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Help Desk
What type of websites should be added to the directory?
Websites added to the Seek-n-Pick Web Directory should be quality sites that add original content and value to the directory. Quality content is imprortant to us and our visitors.
Sites which have one or more of the following qualities should not be listed:
Any site that offers for sale, or sell
* Any firearms, explosives, or weapons.
* Any food that is not packaged or does not comply with all laws governing the sale of food to consumers by commercial merchants.
* Any items that are indecent or obscene, that are hateful or racially, sexually, ethnically or otherwise objectionable, that contain child pornography, that are otherwise pornographic in nature, or are harmful to minors.
* Any items that are counterfeit or stolen.
* Any dangerous items.
* Any goods or services that do not, in fact, exist.
* Any registered or unregistered securities.
* Any items that violate or infringe the rights of other parties.
* Any items that you do not have the legal right to sell.
* Any site which is a subURL or page that can be reached from the main page should not be listed. There may be some exceptions which will be decided on by the community. - See "What is a Proper URL" for more information.
* The site is an affiliate site. Sites that contain affiliate links, with content provided by the associated partner, should not be listed. Seek-n-Pick sites should have original content.
* Spam/Spamming is prohibited. With the Spam Committee direction, sites may be refused listing if they are being spammed in our directory.
* Hate, Illegal, Pornographic and Violent sites which advocate violence or illegal acts against a person or group of people will not be listed. Sites containing visual representation of extreme violence or lewdness should not be listed, unless such material in its context has been deemed appropriate by this community. Sites that contain pornographic text or images should not be submitted. This includes sites that contain links to sites with such material via text links or banners. The majority of most non-pornographic sexual content sites may be deemed acceptable. Sites may include nudity, if the nature of the material (as determined by Seek-n-Pick Web Directory) is not to arouse the viewer. Examples of such sites would include those which are educational or medical in nature. For instance, sites which have the intent of training women how to perform a breast exam or teaching men how to check for testicular cancer would be acceptable. The placement of any sites which may seem questionable will be decided upon by the Seek-n-Pick Web Directory Editors.
Seek-n-Pick Web Directory reserves the right to delete any objectionable sites.
* The site is a subURL
SubURLs or pages that can be reached from their main page should not be listed. There may be some exceptions which will be decided on by the community.
- See What is a Proper URL for more information.
* The site is an affiliate site.
Sites that contain only affiliate links, with content provided by the associated partner, should not be listed. You can often recognize these sites by their links and by their URLs, which contain referral IDs.
* Spam
Spamming is prohibited. With the Spam Committee direction , sites may be refused listing if they are being spammed in our directory.
* Hate, Illegal, Pornographic and Violent Sites
Sites which advocate violence or illegal acts against a person or group of people will not be listed. Sites containing visual representation of extreme violence or ludeness should not be listed, unless such material in its context has been deemed appropriate by this community. Sites that contain pornographic text or images should not be submitted. This includes sites that contain links to sites with such material via text links or banners.
The majority of most non-pornographic sexual content sites may be deemed acceptable. Sites may include nudity, if the nature of the material is not to arouse the viewer. Examples of such sites would include those which are educational or medical in nature. For instance, sites which have the intent of training women how to perform a breast exam or teaching men how to check for testicular cancer would be acceptable. Any sites that may seem questionable should be decided upon by the GoGuide Site Review Committee.
How many listings can a website have?
Considering the wide variety of topics that are covered and the topics that are continuously being added, most sites will easily fit into our directory. However, each site will be limited to one listing.
What is the proper URL?
The URL must be in the form of a complete description that includes the use of "http://"
For example:
http://www.seekpick.com
The overall principle is to submit the 'short' version of the URL
For example:
rather than http://www.seekpick.com/index.shtml
just use http://www.seekpick.com
Do not use URLs that are deeper into the Site, if they can be reached from the Site's front page.
What is Spam?
Most affiliate sites, multiple links to the same site, porn sites or websites that link to porn, hate sites, any sites which promote violence, and sites which violate international laws may be classified as spam. Below is a comprehensive list of what is considered spam by Seek-n-Pick Web Directory standards.
