Submission Guidelines. Please read the following before submitting:
How To Add a Site To The Intellagon Directory
Intellagon.com is a futurist directory. A directory is something akin to a huge reference library. The directory is hierarchically arranged by subject from broad to specific. Intellagon is maintained by community editors who evaluate sites for inclusion in the directory. They are our experts, and all submissions are subject to editor evaluation.
We care a great deal about the quality of this directory. We aren't a search engine and pride ourselves on being a highly selective, focused "niche" directory. We hope to maintain the status of being the very best place to go for ON-TOPIC, relevant sites. We don't accept all sites, so please don't take it personally should your site not be accepted. Our goal is to make the directory as useful as possible for our users, not to have the directory include all (or even most) of the sites that could possibly be listed or serve as a promotional tool for the entities listed.
To keep this directory running smoothly and to assist us in exercising our editorial discretion, we have set up policies for submitting sites for our consideration. We may reject, delete, or edit submissions that violate these policies or that we otherwise believe, in our sole discretion, should not be included in the directory. We may also reject, delete, or block other sites that we believe to be associated with a user who has violated these policies.
You should take a few moments to understand these policies and the steps to submit a site before you begin. Failure to understand and follow these instructions generally will result in the rejection of a submission.
Step OneDetermine whether a site is appropriate for submission to Intellagon:
- Do not submit mirror sites. Mirror sites are sites that contain identical content, but have altogether different URLs.
- Do not submit URLs that contain only the same or similar content as other sites you may have listed in the directory. Sites with overlapping and repetitive content are not helpful to users of the directory. Multiple submissions of the same or related sites may result in the exclusion and/or deletion of those and all affiliated sites.
- Do not disguise your submission and submit the same URL more than once. Example : http://www.Intellagon.com and http://www.Intellagon.com/index.html, or http://future.Intellagon.com and http://artist.Intellagon.com.
- Do not submit any site with an address that redirects to another address.
- This Directory has a policy against the inclusion of sites with illegal content. Examples of illegal material include libel; material that infringes any intellectual property right; and material that specifically advocates, solicits or abets illegal activity (such as fraud or violence).
- Do not submit sites "under construction." Wait until a site is complete before submitting it. Sites that are incomplete, contain "Under Construction" notices, or contain broken graphics or links aren't good candidates for the directory.
- Don't submit sites consisting largely of affiliate links.
- Don't submit sites with more then 2 popunders per user per day. No popups, or any excessive advertising. We decide at our sole discretion if we feel your site breaks this rule.
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Step Two
Do a quick search in the directory at intellagon.com to be sure your site isn't already listed. This saves everyone time. Repeated attempts to get listed more then once for the same site will result in perma-banning.
Step Three
Identify the single best Directory for your site.
Procedure After Your Site is Submitted
An editor will review your submission to determine whether to include it in the directory. Depending on factors such as the volume of submissions to the particular category, it may take several weeks or more before your submission is reviewed. Please only submit a URL to the directory once. Again, multiple submissions of the same or related sites may result in the exclusion and/or deletion of those and all affiliated sites. Disguising your submission and submitting the same URL more than once is not permitted. If a site you submitted has not been listed after three weeks, you may submit it again or you may send an e-mail to an editor of the category for which the site was submitted.
Updating Your Site
Be careful when submitting. You do NOT have the option to change it on your own. This prevents abuse. You may write us, include in your email the following information:
GOLDEN RULE - Be SURE your description and url is right on before submitting!
If (but only if) you are dissatisfied with the editor's response, you may then use the Contact link at the top of the page to appeal the editor's decision. Be specific concerning your disagreement (including why you believe the editor's response is inadequate). Comments made through the feedback link are reviewed by the staff, who will make the final decision. We take all feedback seriously and give it our thoughtful consideration. But please remember that we must exercise our discretion and make numerous judgment calls as to how to make the directory as useful as possible no matter what decision we make, we may not always satisfy everyone. We are under NO LEGAL OBLIGATION To add, remove, or modify anything. Submitting to us is in no way considered an agreement on our part.
Editorial Discretion
Please recognize that making intellagon.com a useful resource requires us to exercise broad editorial discretion in determining the content and structure of the directory. That discretion extends (but is not limited) to what sites to include, where in the directory sites are placed, whether and when to include more than one link to a site, when deep linking is appropriate, and the content of the title and description of the site. In addition, a site's placement in the directory is subject to change or deletion at any time at our sole discretion. You should not rely on any aspect of a site's inclusion in the directory. Please understand that an editor's exercise of discretion may not always treat all submissions equally. You may not always agree with our choices, but we hope you recognize that we do our best to make fair and reasonable decisions.
The Intellagon team welcomes comments and feedback about the directory generally. Please let us know what you think, and how we can improve the service.
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