The following are reasons for an account suspension:

• You have submitted an article which is not original. PLR (Private Label Articles) are not original content. They are rehashed works written by someone else of which you do not have exclusive rights to. Re-written PLR articles are not original and are unacceptable.
• You are linking your articles to a website which is against our TOS.
• You are linking your articles to a dead link or dynamic URL.
• You are linking your articles to a Google Adsense Trap, which is against our TOS.

Whois Article Directory will only accept original articles written by the author who submits them for publication and syndication. We do not accept Private Label Rights (PLR) Articles in any format. If you have submitted any PLR articles, or any articles which are not original and/or not written by you, please remove them from your account.

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How do I get my suspended account reinstated?

If your account has been suspended, it is due to a violation of our Author TOS.  If you believe your account suspension was in error you may contact us here to submit an appeal.

When submitting your appeal, please include: Account Username (login), Your Name and a brief description explaining why you believe your account was suspended in error. All appeals are reviewed on a case-by-case basis and does not guarantee reinstatement.

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How long does it take to have an article approved?

Generally articles are reviewed within 24-48 hours after submission Monday-Friday (articles may not be reviewed during holidays and weekends). If the article meets the publishing criteria it will be approved and published. You will receive an email notification once the article is published.

If your article has not been published during the time-frame noted above, login to your author area and check to see if the article requires editing. You can then edit and resubmit the article.

If you have submitted an article which is clearly against our Author TOS, it will simply be deleted without notification and requires no other action necessary.

To expedite acceptance of your article be sure to submit good quality, original content for publication. Be proud of your work and your reputation, please do not submit poorly written articles, articles which are nothing more than an advertisement, or any PLR or stolen content.

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How do I edit an article after submission?

To edit an existing article, log in to your account and then navigate to “My Articles”. There you can review all Published Articles, Pending Articles or Declined Articles.

If you are editing an article that has already been approved and is live (has been published), the article will go into our re-approval queue and will not be publicly viewable until it has been re-approved by an editor. Re-approvals normally take 24-48 hours Monday-Friday and follow the same guidelines as a first time article submission.

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How do I post images in my article?

If you want to show an image in your article for illustrative purposes, we recommend you include a link to the picture (source file) which would be hosted on your website with a text link such as "To view this image please click here”.

Example:

<a target="_blank" href=”http://yourdomain.com/image.png”>Sample Text Click Here</a>

This will bring up the image in a new window. Remember, this must be located in the Body of your article.

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I need to submit articles on behalf of another party (boss/client) - can I do that?

Yes, however before you submit the articles, ensure you have permission from the article author.

We also suggest you may choose to create an account under the author name for this purpose. Once again, be sure you have authorization from the author prior to submitting the articles. This will avoid any unnecessary problems pertaining to article ownership or Author TOS violation.

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Do I receive payments for my submitted articles?

No, this is indicated on the Author TOS.

“If you are an author that charges a fee for publication of your articles or requires that special terms be met prior to publication of your work, please do NOT submit your writings to this site”.

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How can I find where my article has been republished?

To find out where and if your articles have been republished on other web sites, simply go to Google and perform a search for your article title.

Example: “title of your article”  or  “title of your article” +source +whoisarticledirectory

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How do I place links in my articles?

To create a hyperlink in your article Body or Signature:

<a href="http://www.yourdomain.com">Sample Text</a>

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Which HTML tags do you allow?

We currently only allow the following HTML tags:

<br><br> break (article body only), <p></p>paragraph (article body only), <b></b> (article body only), <i></i> (article body or sig file), <ul></ul> (article body or sig file), <a href></a> (article body or sig file)

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