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Directory: Submission Guidelines:
Before submitting your website to Web World Directory, please review the following guidelines below to help increase the chances of your site being accepted.
The following sites will NOT be accepted -
Mirror pages, Doorway pages, Pages created solely for SEO purposes,
Redirects, Cloaked URLs, Tracking URL's,
Sites with dead links and/or missing images,
Sites still under construction,
Sites consisting primarily of Affiliate links or banners,
Sites that contain excessive ads, popups or popunders,
Sites made for Adsense (MFA), Content Mills, and Lead Generators,
Sites with duplicate content including ODP clones,
Sites lacking in content (empty forums, empty directories etc.),
Sites that contain or promote Sexual/Pornographic content or images,
Sites that contain or promote Hate, Violence, and Racial Intolerance against any individual, group, or organization,
Sites that contain excessive profanity,
Sites that contain Warez/ Hacking/Cracking content,
Sites that contain Illicit Drugs/ Drug Paraphernalia,
Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) and Pyramid Schemes,
Gambling/Casino sites, portals, and affiliates,
Search results from other search engines or web directories,
Sites that do not display the physical address of the company/business/organization,
Sites already listed,
Approved websites that are later found violating any of our submission guidelines will be removed. If you find any offensive pages listed on Web World Directory please report the URL and listing information and we will remove the offensive listing immediately.
Free Submission Option:
Due to the large volume of free submissions we receive there is currently a 3-6 month wait for free reviews. Only submissions that follow ALL of our submission and form guidelines will be reviewed and only quality sites will be accepted. We offer no guarantee that your free submission will be reviewed or accepted.
Premium Submission Option:
This option is for express review only, it does not guarantee inclusion or that your listing will receive the site placement or description that you request. The final placement and listing details of all paid reviews will be determined by the reviewing editor. We do not sell links for page rank development.
A payment made for an express review of a site that is already listed will upgrade the listed site to premium for another year, a duplicate listing will not be added. Submission for express review acknowledges acceptance and agreement of our submission guidelines.
Submission Form Guidelines:
Non-English sites:
MUST provide an English translation on the site
MUST be submitted to a relevant Regional category only.
The submission form MUST be filled out in English.
Title/Business Name Guidelines: Official company/business name ONLY.
DO NOT use this field for stuffing keywords or anchor text.
DO NOT USE ALL CAPITAL LETTERS or symbols.
Description Guidelines: Describe your services, products, or the content of your site in 1-2 sentences Max. Avoid using marketing hype, sales pitches, excessive and unnecessary repetition. Do not ask questions. Do not use words or phases such as "we are #1, the best, the cheapest, click here, visit my site, etc.
DO NOT repeat the company/business name.
DO NOT use this field for stuffing keywords. Keywords repeated more than 2x's in your description will be considered spamming and the submission will be rejected.
DO NOT USE ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.
DO NOT capitalize every letter in your description
DO NOT use EXCESSIVE punctuation or exclamation marks.
DO NOT include ANY shipping information, phone numbers, prices, domain names, or URLS in your description.
URL Guidelines: Submit your top level domain only.
DO NOT include the trailing slash (/) in your URL. (Example http://www.yoursite.com is acceptable and http://www.yoursite.com/ is not acceptable.
DO NOT submit individual pages or subdomains of your website such as index.html, index.htm, home.html, main.html, anyysite.mydomain.com etc. Your URL MUST end with com, net, org, ca, uk, etc. Individual pages or sub-domains of your site will be rejected.
Keyword Guidelines:
Only 10 Keywords or Phrases max. PLEASE COUNT. Supplying too many keywords may result in rejection.
Separate each keyword or phrase with a comma then a space.
Password Guidelines:
DO NOT supply an easy to guess password such password, abc123, abcdef, pass, pass123, 123456 or your domains URL, etc. Using easy to guess passwords may result in rejection.
Category Guidelines:
Choose the most relevant category for your site. Choosing a wrong or broad category will result in rejection.
Name Guidelines:
Please supply a valid name in your submission. Supplying "webmaster", "owner", "seo" in this field is not acceptable and may result in rejection.
Email Guidelines:
The email address you supply in your submission must be listed on the website submitted.
DO NOT use free web based email accounts such as Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail, MSN, Lycos etc. Submissions with free web based email accounts are automatically rejected by filters. Submissions with invalid email addresses will be rejected without notice.
Your Submission will not be accepted:
if the entry is in all capital letters.
if every word is capitalized in the description.
if there are symbols, in the title or description.
if there is excessive punctuation in the title or description.
if there are keywords in the title.
if there is a long string of keywords instead of a description.
If the title is repeated in the description.
if anything to boost your sites listing is used.
if too many keywords are supplied.
We reserve the right to reject any submission for any reason, as well as to remove entries or move them to other categories at any time. We also reserve the right to edit your submission's title, description, and keywords.
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