GFS Free Rules: Last Updated on Updated 5/23/10.
We have adopted the trusted submitter rules from Green Guy's Link O Rama, and several other link lists, so that you can submit to The Red Cherry along with them. The below rules are adopted from
Green Guy's submit page.
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These are the new rules, and modeled (well copied is a better word) from Greenguy's rules
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1 - I list Free sites, AVS sites and galleries.
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2 - You must link back to us, the recip is at the top of the page. You may change the color, font, etc. to fit your site.
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3 - You must have a clear cut warning page without misleading "enter" links
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4 - No pop-ups or consoles or new windows.
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5 - No blind or misleading links what-so-ever - this includes recip links to other Link Lists.
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6 - No sites that have masked pictures or movies.
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7 - No Full Page Ads (FPA) of any kind
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8 - Sites with 2 or more pages from the same set of content: the content MUST be in order
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9 - Your site has to look decent and fit at 1024x768
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10 - Sites with poor grammar or broken English will not be listed
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11 - No text or ads that would lead the surfer to believe the content is illegal.
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12 - Blogs - just make sure they are legit, updated on a regular basis and not full of crap and blind links.
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13 - Autosubmitters
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Allowed
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14 - Counters
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Allowed
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15 - Flash Movies
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Allowed
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16- Free Email Address's
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Allowed
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17 - Free or Sponsor Hosting
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Allowed
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18 - Hotlinking
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Allowed
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19 - Java Scripts, Flash, iFrames
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Allowed
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20 - Linking To Sponsor Hosted Galleries
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Allowed
(color scheme must match galleries)
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21 - Maximum Ads/Banners Per Page
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4*
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22 - Minimum Number Of Pictures For Picture Sites
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2 Galleries: 10/gallery
3+ Galleries: 8/gallery
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23 - Minimum Time (in seconds) Of Movies For Movie Sites
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2 Galleries: 50/gallery and 10/movie
3+ Galleries: 40/gallery and 10/movie
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24 - Minimum's for story sites
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7 stories/site with 400 words/story
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25 - Number Of Other Link Lists You Are Submitting To
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2
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26 - Pics/Movies Opening On HTML Pages
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Allowed *1 Ad/Page
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27 - Private Whois
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Allowed
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28 - Recip Link Location
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Warning page or main page - any reasonable location
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29 - Submissions Per 24 Hours
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2
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30 - Template Use
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Once per week
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31 - Vid Caps
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Allowed
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* Try not to make them so huge or overwhelming that they look bad.
I reserve the right to delete any site after it gets listed if any of the above rules have been broken, the site goes 404, or redirects. I have a bot that does this automatically, and checks often.
