Subscribe to our How to Write a Hot Find Item
Hot finds are short items that are of general interest to users of this site.
What qualifies as a hot find?
- A recently discovered freeware program
- A shareware program at a bargain price
- A free download-of-the-day type item
- A tasty hardware bargain
- An interesting computer tip
- A useful computer tutorial or guide on another website
- A new website likely to be of real interest to our site visitors
What does not qualify as a hot find?
Hot finds do NOT include plugs for commercial products, your blog or website.
If you run a blog or website you are free to submit an informative and useful article and link back to your site but neither the article or link can take the form of an advertisement or SEO keyword spamming exercise.
To be accepted an article must be largely self contained. That is, it can be understood by itself without having to refer to another site. Articles which are simply teasers for longer articles on other sites will not be accepted by our moderators.
It is pointless submitting articles that do not meet these conditions as all submissions to our site including the Hot Finds section are moderated and unacceptable material will be immediately deleted without ever being published.
How to create a hot find item
1. First you must login to this site. If you have not registered then do so using the link in the left sidebar; it's free and immediate.
2. Once logged in, select "Create content" from the left sidebar
3. Select "Article"
4. Enter the name of your hot find item in the Title box. Make the title descriptive and snappy so it catches people's attention. For example:
- Three Ways to Kill Internet Explorer
- Registry Mechanic Free on October20 for One Day Only
- 8GB USB Drive for $5
- A Free Skype Plug-in That Alerts You When Somebody is Online
Capitalize important words in the heading and all words 4 letters or more.
5. From the Article type menu select "Hot Find." It's near the bottom of the list. Don't select anything else.
6. In the Article text type a description of your item followed by the link. Usually one paragraph is enough
7. If you are a Category Editor select Publishing Options and uncheck "In Moderation Queue". Other users can skip this step.
8.Click Submit and you are done. Hot Finds written by Category Editors will appear online immediately. Tips submitted by other users will go online after moderator approval.
Last updated 11 August, 2009.
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Sorry, I saw the above post and thought it is possible to post an hot item link anonimously too, but in the rules I see: "1. Login to this site".
Is this really a requirement ? Considering submission are moderated may it is not.
Can you confirm is not the case ?
Thank you.
In order to reduce spam we require that you must register at the site before you can create a Hot Find item. Just click Create Account on the left sidebar. Registration is free and immediate.
All Hot Finds are initially placed into moderation. While in moderation articles are not publicly visible or indexed. Again, this is to prevent spam. If accepted by our moderators items will be made publically viewable.
You are welcome to post a Hot Find item. We accept most items that are not disguided ads or blatant exercises in link building.
Thank you for the fast reply, seems a nice place and well organized. Probably I'll create an account too.
Thank you again.
You may also care to checkout our Forum:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/freeware-forum/
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