItsAllAboutLinks Directory should be quality sites that add original content and value
to the directory. We are building the best directory on the
net. Quality content is the key.
Sites which have one or more of the following
qualities should not be listed:
Any site that offers for sale, or sell
- Any firearms, explosives, or weapons.
- Any food that is not packaged or does not comply with all laws governing the
sale of food to consumers by commercial merchants.
- Any items that are indecent or obscene, that are hateful or racially,
sexually, ethnically or otherwise objectionable, that contain child pornography,
that are otherwise pornographic in nature, or are harmful to minors.
- Any controlled substances or pharmaceuticals.
- Any items that is counterfeit or stolen.
- Any dangerous items.
- Any goods or services that do not, in fact, exist.
- Any registered or unregistered securities.
- Any items that violate or infringe the rights of other parties.
- Any items that you do not have the legal right to sell.
- Any items where paying ItsAllAboutLinks.com any of the required transactional or
listing fees would cause ItsAllAboutLinks.com to violate any law. ItsAllAboutLinks.com reserves
the right to delete any objectionable sites.
- Any site which is a subURL or page that can be reached from the main page
should not be listed. There may be some exceptions which will be decided on by
the community.
- Spam/Spamming is prohibited. With the Spam Committee direction, sites may be
refused listing if they are being spammed in our directory.
- Hate, Illegal, Pornographic and Violent sites which advocate violence or
illegal acts against a person or group of people will not be listed. Sites
containing visual representation of extreme violence or lewdness should not be
listed, unless such material in its context has been deemed appropriate by this
community. Sites that contain pornographic text or images should not be
submitted. This includes sites that contain links to sites with such material
via text links or banners. The majority of most non-pornographic sexual content
sites may be deemed acceptable. Sites may include nudity, IF the nature of the
material (as determined by ItsAllAboutLinks.com) is not to arouse the viewer. Examples
of such sites would include those which are educational or medical in nature.
For instance, sites which have the intent of training women how to perform a
breast exam or teaching men how to check for testicular cancer would be
acceptable. The placement of any sites which may seem questionable will be
decided upon by the ItsAllAboutLinks Site Review Committee.
ItsAllAboutLinks.com reserves the right to delete any objectionable sites.
- The site is a subURL
SubURLs or pages that can be reached from their main
page should not be listed. There may be some exceptions which will be decided on
by the community.
- See What is a Proper URL for more information.
- The site is an affiliate
site.
Sites that contain only affiliate links, with content
provided by the associated partner, should not be listed. You can often
recognize these sites by their links and by their URLs, which contain referral
IDs.
ItsAllAboutLinks sites should have original content.
- Spam
Spamming is prohibited. With the Spam Committee
direction, sites may be refused listing if they are being spammed in our
directory.
- Hate, Illegal, Pornographic and Violent
Sites
Sites which advocate violence or illegal acts against
a person or group of people will not be listed. Sites containing visual
representation of extreme violence or loudness should not be listed, unless such
material in its context has been deemed appropriate by this community. Sites
that contain pornographic text or images should not be submitted. This includes
sites that contain links to sites with such material via text links or banners.
The majority of most non-pornographic sexual content
sites may be deemed acceptable. Sites may include nudity, IF the nature of the
material is not to arouse the viewer. Examples of such sites would include those
which are educational or medical in nature. For instance, sites which have the
intent of training women how to perform a breast exam or teaching men how to
check for testicular cancer would be acceptable. Any sites that may seem
questionable should be decided upon by the ItsAllAboutLinks Site Review Committee.
- How many listings can a site
have?
- Considering the wide variety of topics that are
covered and the topics that are continuously being added, most sites will easily
fit into our directory. However, each site will be limited to one listing. Most
sites will never need to be listed more than once. Usually, there is one main
topic that can be found. Sites should never be found within the same directory
structure.
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What is the proper URL?
The URL must be in the form of a complete
description that includes the use of "http://"
For example:
http://www.itsallaboutlinks.com/
The overall principle is to submit the 'short' version of the
URL
For example:
rather than http://www.itsallaboutlinks.com/index.html
just use http://www.itsallaboutlinks.com/
Do not use URLs that are deeper into the Site, if they can be
reached from the Site's front page.
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What is the proper topic for a site?
- Deciding on
the correct topic for a site may be on the challenging tasks in site
reviews.
- Dig deep into the directory sub topics.
- If
you feel that a proper topic does not exist you should Contact Us.
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How should I evaluate a site?
Evaluation
and rating of your site submission will be completed by ItsAllAboutLinks that are
overseeing
the topic that you have chosen. You do not have to worry
about adding a rating.
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How to Write a Title:
- Use the correct title. You will usually find the
correct title on the site itself.
