1.0 - Global Author Regulations:
Author Submission Guidelines!

1.1) Must Be Original Content, NO Copied Content:

All articles submitted to article99.com must be original content that was written by you, your coauthor, or client. Any articles caught copying another persons original content will be immediately deleted and the author account submitting the copied content will also be deleted from our system.

1.2) Authors/Visitors Have the Right to Report Problems With Your Articles:

We've included a "report article" script in order to help other authors/visitors with issues they may have concerning the content within your articles. We reserve the right to either; accept or deny any reports that are made and we will contact you about any issues brought to our attention.

1.3) Quoting Content From Another Article is Accepted:

We will allow authors to quote other articles AS LONG AS you provide the author and source of the content. You cannot quote another persons original content in the effort to call it your own.

1.4) Do Not Submit Duplicate Content:

Do NOT Submit Content You Bought or Submit Content Created From A Ghost Writer Who Duplicates Their Articles Over & Over! Content spamming is NOT tolerated within Article99.com. Do not submit content created by a ghost writer UNLESS you are positive the content is original. Authors caught spamming our directory will be immediately deleted without warning.

1.5) Miscellaneous Info:

• You declare that you are the sole owner and author of the articles you submit.
• You give us permission to publish ALL of your articles on Article99.com.
• Our editors may reject any article without notice.
• We reserve the right to add banners & 3rd party ads within your articles.
• We reserve the right to select a different category for your articles.

1.6) NO Pornography, Hate, Hacker, or Terrorist Material Will Be Accepted:

Article99.com depends on Google Adsense ads to keep it going. Because of this, we follow the guidelines laid out by the Google Adsense policies & procedures. Under the Site Content policies it states: "No ads may be displayed with Adult, Hate, Warrez, Hacker, or Terrorist" material. Authors caught submitting any of the listed material will have their articles deleted immediately without warning and their account will be reviewed by Martin Lemieux, Smartads President & Article99.com Chief Editor.

1.7) No Bashing or Hate Allowed:

Authors may not submit content that degrades, is about hate, or attacking any other human being. We will allow discussions about a persons program policies, but we reserve the right to deny any content that talks about another human being that is not positive in any way. Government policy bashing may be tolerated depending on the issue.

1.8) Author Names:

Each article must be associated with an author, or company name. Unlike so many other directories, we DO accept company names as the source of the article AS LONG AS the articles you submit have been originated from your company. We will not accept "blanks" missing either the 1st, or last name. Authors with "blanks" within their name will be contacted 1st and if they do not respond, they will have their accounts deleted or suspended.

1.9) Website Links:

Authors have a maximum of 3 active links allowed within the article body along with the author resource box. 3 links total only. You may have 2 links with your article body, including 1 more within your author resource box. You cannot post 3 links within the body, and then 3 more within your author resource box.

1.10) 3rd Party Website Links:

We will not activate outside sources, or resource links within your article. Our editors will only activate links within your author resource box if not already activated. We reserve the right to de-activate links that equal to more than our 3 link policy(1.9).