Here we will try to answer the most commonly asked questions. If any questions or concerns you have are not answered here, please feel free to use our contact form and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Index of Questions

Why Should I submit to u-Hits?

What does SEO or Search Engine Complient mean?

What is the difference between Standard and Sponsored links?

I submitted my site, but it is not listed. What happened?

Why was my site rejected?

How long does it take to review my submission?

I can't submit my site. What's wrong?

I submitted and confirmed, but my site is not showing. Why is that?

Why Should I submit my site to u-Hits?

Quite simply, the more sites that link to your site, the higher your popularity ranking will be. Submitting your website to u-Hits is a great way to get your site seen and indexed by the major search engines. u-Hits is regularly spidered by all the major engines, including Google and Yahoo and if you submit to us with a Standard, Sponsored or reciprocal link, you site will be fully searchable by them and although we make no guarantees, your site details page should show up on their listings within weeks of your link being approved. Please bare in mind that you are NOT paying for a submission to our site; you are paying for a review. All submissions are manually reviewed and your submission may not be accepted. In such case, a full refund will always be given.

What does SEO or Search Engine Complient mean?

In the context of u-Hits, SEO, or Search Engine Optimised means that your links can be seen (followed) and indexed (listed) by other search engines that visit our site. In addition, descriptive tags called meta-tags are placed with your listing(Standard, sponsored and reciprocal Listings only) that can only be seen by those Search Engines. This ensures a greater chance that you site will be indexed by them.

What is the difference between standard and Sponsored Links?

While Standard links are fully Search Engine Complient, our Sponsored listings offer enhanced visibility and are listed ahead of any other listings, both on our category pages and within any searches undertaken by our users. Not only that, your listing is rotated randomly at the top of our front page and also features an enhanced details page, designed to get your site noticed.

I submitted my site, but it is not listed. What happened?

There are many reasons why your site may not show up in our listings. These include, but are not limited to: -

Site was rejected.

Site not yet reviewed.

You did not confirm your submission.

Please see the questions below for further information.

Why was my site rejected?

Your site may have been rejected for any number of reasons. Please read our submission guidelines and the notes next to the submission form for further details. u-Hits operates a very strict policy regarding our submission guidelines and any site not conforming to these may be rejected from inclusion. We also require that any submission to us is confirmed from the email address that you supplied. We will always try to notify you of the reasons for rejection, However, approximately 80% of all submissions we receive are rejected quite simply because the confirmation link in the email we sent was not clicked! If you didn't see the confirmation email then you probably didn't see the rejection email either!. We treat unconfirmed submissions as spam, and as such they will always be rejected. Multiple unconfirmed submissions from the same IP or email address will result in submissions being blocked from that location.

How long does it take to review my submission?

The review times depends upon the submission type, but is usually less than 12 hours. All submissions are reviewed manually. We visit your site and make certain checks to ensure that it adheres to our submission guidelines. As a result, certain submission can take longer to review. For example, if we initially review your site and it is unavailable, we will usually wait 24 hours and then check again.

I can't submit my site. What's wrong?

If you are having trouble submitting your website for review, the following list of common problems may be the reason.

The URL of the submitted website was incorrect.

Please make sure that the URL entered points to an available website. Upon submission, our script checks to see if the website is available and will reject a submission if your website doers not exist, or in certain extreme circumstances, if your site is very slow to load.

Invalid or no security code entered

Please ensure that the correct security code is entered. This should match the characters on the image. If you cannot view the image, please adjust your browser settings. This has been tested on the latest versions of Internet Explorer and Firefox. Please also consider that certain characters do look alike, so if your see 'invalid code', then it is because you the code wasn't entered as shown.

A mandatory field is missing

All fields marked by a '*' are required fields. Any of these that are missing will result in your submission not being submitted.

Please check your submission and try again. Please also use the help '(?)' icon alongside each field. These will tell you the requirements for each field as well as other useful information about what is allowed or not allowed.

I submitted and confirmed, but my site is not showing. Why is that?

If you have submitted your website for review and have confirmed your listing, it will not show on the site immediately. First, it wil go into a queue for us to review. This may take up to a week, depending upon the submission type, but is generally less than 12 hours. Once approved, your site may still not display on site for up to one hour due to website caching that is in place to improve performance. Often, you site will show immediately within search results, but will not show immediately as a 'latest link'. Please wait at least one hour.