These editorial guidelines are designed to help you understand what we accept and don't accept for inclusion in our article database. Before you submit to our site, we'd appreciate if you'd read this page first. Compliance will ensure that your articles are accepted and not declined.

Eclipse Articles.com requires that you signup using a valid and contactable email address. We also require all Author / Pen Names to use  BOTH A FIRST AND LAST NAME. Failure to observe BOTH of these conditions will result in your account and articles being removed.

1. Submitting your articles to the Eclipse Articles.com Directory does not mean you will be paid any sort of financial compensation. You will not be paid by us or any of our users for free use of your article.

2. Affiliate links Are Not Permitted! - Any articles that you submit to Eclipse Articles.com may not contain any direct affiliate links whatsoever. You can however place a re-direct link from a url located on a website that YOU OWN.

3. In submitting your article(s) to Eclipse Articles.com, you irrevocably grant others free usage rights to publish your articles - This will include the resource box that you provide which you credit as the author of the content. Said articles may be used in any way by anyone such as but not limited to website publication, ezine publication, magazine publication, web blogs, through RSS syndicated feeds etc.

4. Any articles that you or your staff submit must be 100% your own work - You can not submit articles written by authors other than yourself and your staff. You may not submit any purchased private label rights articles. All content must be written by you and you must be the sole copyright holder for all articles you submit. Ghost Written articles are ok assuming you are the only person now in ownership of rights to the article in question. Use of nicknames or Business Names in place of Authors and Publishers is NOT permitted. We require a First and a Last name for the author.

4a. Remember the whole idea here is to get your article selected by publishers for reprint. Using names like "Rome Airport" will NOT help. If you were a publisher would you select an article written by "Rome Airport" or a real name! A similar story applies to readers of your article who will place more credibility on a real name than the likes of "Rome Airport". Similarly, articles are written by REAL people not by business names. Business names are fine in the Bio or Resource Box.

5. Submission of an article does not guarantee that it will be included in the Eclipse Articles.com directory - We always reserve all rights to reject any content for any reason.

6. Articles should be between 500 and 1500 words in length. Articles with less than 500 words are Automatically DELETED before they are send to the editorial staff for review. Authors consistently submitting short articles will have ALL their articles removed and their account closed.

6a. Use of automatic submission software is NOT permitted on this site. You MUST also choose a close-matching category for your articles. Failure to comply will get you and ALL your articles removed.

7. Articles with any spelling or grammar errors will be deleted - It is your job to ensure you only submit professional content, please check your articles before submission. Articles deemed to be mostly advertising or blatant advertising instead of useful content will be deleted. Remember 4a above.

8. Articles may only be submitted to ONE category only. Duplicates will be removed.

9. Please use proper formatting in the article body. Do NOT enter multiple blank lines between paragraphs. The use of BASIC HTML tags is ok as long as the final output in the preview window resembles other articles on this site. Anything fancy or considered in-appropriate here will see the article declined and/or removed.

9a. Make use of dot points, bullets or numbering when listing several points within the same paragraph.

10. It is strongly suggested that you use the "keywords" field. Doing so will aid the placement of your articles in the major Search Engines.

11. There are over 300 categories at present. Please make a reasonable effort to find the BEST matching category for your article content.

12. Only articles written in the English language are permitted. Articles with a short life cycle IE articles about sporting results, weekly betting trends and reports, stock market reviews etc will not be accepted.

13. Articles on Pornography,  pharmaceuticals, sex toys and links are totally forbidden.

14. It is STRONGLY suggested that you preview each and every article for errors and to confirm any included links display and work as required. This is the Authors responsibility and not the editors. Here is how to insert your keywords or description into your Bio Box and have the link clickable.

Example Follows: Final result to look like this:

Information supplied and written by Lee Asher of Electronic SuperStores
Electronics for the 21st Century.

And here is what you need to enter into the Bio box for the above to work correctly.

<b>Information supplied and written by Lee Asher of
<a href="http://ElectronicSuperStores.net">Electronic SuperStores</a><br>
Electronics for the 21st Century.</b>

Just copy and paste the above three lines and modify to suit your requirements.
Remove the <b> and </b> tags if you do not require a BOLD style.

Common Reasons for Article Rejection

Different Authors in BY line and Bio Box !!
Unacceptable Pen / Author Name - First AND Last Name is Required
Affiliate Link(s) need Modification
Bad HTML Links
No fancy html allowed. Refer guidelines and other articles for guidance.
We do not allow site links within the article title. You may use the resource box.
We do not allow site links within the summary text. You may use the resource box.
We do not allow site links within the keywords text. You may use the resource box.
We do not allow site links within the body text. You may use the resource box.
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Wrong or No Category Selected - Read Submission Guidelines
More Specific / Relevant Category Selection Required.
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Too Much Sales Pitch, Not Enough Content
Your submission is an ad for products or services, and not an article.
Insufficient Content. Minimum 500 Words Required.
We do not accept articles that encourage drugs, violence or hate.
Your article subject matter is not allowed. See Guidelines.
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Too Many Statements without Any or Enough Explanations
Bad Grammar and sentence formation throughout
Bad Spacing throughout, refer other articles for guidance
Line Length is too Short
Line Length is too Long, use preview mode before submitting.
ONLY a SINGLE blank line between Paragraphs please
Terrible formatting. Refer other articles for guidance. Use preview before submitting.
Minor line formatting adjustment needed.
Inconsistent Paragraph Formatting
Strange characters embedded in text.
Make use of dot points, bullets or numbering when listing several points within the same paragraph
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Title is very non-descript, use your imagination.
Title and Summary is unsatisfactory, needs More Thought.
Title and/or Content too Sales Orientated
Title is Unclear
No Business or Product Names in Title please
Only ONE Title Line Please
Please DO NOT capitalise the Title. First letter of each word ONLY.
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Summary is too short. Between 2 and 6 lines please.
Summary is too long. Between 2 and 6 lines please.
Duplicate summary, please modify.
Unsuitable summary. Too much of a sales pitch
Unsuitable Summary format. Between 2 and 6 lines please.
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Unsuitable Resource Box. Must contain, at least, Authors name and website.
No Bio or Resource Box !!
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Account and Articles removed due to Consistent guideline breaches.
Article MUST be written by YOU. No PLR's or Ghost written articles permitted.
Multiple Submission Guideline Breaches - PLEASE READ THEM
You article does not meet our submission standards. You may correct and resubmit.
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Disclaimers are for Websites NOT article directories
English Language ONLY please.