Submission Guidelines for Websites

1. Submit a working, useful website

The submitted website should be complete enough to evaluate, accessible to our editors, and clearly explain its business, service, organization, tool, or informational purpose. Do not submit parked domains, empty pages, broken sites, deceptive redirects, or pages created mainly to manipulate rankings.

You must be at least 18 and authorized to represent the website. Provide genuine contact details and respond to reasonable verification requests. For regulated services, do not make claims that you cannot support with the required qualifications or permissions.

2. Write an accurate title and description

• Title: use the official website, organization, or business name. Avoid ALL CAPS, keyword lists, unrelated locations, repeated punctuation, and promotional claims such as “number one” unless they are genuinely part of the name and not misleading.
• Description: explain what the website actually offers in clear, original language. Do not copy another listing, stuff keywords, paste HTML, or insert a list of URLs. Use the dedicated link fields for website addresses.
• Claims: do not invent locations, services, customers, ratings, qualifications, awards, or results. Any assisted or AI-written text must be checked against the actual website; you remain responsible for its accuracy and rights.
• Privacy: include only details intended for public display. Do not publish private contact information or personal information about other people without the required authority.

3. Use complete URLs and relevant categories

Enter the full homepage address, including https://, for example https://www.example.com/. Use the website’s genuine canonical address. Do not use shortened, disguised, affiliate, or unrelated redirect links in place of the website you are submitting.

Deep links should lead to useful pages on the same website, such as https://www.example.com/services/. Social links should lead to the website’s official profiles. App links should point directly to the genuine Apple App Store or Google Play listing.

Choose the most specific categories that describe your website. Do not submit duplicates to obtain more categories or bypass a plan limit. Editors may adjust categories and wording for accuracy and consistency.

4. Stay within your selected plan

Free listings are staff-created, not a public submission option. They include one category, a homepage link, and a website screenshot, without the additional features above. Existing listings may retain previously agreed allowances; current limits should not be used to remove grandfathered features automatically.

5. Images, video, and awards

Use images you own or have permission to publish. Do not include offensive material, misleading badges, private information, or images unrelated to the website. Screenshots should fairly represent the submitted website.

• Image uploads: use JPG, PNG, or WebP. Where a logo upload is available, the limit is 2 MB and 2000 × 2000 pixels. Gallery photos must be no larger than 5 MB and 4000 × 4000 pixels each. Follow any additional limits displayed on the form.
• Video: Premium permits one YouTube or Vimeo URL. Do not paste iframe code, scripts, or arbitrary embed HTML. You must have the right to feature the video.
• Awards: Premium permits up to five. Supply the award title, issuing body, year awarded, verification URL, and a short summary of up to 500 characters. An optional badge must be JPG, PNG, or WebP, at most 2 MB and 2000 × 2000 pixels. Do not claim an award you have not received or use a badge without permission.

We may ask for supporting evidence, resize images for display, or omit content that cannot be verified or is unsuitable. Publishing award information does not mean the directory issued or independently certified the award.

6. Community Partner backlink requirements

Select a relevant link from our partner list and include it in a useful, niche-related blog post or article on the submitted website’s own domain. The article must be publicly accessible without login and not marked noindex. Use natural, accurate link text; avoid hidden links, keyword-stuffed pages, or a link added only to an unrelated link dump.

Provide the article URL for verification. If no available link fits your niche, select the no-match option and describe your desired niche. Wait for our team to arrange a suitable match; this is not automatic approval.

We check the agreed link before approval and periodically afterward. It must remain available while you use the Community Partner plan. A missing or non-qualifying backlink has a 14-day grace period for correction before suspension for that issue. Optional paid promotions do not waive this requirement. We do not require a link designed to pass search-engine ranking credit; qualify compensated or exchanged links appropriately.

7. Websites we do not accept

Do not submit websites that contain or promote:

• Pornography, sexual exploitation, or sexual content involving minors.
• Violence or aggression, threats, incitement, racial discrimination, or hate speech.
• Fraud, scams, hoaxes, impersonation, phishing, or deliberately deceptive content.
• Abusive, offensive, or defamatory material, harassment, or unlawful exposure of private information.
• Copyright or trademark infringement, pirated material, or counterfeit goods.
• Betting or gambling, even where a particular operator claims local authorization.
• Other unlawful content, products, services, or activities.

Our editorial exclusions can be stricter than what is lawful in a particular location. Rejection under these guidelines is not itself a legal finding about a website.

We may also reject inaccessible, unsafe, spam-like, incomplete, duplicate, or misrepresented websites. Published listings may be suspended or removed if the website changes and no longer meets our standards.

8. Review outcomes and refund eligibility

Paid review starts after payment confirmation: 48 hours for Basic and 24 hours for Business and Premium. Community Partner review takes up to 7 days after backlink verification. Clarification or verification issues can delay a decision; none of these timeframes guarantees acceptance.

If we reject a website for reasons other than prohibited content or activities, we refund the listing review fee. Prohibited submissions and already approved websites are not eligible for a review-fee refund under our policy, except where required by applicable law. Mandatory remedies for deficient, misdescribed, or undelivered services are not excluded.

Refunds are arranged by our team, not issued automatically when a listing is rejected. Contact us with the website and payment reference. Separate promotion charges must be considered separately; see the full refund terms.

9. After publication

Keep your website safe, working, and consistent with the approved description. Contact us to request changes to a published listing; do not submit a duplicate. For an unclaimed Free listing, use Update this Listing and follow the plan-selection and ownership-review process.

Paid placements display Sponsored and paid outbound listing links use rel="sponsored". Community Partner and Free listing links use rel="nofollow". Approval does not guarantee ranking credit, search-engine visibility, traffic, sales, or inclusion in a particular guide.

To report an unsafe, inaccurate, infringing, or outdated listing, use Report this Listing on its profile or contact us. Include specific URLs and evidence. Reports are reviewed by our team and do not automatically remove a listing. You may also contact us to ask for reconsideration of an editorial decision.