Article Submission Guidelines for Dime-Co.Com, WebsiteFuel.com, and our network of sites
In order to be approved, you MUST agree to the following easy guidelines for article submissions:
No blatant sales pitch in the article please. It will not be accepted. That is what your "resource box" or "signature box" is for. Articles are intended to be informative, not a sales letter. You CAN submit a "product review", providing its a true analysis of the product, not a pitch. (i.e., good/bad points both included). Affiliate URLs in the article are typically considered a pitch, not a resource and are usually NOT accepted by us. (Affiliate URLs are allowed in the resource box).
By submitting our form, you are agreeing that your articles will be posted on our website, and in addition, will likely be posted through our syndication system. (Meaning, your article may appear on many websites who take advantage of our free syndication system). Usually, that is the point of submitting articles... however, if you do not wish your article to be syndicated, and ONLY want it to be posted on this site, please state this at the BEGINNING of your article submission (i.e., "This article is NOT for syndication"). This will limit your exposure however, but we respect your wishes.
There is no maximum length requirements on the articles, however here are a few suggestions:
Please keep your resource box to 5 - 7 lines MAXIMUM. Resource boxes that go over this will be cut to fit or simply rejected. These articles are going on a web page, therefore, there is no need to worry about length of the article itself.
DO NOT attempt to submit an article that consists of only one or two paragraphs. We consider these to be pitches, not real content.
You MUST submit the entire article - please do not tell people to visit your site to read the full article. Your resource box can take them where you want them to go - but if you want to submit your articles here, please submit the full article.
Please do not use all caps in your article title, unless of course you are proving a point ;)
Please do not use !!!!! (HYPE) in article titles or content, unless of course you are proving a point ;)
We do not guarantee your article will be included, however, we do include most that are submitted provided our guidelines are followed. We have the right to adjust to the most appropriate sub-category as we see fit.
By submitting your article, you do not give up copyrights - we always leave those in tact. If your article has been blatantly copied by someone else posting here, please contact us immediately and we will remove it.
At the present time, we do not accept articles that are of the following topics: religious, or psychic-related. This is our decision, and is NOT intended to offend anyone.
We do not alter your content except layout to fit our site.
Your email address is *never* sold, rented or traded. We value your privacy. HOWEVER - Remember that these articles are on a web page. Spammers are known to harvest these pages - if you want to include an email address in your article, please be aware that we cannot prevent spammers from gaining your email address in this manner. If you do not include an email address in your articles, your address is completely private and cannot be harvested.
What are the reasons your article would be deleted?
Too many spelling errors (unless it's the point of the article of course :) - We have a spell checker - please use it!
Articles that are blatant sales pitches.
Articles that follow our guidelines are always approved in priority status over those that need to be adjusted or rejected.
Only "Trusted" authors have their content go live immediately. At this point, we have only two authors set at trusted. Please do not consider this a bash against your person - it is simply a protection for our site. Once you have proven to submit quality articles, in time we will likely change your account to trusted as well.
You agree that your articles may take up to 2 business days or longer (depending on the number of articles submitted at any one time) to be approved and live.
You agree that if the formatting is off, we have the right to adjust it as necessary to fit the site. That may include removing or adjusting images for size, but will NEVER include changing your words or copyrights.
You agree that you will ensure articles are submitted in the MOST appropriate category. Articles submitted in a blatantly wrong category for the sake of exposure will be removed.
You agree that your submission of these articles are free - and that we allow them to be viewed by visitors free. We do not charge for this service, nor do we charge for our syndication system. Because it is free, you agree that you will not be paid in any monetary value for your articles at any time. We may at times, at our discretion only, choose to provide you with some bonus promotions, however, we actively promote this site, which means you are actively promoted free.
You agree that because all articles and content are available freely, this site is supported almost entirely by advertising revenues. Banners or other text ads may appear on the pages of your articles (usually at the top and/or bottom, but occasionally on the side of the page). You are not entitled to any percentage of these revenues.
We will never replace YOUR links, resource boxes, etc. with any advertising by sponsors.
That's it! I hope that you find this a valuable resource for YOUR FREE PUBLICITY! If you agree, please recommend our site to other aspiring authors online. We hope that you will link to us, or even mention us in your resource articles :) (After all, the more that see us, the more who will see you!)