- Link directly to the download page, not your main page.
- No demos or shareware without a crack.
- Do not directly link to files ending in EXE, COM, ZIP, etc.
(Please link to the file via a webpage and submit the webpage to us.)
- Do not change the download page after we add it.
(This includes altering the links, redirection, time delayed redirection to your main page or a sponsor, etc.)
- No Java plug-ins / Install scripts on the website.
- Do not submit the same URL again within 5 days.
- Maximum 1 popup (inc. freehost popups) – No full screen popups/popunders¹.
("Virtual" popups contained within the webpage are also considered as popups &ndash Eg: Layerads.)
(Websites implementing a popup/layderad are given less priority to traffic/listings.)
(¹AdBrite Interstitials are also considered full screen popups.)
- No frame-breaking JavaScript.
- Never EVER use words in complete CAPITALS in your download names.
(Eg: "Microsoft Windows XP" must not be "MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP" or "Microsoft WINDOWS XP".
Note: Acronyms/Abbreviations are exempt from this rule.
- Forum Sites: No forced registration allowed. Make that forum category visible to guests.
(Download links [and passwords] must be viewable by guests without having to register or reply to that topic i.e. no hide hack.)
- Download links on the submissions must be clearly visible (large font size + bold + in English).
(Users must not have to click/follow instructions in order to gain access to the download link(s).)
- Limit your submissions to 30 per day.
(Excessive submissions are automatically rejected.)
- Submit BitTorrent links only with a link to a client on the webpage.
- Submit BitTorrent links with the download title beginning with: "Torrent: " followed by the download name.
- No eDonkey, Magnet or similiar links.
- URL masking and timed redirection services containing advertising are not allowed.
(Eg: rapidsafe.net, rapidsafe.de, usercash.com, rsprotect.com, rapidleecher.com, etc.)
- Submissions must not contain fake/misleading links.
(For instance, if the link title is "New version of [download name]", "Mirror of [download name]", "Fast Mirror: [1]",
"Mirror @ [name]" etc., it must be genuine.)