These editorial guidelines are designed to help you understand what we accept and don't accept for inclusion in our article database. Before you submit to our site, we would appreciate if you would please read this page first.
MUST BE AN ORIGINAL ARTICLE THAT YOU WROTE OR PAID TO HAVE WRITTEN. Article content will be checked for originality.So, please only submit original content.We do this to insure the integrity of this directory.
MUST BE about hidden cameras, spy equipment or surveillance cameras and systems.Information can include tips, strategies, and techniques on how to use the product, case-studies, analysis, opinions and commentary. We do not accept articles that contain more than 5 lines of quoted or sourced material.
MUST NOT be a press release, advertisement, sales letter, promotional copy, or blatant and excessive self-promotion or hype.
MUST HAVE proper English, spelling, grammar, punctuation, capitalization and sentence structure. Please proof your article and double checked for accuracy.
SIMPLE PUNCTUATION RULES: One or two spaces after each period, colon, or semi-colon; Periods should be inside of quotes; When doing "..." -- you should use only 3 dots minimum and maximum; When using dashes, use two in a row, ex: "--"; There is never a space BEFORE a period or BEFORE a comma.
MUST NOT contain: pornography/adult material, hate or violence-oriented, suggest racial intolerance, advocate against any individual or group, have insulting, obscene, degrading tone, or contain profanity.
MUST NOT contain any content that is a violation of any law, be considered defamatory, libelous, or infringes on the legal rights of others.
MUST NOT be a submission of the exact same article as one that you already submitted. Some authors have submitted the same article multiple times with only a few words changed in the body -- we reject these and ban authors who engage in this practice.
MUST NOT contain excessive and/or bolded keywords/ phrases. Bolding is limited to headings and subheadings.
Your Title MUST Be In Upper and Lower Case Letters With The First Letter of Each Major Word Capitalized.
We will not accept your TITLE in all CAPS.
It is not required that you capitalize common words such as "a" - "the" - "to" - "for" etc, we accept these either way.
We do not accept QUOTES around your entire TITLE.
Do NOT end your TITLE with a period.
Please do not submit Microsoft Word smart quotes in your TITLE. This includes quotes, apostrophes, double dashes, and 3 dots in a row. Replace smart quotes with standard quotes/apostrophes/double dashes/or 3 periods in a row.
Refrain from excessive repetitive punctuation in your TITLE. One exclamation "!" or question mark "?" is enough to make a point.
We do not allow HTML tags of any kind in your TITLE.
Your TITLE must begin with the first word flush to the LEFT of the TITLE submission box.
We do not allow your AUTHOR NAME or any WEBSITE URL to be in your TITLE.
Your TITLE must not be keyword stuffed (too many redundant keywords used over and over again), but rather should read as a natural language TITLE that any human could easily appreciate. Do not over-optimize your TITLE please.
We do not accept One Word as the article TITLE, a MINIMUM of two unique words is required.
We do not accept articles that use slang terms or profanity in the TITLE.
We do not accept articles that do not deliver on the article title. You must deliver in the article body on the promises made in the article title.
TITLE KEYWORD RICHNESS: Your title should be "Keyword Rich." The first 3-4 words of your TITLE determines the success of the article in terms of how much traffic your article will generate...so choose the first 3-4 words wisely.
Example of a Bad Keyword TITLE: How to Set Up A Hidden Camera
Example of a Good Keyword TITLE:
Hidden Camera – How To Set It Up
AUTHOR NAME:
YOUR FULL AUTHOR NAME: You must include your first and last name as the author of the article.
Your AUTHOR NAME must have a First name and a Last name.
We do allow "First name - Last initial" or "First initial - Last Name."
Your First and Last name must begin with a Capital Letter.
We do not allow company names to be your AUTHOR NAME.
We do not allow email addresses or URLs to be your AUTHOR NAME.
We do not allow adjectives or nouns or descriptors to be a part of your AUTHOR NAME.
You may NOT include your title after your AUTHOR NAME unless you hold a doctorate-level degree (Dr., MD, DDS, PhD, etc.)
We do not allow religious titles before or after your name.
We do not allow more than ONE account per Person. Creating multiple accounts could result in all of your accounts being removed and banned.
We do not allow numbers to be included in your Author Name.
ARTICLE BODY:
Must be a minimum of 250 words and no more than 800 words. For us, an ideal article size is 400-600 words.
Please do not repeat your TITLE and AUTHOR NAME at the top of the ARTICLE BODY.
Your article body MUST deliver on what is promised in the title. We do not accept teaser links or phrases that require a reader to click away from the article or reference another source in order to receive the full benefit of what has been promised.
You may include 2 live links in the ARTICLE BODY using keyword phrases in the anchor text.You don’t want to use more than two live links because the search engines may consider it to self promoting.
At the very END of your ARTICLE BODY, please help us by removing any excess vertical spaces and do not include any HTML tags that would create or force the creation of additional vertical spaces after the end of your ARTICLE BODY.
Your article MUST be single spaced, MUST use appropriate paragraph breaks, and MUST use correct formatting for bulleted or numbered lists. We will not accept articles that are not single spaced, that do not use paragraphs to appropriately break up the body text, or that provide bulleted or numbered lists that are not formatted correctly.
WEBSITE LINKS/URLSThere is maximum of (2) active links/URLs to a website that you own, control, or have an interest in.
Example of an invalid URL:
Your-Company-Name.com
www.your-company-name.com
Example of a valid URL:
http://Your-Company-Name.com/
Your links MAY NOT contain a file to be downloaded of any type.
We do not knowingly allow any URLs in any of our articles that are banned by Google or if your website engages in questionable SEO practices -- we may reject your articles.
We do not accept articles that have the same ACTIVE link more than once. Do not submit duplicate URLs.
We will not accept articles with links to adult-oriented websites, including but not limited to websites that include pornography, adult-oriented sexual content.
We do not allow links to websites that are under construction. Websites must be active and have content in order for you to link to them from your article. We will reject your article if it contains a link of this nature.
EMAIL 'MAILTO:' LINKS: We highly recommend including a link to your website but do not advocate including a mailto: or email link to your personal or work email account. Spammers will abuse it. It's better to include a valid website URL and let potential customers find your email address on your website.
SUMMARY: The purpose of the ARTICLE SUMMARY is to give an abstract or summary of the benefits that your article delivers.
Every article must have a 2-5 sentence article summary and not exceed 200 words. If you don't know what to put in your summary, just use the first paragraph of your article.
We do not allow HTML tags of any kind in your ARTICLE SUMMARY.
We do not allow blatant self-promotion in your ARTICLE SUMMARY.
We do not allow your AUTHOR NAME to be in your ARTICLE SUMMARY.
We do not allow any website URL or Email Address to be in your ARTICLE SUMMARY
CATEGORY:Please choose the best category based on the hidden cameras, spy equipment or surveillance cameras and systems you are writing about.If you cannot find an appropriate category, you can suggest a new category.