If not, IE users should check View
> Source
to find the correct title and
Netscape users should
check View > Page Source.
- Keep the title brief. Some titles will need
abbreviations in order to fit in the allotted space.
Use proper
abbreviations.
Example: The University of North Carolina could be
abbreviated UNC in a long title.
Do not use apostrophes in the
title.
Example: Farmer's Almanac should be listed as Farmers
Almanac.
The scripts interpret an apostrophe as " \' "
- Use initial caps in titles. Do not use all CAPITAL
LETTERS.
Example: Joy of Cajun Cooking, not JOY OF CAJUN
COOKING.
Using all caps is considered rude netiquette, and is difficult
to read.
- Capitalize the first letter of the first word and
all main words, but not conjunctions (and, but, or,
for, nor, so, and yet), short prepositions (such as
to, on, at and in), or articles (a, an, and
the) unless they are the first word of the title.
The is capitalized if it is
part of a proper name such as The Hague or The New York Times.
- Do not use "The, A, An, or similar words" to
start a title.
If the title is a proper name, such as a book, newspaper,
etc.,
- the title would be entered American Heritage Dictionary, The
or New York Times,
The.
Otherwise, a site with the title The Joy of Cajun Cooking
would be entered as Joy of Cajun Cooking.
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How to Write a Description:
- Write a brief, objective phrase or sentence about
the site, and what it offers or features about the product or service.
- Describe a unique feature of the site.
Remember
that site design and navigation are part of the rating, not the
description.
Chat, multimedia, and e-commerce may be part of the features
described.
- Use correct grammar, spelling and punctuation.
Proofread your descriptions.
- Write out the meaning of acronyms, which may have
been used in the title.
- Do not start your description with "This site" or
anything similar, as it is obviously a site.
You may start with "Features..."
or "Offers...." or similar wording.
- Do not use the site title or in the description.
- Do not use all CAPITAL LETTERS.
- Do not capitalize the first letter of every word in
the description.
- Do not use marketing slogans or offer subjective
opinions, positive or negative.
- Do not copy descriptions from the site
itself.
If you use short phrases copied from the site, enclose the phrase
in quotation marks.
- Do not cut and paste the same description for all
the sites you submit.
- Do not use quantities in your descriptions, as they
will probably change and your description will no longer be accurate. As an
example, use "Features downloadable casino games..." rather than "Features 25
downloadable casino games..."
- Write descriptions in English, and notate in the
description if the site is multilingual or only available in a language other
than English.
What is Spam?
Most affiliate sites,
multiple links to the same site, porn sites or websites that link to porn, hate
sites, any sites which promote violence, and sites which violate international
laws may be classified as spam. Below is a comprehensive list of what is
considered spam by ItsAllAboutLinks standards.
- Multiple links to the same site, porn sites or websites that link to porn.
- Multiple submissions using different URL's; either unique or variations of
one URL.
- Redirected sites including sites that redirect the main page and sites that
redirect by clicking on any of the links on the main page.
- All affiliate, associate and authorized vendor or distributor websites.
- Hidden service website, the main page will display something totally
different from what you get from the links. "Cloaked Page"
- Websites uniquely different with unique URL's but offering the same links or
service. "Getting very popular and hard to detect"
- Excessive banners or popup advertising "over 1/3 of page displayed has
banners or over 2 popup's on a single page". This includes the now
frequently-used load-behind pages.
- Java bomb pages. Sites that load a page or pages every time you close a
page. "Mostly used in adult sites"
- Sites that offer no original content. An example is a chat website that has
no chat rooms of its own and redirects to other chat services. "The purpose of a
site like this is normally to collect banner hits."
- Sites that promote violence or hate and sites that violate international
laws.
- Websites that automatically change or try to change the users computer
settings. "Auto download, make this your home page, and dial a phone number are
the most popular."
- The site must clearly define its purpose, products, and/or services.
- The site, or its contents, must not already appear in ItsAllAboutLinks.com.
- The site must contain substantially unique content, as determined by
ItsAllAboutLinks.com's staff (submitting multiple URLs to the same content is not
submitting unique content).
- The site should not contain any parts or pages under construction.
- All links on the site must work with links to relevant content.
- The site must support multiple browsers and capabilities {e.g., no
Netscape-only or Java-only sites}
- The site must be up, running and accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- The site must not contain any content, products, services or other
information that, in ItsAllAboutLinks.com's reasonable determination, may be illegal to
sell under any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation, that may
infringe or violate anyone's rights, or that, ItsAllAboutLinks.com believes, in its sole
discretion, is inflammatory, dangerous, offensive, or otherwise inconsistent
with the spirit of ItsAllAboutLinks.com and its affiliates.
ItsAllAboutLinks.com reserves the right to delete, without notice, any
website it deems objectionable.
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