ThaiWebsites.com lists English-language websites about Thailand, and no other sites.
We welcome new additions to our directory, and listings are free.
1. First you need to check if your site is already listed or not (we have added a lot of sites ourselves over the last few years).
2. We do not list all sites. The usual exclusions are : pornography, overt nudity, gambling, any promotion of illegal activities. At present we also do not list : hotel booking agencies, travel sites about destinations in Thailand (already widely covered), chat rooms and forums. Websites mainly built to present advertisements are also not welcome.
3. If your website is not listed, you need to provide the following by email :
a. The URL or web address of your website.
b. The title of your website. If your website represents a company, this would be the most suitable choice for your title. Otherwise you can use the title as it appears on your site (like in the text and/or in the metatag).
However, we do not accept generic terms as a title, and we do not accept long descriptive titels.
For example : Property in Pattaya = not OK, only generic
For example : XY Company Ltd., Property in Pattaya = OK, short added sentence acceptable.
For example : XY Company Ltd, Property Pattaya, Houses, Land, Apartments for Rent =
not OK, long description added.
If there is no clear title of your site, the URL will be used as the title instead.
c. A description of your website.
Your
e-mail to us needs to include a description of your content. We will still visit
your website and may change the description
you provide, but we will not consider
submissions that do not include a description.
A description should talk about what your
website is about (not how efficient or customer
oriented etc. you are), and/or what your main
activity is. It can be about 300 characters
long (but longer is not always better to attract visitors).
Description should be in standard
English. No inappropriate abbreviations,
no SMS language.
No words should be in all capitals, and punctuation
should be accurate, and capitals used when
required. Except in the title, do not use capitals to accentuate every word in your description you think is important.
We do not want any hubris in the text of your
description.
DO NOT simply copy an paste some sentences or a paragraph from your website, but provide an at least slight different or edited description.
Your description should not be
contained in any 'running text', but simple
use the following format :
Description : ........
d. Optional : About 15 keywords related to your content. We suggest you use words not already covered in your description. Please do not put all the keywords on separate lines, but list them in a string separated by commas and a space in between keywords.
Example : keyword, keyword1, keyword2, etc.
At present, your provided keywords are not used by the search function on our website. So you may elect just to skip providing them.
4. We do not list sites hosted by free servers. In our opinion they tend to be unreliable.
5. In general, newly admitted websites will be listed high in their subcategory, and then slowly slide down the list when new sites are added. We do however take the content and relevancy of your website into account when deciding the location of your listing. To put it simple (and taking many things into account), we list you higher if we like your site, and lower, when we think it is no that enticing.
To keep your website close to the top, you may want to link to us, and let us know about it.
6. Your site should not be 'under construction', links should be working, and the site should work property in at least Internet Explorer and Firefox.
7. We do not list sites that display popups or popunders. It is important to know that popups are sometimes launched by third party code on your site. We screen for malware on your site, and if present, you submission will become invalid.
8. We do not accept any significant misrepresentation of the content of your website.
Example :
A webmaster submits a site claiming to be a 'leading real estate agent that sells and rents property in Pattaya, Bangkok, Hua Hin, Phuket' etc. However, a quick review reveals there are no or only minimal number of properties in Hua Hin or Phuket listed. Result : we likely will NOT list this website.
9. Your site may get listed, but somewhat lower down the list for any of the following reasons (not inclusive) :
Poor navigation, poor contact information (like email not working), music playing when opening the site, extensive flash animation.
10. You likely will benefit from being listed, since most of our pages provide valuable PageRank, so a little effort is required.
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