This page applies to Thailand-related inclusions to our directory. For not-Thailand related websites, go here.
Unfortunately, we disallow direct submission of websites to our web directory. You will have to send us your submission by email.
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY. ANY MAJOR DEVIATION OF THE RULES BELOW MAY RESULT IN YOUR SITE NOT BEING LISTED (you will not receive a reply e-mail).
Usually new site will be added close to the top of the pages, and then gradually list lower as new sites are added. Sites that link to us, will remain close to the top of the list.
However, if you do not follow the conditions below, we will possibly add your site not at the top, but somewhere in the body of the listing. Most conditions below are just common sense, but experience tells us that it is somehow better to point things out.
Submitting involves the following steps :
1. Check if your website is already listed.
2. Check conditions.
3. Send an e-mail with the following :
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 STRICTLY do not accept GENERIC TERMS and/or A LONG DESCRIPTIVE SENTENCE FOR THE TITLE OR ADDED TO THE TITLE . (ex. Thailand Property - Sale and rent of apartments in Phuket and Koh Samui) However we do accept something along these lines (USE COMMON SENSE):
XY Co. Ltd. - Property in Phuket
If there is no clear title of your site, the URL will be used instead.
c. A description of your website. (see below)
d. Optional : About 15 keywords related to your content. Our internal search function takes also keywords into account. 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.
Your
e-mail to us NEEDS TO INCLUDE A DESCRIPTION
OF YOUR WEBSITE. We will still visit
your website and maybe change the description
you provide, but we will no longer 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.
Description should be in standard
English. No inappropriate abbreviations,
no SMS language.
No words should be in all capitals, but 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. Your description should not be
contained in any 'running text', but simple
use the following format :
Description : ........
Listing in our web directory is a FREE service.
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Important : We are not really interested in websites hosted on free servers (www.geocities.com ; www.netfirms.com etc). There are two good reasons for this. First, we want to people to get their act together, and stop doing things on the very cheap. Second, these sites invariably disappear, are not updated, after a while, and then clutter our (and other) directories.
FIRST, check if your site is already listed or not! (Opens in new window)
1)
English language websites only. Bilingual
websites allowed, if possible submit the link
to the English version.
2) Only Thailand-related
websites!
3) Plainly
pornographic sites will not be allowed. No
objection to photographic sites with nude
artistic images. Any nudity should however
be displayed inside the websites, and not
on the entry page (this also applies to medically
inspired sites). Gambling, sites promoting
illegal activities, hate sites will not be
accepted.
No websites that seem to be solely
built to show advertisements.
4) No mirror
sites.
5)We do not list websites anymore, providing only hotel reservations and bookings (disguised as travel sites or not). Individual hotel websites are still most welcome!
New : At this moment there is a (temporary) stop on listing certain types of travel-related websites.
If you run a travel agency or provide clearcut travel related services, you can still submit your website. However, we will not list anymore sites, that provide yet another rehash of travel information about Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket, Koh Samui, Chiang Mai. Not clear what is the purpose of these websites, just providing content that is easily available elsewhere, and we are utterly tired of seeing them.
6) We prefer websites with a proper URL. We also do not really like sites that are redirected. We are biased against anything other than a regular URL like 'www.yoursite.com'. Subdomains as parts from a large site may also be discarded.
7) In general, newly admitted websites will be listed high in their subcategory, and then slowly slide down the list when new sites are added. To keep your website close to the top, you may want to link to us, and let us know about it.
8) Websites are listed in only one main subcategory..
9) Your website should be 'looking OK' in the two most relevant browsers : Internet Explorer and Firefox. We look at everything with Firefox as our preferred browser. We do accept websites that are not exactly aesthetically pleasing. However, we decline to list 'sloppy' websites, where little care has been taken in making things readible and easy to navigate.
10) We are clearly biased towards adding relevant sites to our web directory. Individual (certainly small) websites will certainly benefit from being listed. Therefore, we tend to think webmasters should take at least minimal care when submitting websites to our directories. [We are especially baffled by visitors who can not even provide a correct URL of their website!] We do mark your site according to all that is mentioned above, and also take into account its relevance and appearance. If your site is not added, please revisit the comments made above.
11) We do not list website that are 'under construction' or lack properly working links. Our software also regularly checks for broken links and 'under construction' websites.
12)
We do not intend to be a relay station for
websites that seem to be more interested in
displaying advertisements than to provide
original content. Our cut-off point is three
or more advertising blocks by the best known
ads provider, or any inappropriate
incentive used to goad visitors
into clicking ads.
13) We are not really into adding chat rooms, forums. All too furtive and superficial, we think.
14) We do not list sites that display popups or popunders. It is important that popups are sometimes launched by third party code on your site.
15) 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.
16) PROPERTY related websites. No website that intends to sell properties will be listed if it does not include an accessible page with the basic legal information. Furthermore, you will not be listed if you try to lure prospective buyers into the 'set up a Thai company construction scheme'.
17) Websites that seem to be involved in selling or buying links, or are associated with other sites doing so, will not be added.
18) You will benefit if you link to our site. However, when you submit your website we suggest you do not mention something along these lines : we will add a link to your site at a later date. We kind of take exception to these kind of statements. Either do not mention anything (we will list your site on its own merits), or simply link to us and tell us about it.
Furthermore, you should never make a statement such as : "you know how beneficial it is for search engines etc.", and never mention the word PageRank (PR) in any of your emails.
19) If you managed to read through all this, congratulations.
20) For webmasters ; Certain websites may be listed on different pages. If so, links to your site will have a 'no follow' tag on second or third listings (but not on the first listing).
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