1. Multiple links to the same site, porn sites or websites that link to porn.
2. Multiple submissions using different URL's; either unique or variations of one URL.
3. Redirected sites including sites that redirect the main page and sites that redirect by clicking on any of the links on the main page.
4. All affiliate, associate and authorized vendor or distributor websites.
5. Hidden service website, the main page will display something totally different from what you get from the links. "Cloaked Page"
6. Websites uniquely different with unique URL's but offering the same links or service. "Getting very popular and hard to detect"
7. Excessive banners or popup advertising "over 1/3 of page displayed has banners or over 2 popup's on a single page". This includes the now frequently-used load-behind pages.
8. Java bomb pages. Sites that load a page or pages every time you close a page. "Mostly used in adult sites"
9. Sites that offer no original content. An example is a chat website that has no chatrooms of its own and redirects to other chat services. "The purpose of a site like this is normally to collect banner hits."
10. Sites that promote violence or hate and sites that violate international laws.
11. Websites that automatically change or try to change the users computer settings. "Auto download, make this your home page, and dial a phone number are the most popular."
* The site must clearly define its purpose, products, and/or services.
* The site, or its contents, must not already appear in Seek-n-Pick Web Directory.
* The site must contain substantively unique content, as determined by Seek-n-Pick's staff.
* The site should not contain any parts or pages under construction.
* All links on the site must work with links to relevant content.
* The site must support multiple browsers and capabilities {e.g., no Netscape-only sites}
* The site must be up, running and accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
* The site must not contain any content, products, services or other information that, in Seek-n-Pick's reasonable determination, may be illegal to sell under any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation, that may infringe or violate anyone's rights, or that, Seek-n-Pick believes, in its sole discretion, is inflammatory, dangerous, offensive, or otherwise inconsistent with the spirit of Seek-n-Pick and its affiliates.
Seek-n-Pick Web Directory reserves the right to delete, without notice, any website it deems objectionable.
Websites added to the Seek-n-Pick Web Directory should be quality sites that add original content and value to the directory. Quality content is imprortant to us and our visitors.
Sites which have one or more of the following qualities should not be listed:
Any site that offers for sale, or sell
* Any firearms, explosives, or weapons.
* Any food that is not packaged or does not comply with all laws governing the sale of food to consumers by commercial merchants.
* Any items that are indecent or obscene, that are hateful or racially, sexually, ethnically or otherwise objectionable, that contain child pornography, that are otherwise pornographic in nature, or are harmful to minors.
* Any items that are counterfeit or stolen.
* Any dangerous items.
* Any goods or services that do not, in fact, exist.
* Any registered or unregistered securities.
* Any items that violate or infringe the rights of other parties.
* Any items that you do not have the legal right to sell.
* Any site which is a subURL or page that can be reached from the main page should not be listed. There may be some exceptions which will be decided on by the community. - See "What is a Proper URL" for more information.
* The site is an affiliate site. Sites that contain affiliate links, with content provided by the associated partner, should not be listed. Seek-n-Pick sites should have original content.
* Spam/Spamming is prohibited. With the Spam Committee direction, sites may be refused listing if they are being spammed in our directory.
* Hate, Illegal, Pornographic and Violent sites which advocate violence or illegal acts against a person or group of people will not be listed. Sites containing visual representation of extreme violence or lewdness should not be listed, unless such material in its context has been deemed appropriate by this community. Sites that contain pornographic text or images should not be submitted. This includes sites that contain links to sites with such material via text links or banners. The majority of most non-pornographic sexual content sites may be deemed acceptable. Sites may include nudity, if the nature of the material (as determined by Seek-n-Pick Web Directory) is not to arouse the viewer. Examples of such sites would include those which are educational or medical in nature. For instance, sites which have the intent of training women how to perform a breast exam or teaching men how to check for testicular cancer would be acceptable. The placement of any sites which may seem questionable will be decided upon by the Seek-n-Pick Web Directory Editors.
