Add links to the Military and Law Enforcement Link Directory

Suggestion Guidelines for the Military and Law Enforcement Link Directory

The Military and Law Enforcement Link Directory (MLELD) is a web directory of Internet resources related to Military and Law Enforcement. A web directory is a growing resource of Military and Law Enforcement research and communication. The directory is hierarchically arranged by subject - from broad to specific. The MLELD is privately maintained by members of the Milford Army Navy staff. They are here to maintain categories and subcategories that are relevant to Military and Law Enforcement Subject matter.

The quality of the MLELD content is the foundation of this resource. We aren't a search engine or general directory and pride ourselves on being highly selective of the sites included. We don't accept all sites, so please don't take it personally should your site not be accepted. Our goal is to make the directory as useful as possible for our users, not to have the directory include all (or even most) of the sites that could possibly be listed. This directory is a promotional outlet for providing reciprocal links to the sites linking to our products and content.

To keep the MLELD relevant, useful and to assist us in exercising our editorial discretion, we have set up policies for submitting links for our consideration. We may reject, delete, or edit submissions that violate these policies or that we otherwise believe, in our sole discretion, should not be included in the directory. We may also reject, delete, or block other sites that we believe to be associated with a user who has violated these policies.

You should take a few moments to understand these policies and the steps to submit a site before you begin. Failure to understand and follow these instructions generally will result in the rejection of a submission. The more specific you can be in choosing categories, pages descriptions and titles the faster your submission will be included thereby wasting less of everyone’s time.

Step One

Determine whether a site is appropriate for submission to the MLELD: Do not submit mirror sites. Mirror sites are sites that contain identical content, but have altogether different URLs. Do not submit URLs that contain only the same or similar content as other sites you may have listed in the directory. Sites with overlapping and repetitive content are not helpful to users of the directory. Multiple submissions of the same or related sites may result in the exclusion and/or deletion of those and all affiliated sites. Do not disguise your submission and submit the same URL more than once. Example: http://www.milfordarmynavy.com and http://www.milfordarmynavy.com/index.html. Do not submit any site with an address that redirects to another address. The MLELD has a policy against the inclusion of sites with illegal content. Examples of illegal material include child pornography; libel; material that infringes any intellectual property right; and material that specifically advocates, solicits or abets illegal activity (such as fraud or violence). Do not submit sites "under construction." Wait until a site is complete before submitting it. Sites that are incomplete, contain "Under Construction" notices, or contain broken graphics or links aren't good candidates for the directory. Don't submit sites consisting largely of affiliate links.

Step Two

Do a quick search in the directory at directory.milfordarmynavy.com to ensure your site has not already been included in the category you’re submitting to. THIS SAVES EVERYONE TIME.

Step Three

Identify the single best category for your URL. The MLELD has an enormous array of subjects to choose from. You should submit a URL to the single most relevant category. URLs submitted to inappropriate or unrelated categories may be rejected or removed. Keep in mind the content of the URL you submit should be closely related the category you have chosen.

Step Four

Once you've selected the best category for your site, click “Submit Link." Follow the instructions on the submission form carefully. Descriptions of sites should describe the content of the site concisely and accurately. Auto-submission software is (and always has been) a violation of this procedure. Sites submitted automatically are flagged and deleted after the submission is accepted, without notification to you. Persistent automatic submission may force us to ban you from the MLELD site, so we can provide resources to real human beings.

Procedure After Your Site is Submitted

An MLELD editor will review your submission to determine whether to include it in the directory. Depending on factors such as the volume of submissions to the particular category, it may take several weeks or more before your submission is reviewed. Please only submit a URL to the MLELD once. Again, multiple submissions of the same or related sites may result in the exclusion and/or deletion of those and all affiliated sites. Disguising your submission and submitting the same URL more than once is not permitted.

Editorial Discretion

Please recognize that making the MLELD a useful resource requires us to exercise broad editorial discretion in determining the content and structure of the directory. That discretion extends (but is not limited) to what sites to include, where in the directory sites are placed, whether and when to include more than one link to a site, when deep linking is appropriate, and the content of the title and description of the site. In addition, a site's placement in the directory is subject to change or deletion at any time at our sole discretion. You should not rely on any aspect of a site's inclusion in the directory. Please understand that an editor's exercise of discretion may not always treat all submissions equally. You may not always agree with our choices, but we hope you recognize that we do our best to make fair and reasonable decisions. The MLELD team welcomes comments and feedback about the directory generally. Please let us know what you think, and how we can improve the service. Thanks!

Proceed to the MLELD home at MLELD - Start here to find a category to submit to.
Updated 11 November 2004