How to Get Your Web Page Listed in the Amiga Web Directory

You may be surprised to know that we do not list every page we find on the WWW that mentions the Amiga. The users of the Amiga Web Directory are looking for useful content which may be of value to them and are not interested in wading through hundreds of listings which do not match these criteria. The number-one qualification for being listed in the Amiga Web Directory is that your site must offer some sort of information or other content that is unique and helpful to the Amiga user.

For example, if your site contains computer art which you used an Amiga to produce, we would probably not add it based on that fact alone. However, if you also included a tutorial about how other users could achieve the same results, we would list your site. Another example might be if you run a video-production company and employ Amigas in the process. Again, few Amiga users would be interested in this service alone, but if you offered an FAQ on how to use the Amiga in a professional video production facility, we would consider your site. Petitions and survey pages (unless sponsored by an established Amiga company performing market research) are usually not listed, either. Also, having only a collection of links to other Amiga web pages does not constitute "content" and it would be quite redundant to list a page like that on the Amiga Web Directory. We reserve the right to not list sites which engage in piracy of commercial software, illegal account hacking, mail spoofing, etc.

Some link submissions, though, are almost always accepted. These may include commercial sites which offer information about their Amiga-compatible products such as hardware and/or software, shareware software home pages (if the software is available and the authour provides a download link) and other Amiga User Group home pages.

If you are an Amiga-oriented company and would like to draw more attention to your own site, please see our CUCUG Contributing Vendors Page and the CUCUG Banner Ad Page for details.

Some Tips On Submitting Your Page

When we first list your new WWW page on the Amiga Web Directory, a link is placed in the appropriate section along with a graphic which remains with your link for approximately 30 days. Your site is also listed in our insanely popular New Links page, also for about a month. These attention-getting devices result in sending literally thousands of people to visit your site in a very short period of time. You should make sure that your site is "ready" for its Worldwide Grand Opening, that it looks like you want it and not too much content is "still under construction". Since we reserve entries in the New Links section primarily for new links added to the directory or major, sweeping updates of key sites, you will not have an opportunity to be re-listed in New Links once your site is already part of the Amiga Web Directory.

To submit your site to the Amiga Web Directory, please use the Suggest-A-Link form. Please do not ask us to separately list all of your pages, features or subsections. If you ever change the URL (address) of your site, please let us know right away by using the Update-A-Link form. Failure to notify us of a moved link could result in your link being banished to the not-so-popular Lost Links Page.

If your link is accepted for inclusion in the Amiga Web Directory, we simply ask that you also link back to us from your page--preferably with a graphic link. Details for how to easily do this can be found on our Graphic Links to the Amiga Web Directory page. If you feature prominent reciprical graphic links for other Amiga site listing services, including a graphic link to the Amiga Web Directory greatly improves your chances of being listed.

Other Types of Submissions

Besides WWW pages, we also accept press releases regarding major news items, new commercial product announcements and other developmental changes in the Amiga market. These types of announcements are generally made in our Amiga News section. If you have a newsworthy announcement, please send it to cucug@cucug.org. Please note that we cannot write your press release for you (here is an example press release you may use to get some ideas for how to format your own). While text e-mail is okay, receiving marked-up HTML press releases makes the process faster for us to post on our site. Also please understand that we cannot publish all material submitted and that we reserve the right to accept and reject press releases for any reason.

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