Seek-n-Pick Web Directory reserves the right to delete any objectionable sites.
* The site is a subURL
SubURLs or pages that can be reached from their main page should not be listed. There may be some exceptions which will be decided on by the community.
- See What is a Proper URL for more information.
* The site is an affiliate site.
Sites that contain only affiliate links, with content provided by the associated partner, should not be listed. You can often recognize these sites by their links and by their URLs, which contain referral IDs.
* Spam
Spamming is prohibited. With the Spam Committee direction , sites may be refused listing if they are being spammed in our directory.
* Hate, Illegal, Pornographic and Violent Sites
Sites which advocate violence or illegal acts against a person or group of people will not be listed. Sites containing visual representation of extreme violence or ludeness should not be listed, unless such material in its context has been deemed appropriate by this community. Sites that contain pornographic text or images should not be submitted. This includes sites that contain links to sites with such material via text links or banners.
The majority of most non-pornographic sexual content sites may be deemed acceptable. Sites may include nudity, if the nature of the material is not to arouse the viewer. Examples of such sites would include those which are educational or medical in nature. For instance, sites which have the intent of training women how to perform a breast exam or teaching men how to check for testicular cancer would be acceptable. Any sites that may seem questionable should be decided upon by the GoGuide Site Review Committee.
How many listings can a website have?
Considering the wide variety of topics that are covered and the topics that are continuously being added, most sites will easily fit into our directory. However, each site will be limited to one listing.
What is the proper URL?
The URL must be in the form of a complete description that includes the use of "http://"
For example:
http://www.seekpick.com
The overall principle is to submit the 'short' version of the URL
For example:
rather than http://www.seekpick.com/index.shtml
just use http://www.seekpick.com
Do not use URLs that are deeper into the Site, if they can be reached from the Site's front page.
What is Spam?
Most affiliate sites, multiple links to the same site, porn sites or websites that link to porn, hate sites, any sites which promote violence, and sites which violate international laws may be classified as spam. Below is a comprehensive list of what is considered spam by Seek-n-Pick Web Directory standards.
1. Multiple links to the same site, porn sites or websites that link to porn.
2. Multiple submissions using different URL's; either unique or variations of one URL.
3. Redirected sites including sites that redirect the main page and sites that redirect by clicking on any of the links on the main page.
4. All affiliate, associate and authorized vendor or distributor websites.
5. Hidden service website, the main page will display something totally different from what you get from the links. "Cloaked Page"
6. Websites uniquely different with unique URL's but offering the same links or service. "Getting very popular and hard to detect"
7. Excessive banners or popup advertising "over 1/3 of page displayed has banners or over 2 popup's on a single page". This includes the now frequently-used load-behind pages.
8. Java bomb pages. Sites that load a page or pages every time you close a page. "Mostly used in adult sites"
9. Sites that offer no original content. An example is a chat website that has no chatrooms of its own and redirects to other chat services. "The purpose of a site like this is normally to collect banner hits."
10. Sites that promote violence or hate and sites that violate international laws.
11. Websites that automatically change or try to change the users computer settings. "Auto download, make this your home page, and dial a phone number are the most popular."
* The site must clearly define its purpose, products, and/or services.
* The site, or its contents, must not already appear in Seek-n-Pick Web Directory.
* The site must contain substantively unique content, as determined by Seek-n-Pick's staff.
* The site should not contain any parts or pages under construction.
* All links on the site must work with links to relevant content.
* The site must support multiple browsers and capabilities {e.g., no Netscape-only sites}
* The site must be up, running and accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
* The site must not contain any content, products, services or other information that, in Seek-n-Pick's reasonable determination, may be illegal to sell under any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation, that may infringe or violate anyone's rights, or that, Seek-n-Pick believes, in its sole discretion, is inflammatory, dangerous, offensive, or otherwise inconsistent with the spirit of Seek-n-Pick and its affiliates.
Seek-n-Pick Web Directory reserves the right to delete, without notice, any website it deems objectionable.
