How to suggest a site to the Directory

This Directory is a web directory of Internet resources. A web directory is something akin to a huge reference library and is a hierarchically arranged by subject from broad to specific. It is maintained by community editors who evaluate sites for inclusion in the directory.

We care a great deal about the quality of the directory. We aren't a search engine and pride ourselves on being highly selective. We don't accept all sites, so please don't take it personally should your site not be accepted. Our goal is to make the directory as useful as possible for our users.

To keep the running smoothly and to assist us in exercising our editorial discretion, we have set up policies for submitting sites for our consideration. We may reject, delete, or edit submissions that violate our guidelines or that we otherwise believe, in our sole discretion, should not be included in the directory.

You should take a few moments to thes understand these guide lines and the steps to submit a site before you begin.  Failure to understand and follow these instructions generally will result in the rejection of a submission.

Step 1 -

Determine whether a site is appropriate for submission :

(a) Do not submit Mirror Sites. Mirror sites are sites that contain identical content, but have altogether different URLs.
(b) Do not submit URLs that contain only the same or similar content as other sites you may have listed in the directory.  Sites with overlapping and repetitive content are not helpful to users of the directory.  Multiple submissions of the same or related sites may result in the exclusion and/or deletion of those and all affiliated sites.
(c) Do not disguise your submission and submit the same URL more than once.
      Example: http://www.xyz.com and http://www.xyz.com/index.html
(d) Do not submit any site with an address that redirects to another address.
(e) Do not submit sites "under construction." Wait until a site is complete before submitting it.
(f) Submit pornographic sites to the appropriate category under Adult.
(g) Submit non-English sites to the appropriate category under World.
(h) Don't submit sites consisting largely of affiliate links.

 Step 2 -

Do a quick search in the directory at HgTechDirectory  to be sure your site isn't already listed. This saves everyone time.

Step 3 -

Identify the single best category for your site. You should submit a site to the single most relevant category.

Step 4 -

Then Submit your site's URL, by clicking the link of "Submit Link" at HgtechDirectory.

Procedure After Your Site is Submitted

An editor will review your submission to determine whether to include it in the directory. Depending on factors such as the volume of submissions to the particular category, it may take several weeks or more before your submission is reviewed. Please only submit a URL to the once. Again, multiple submissions of the same or related sites may result in the exclusion and/or deletion of those and all affiliated sites.  Disguising your submission and submitting the same URL more than once is not permitted.

If you are dissatisfied with the category in which your site is listed, you may send an e-mail to an editor for the category explaining your disagreement. Be polite and civil -- threatening or abusive behavior will not be tolerated.

Please recognize that making the hgtechdirectory is a useful resource requires us to exercise broad editorial discretion in determining the content and structure of the directory. That discretion extends (but is not limited) to what sites to include, where in the directory sites are placed, whether and when to include more than one link to a site, when deep linking is appropriate, and the content of the title and description of the site. In addition, a site's placement in the directory is subject to change or deletion at any time at our sole discretion. You should not rely on any aspect of a site's inclusion in the directory.  Please nderstand that an editor's exercise of discretion may not always treat all submissions equally. You may not always agree with our choices, but we hope you recognize that we do our best to make fair and reasonable decisions.

The Directory team welcomes comments and feedback about the directory generally. Please let us know what you think, and how we can improve the service.

Proceed to the Open Directory home at Hgtechdirectory
- Start here to find a category to submit to.  Thanks!