Posting Tips

Before submitting your article or post, it could be helpful to have some pointers on what makes a good submission.

Profiles:

Make sure that the username and bio you want displayed is correct. You can set this here.

Titles:

When writing your title you should consider the use of your content keywords in your title. If this does not seem practical, writing a eye-grabbing title can make the difference. Our editors look for a title that makes sense for the content and is not simply a keyword-stuffing mess. Our search prioritizes keywords in titles before content and tags. Our media parters grab content that matches their own algorithms, however titles keywords and tags play heavily into this. Keep in mind that our editors may reject an article where the title and content do not relate to each other. If in doubt, write a catchy headline that will draw the reader in.

Tags:

Tags are a very important part of having your content found. Our tag cloud is featured on each page, so it is a quick way for users to find content they want. Also, our “Related Entries” section at the end of each article or post is heavily determined by keyword tags along with other considerations. Posts submitted without tags may be rejected by our editors.

Content:

It goes without saying that you should focus on writing a very good piece above all else. No matter what your title or tags may be, if you have written strong content users will share it more readily. Good content will also drive their interest in reading more of your articles, both on your author page and at your website. Take some extra time and make sure what you are submitting is of the quality you want to respresent about yourself. It’s a great opportunity to reflect your status as an authority on your niche.

Another tip is adding thumbnails and feature images to your posts. These can help grab attention for your piece whether its on the front page or on its category page. Adding video to your post is another great way to add depth to your piece.

Comments:

The submission forms lets you choose whether you want to allow commenting. This is completely your choice, however we recommend allowing comments, as generally you will see more traffic from the user community. We also doFollow comment author links after a minimum number of posts by the author in the community, however this could change if abused.

Using the Submission Form:

Our submission form content box accepts HTML as well as plain text. You can use the Quicktag buttons to add images and links as you need to.

If you are not familiar with using Quicktags or HTML and you want to add images and links to the body of your content, it may help to type your submission into a WYSIWYG editor and paste the HTML in the submission form content box. There are WYSIWYG editors available as browser plugins for FireFox, but running a search on your favorite search engine should show some free options.

If you don’t need to add links or images to the body you can simply type your text in the box and it will work fine.