Best Practices

[el_jentel1]

This thread contains the various best practices for webmasters to follow when submitting to Katz Downloads.

These Best Practices can be discussed here.

Other useful information for webmasters:

• New Sites / First Time Submissions
• Site Ratings

[el_jentel1]

Download Titles

These Best Practices only apply to the download titles you use when populating the submission form at Katz Downloads.

Consistency in the format of "Download Titles" is important, and here are the guidelines.

General (Applies to most, if not all types of downloads)

Download titles must:

• not contain dots between words (dots in version numbers are still required).
  • Corel.WordPerfect.Office.X3 13.0.0.470 -- No
    
    
• adhere to (upper/lower) case in words.
  • Corel wordperfect office x3 13.0.0.470 -- No
    
    
• not contain unnecessary descriptions, etc.
  • Corel WordPerfect Office X3 13.0.0.470 - MS Office Alternative! -- No
    
    
• anything in brackets must be suffixed, not prefixed.
  • (Xbox 360) Saints Row -- No
  • Saints Row (Xbox 360) -- Yes
    
    
• not contain release group names.
  • The Number 23.CAM-SenTeLLo -- No
  • Sonic The Hedgehog-PARADOX -- No
    
    

Apps (Software)

Download titles must:

• contain version numbers.
  • Corel WordPerfect Office X3 13.0.0.470 -- Yes
  • Corel WordPerfect Office -- No
    
    

Games

Download titles must:

• not be suffixed with "PC"/"(PC)" if it is a PC game. It is assumed a PC game.
  • Need for Speed: Carbon (PC) -- No
  • Need for Speed: Carbon -- Yes
    
    
• be suffixed with the console name in brackets if not a PC game.
  • Sonic The Hedgehog (PS3) -- Yes
  • Burnout Dominator (PS2) -- Yes
  • NBA Street Homecourt (Xbox 360) -- Yes
  • Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii) -- Yes
    
    
• also be suffixed with the region, if available:
  • G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (EUR) (PSP) -- Yes

Movies

Download titles must:

• be submitted in the following format:
  • Movie Name (YYYY)
    Where "Movie Name" is the name of the film and "YYYY" is the year it was released in.
    • The Departed (2006) -- Yes
    • The Departed -- No
    • Lost in Translation (2003) -- Yes
    • Lost in Translation -- No
• be suffixed with the language in brackets, if not in English:
  • Movie Name (YYYY) (Language)
    Where "Language" is the name of the language.
    • Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006) (Hindi) -- Yes

TV

Download titles must:

• be submitted in the following format:
  • if it is a single TV episode:
    TV Show Name - SXXEYY
    -OR-
    TV Show Name - SXXEYY - Episode Name
    Where "TV Show Name" is the name of the TV show, "XX" is the season number and "YY" is the episode number.
    • Lost - S03E11 -- Yes
    • Day Break - S01E10 -- Yes
      
      
  • if it is a number of TV episodes:
    TV Show Name - SXX - EYY-EZZ
    -OR-
    TV Show Name - Season X - Episodes Y-Z
    Where "YY" is the episode number of the first episode in the range of episodes and "ZZ" the last.
    • Lost - S03 - E01-E11 -- Yes
    • Lost - Season 3 - Episodes 1-11 -- Yes
      
      
  • if it is a complete season:
    TV Show Name - Season X
    
    

This topic is still being written. Guidelines for other "Types" of downloads will be available soon.

[el_jentel1]

Site Design


Advertising

Banners should never be located anywhere between the download heading and the download links.

A banner located underneath the download links must be clearly separated with a divider and sufficient spacing.

Camouflaged Banners

Banners should never ever be "camouflaged" to blend in, as if to make them look like normal content... with the intention of getting false banner clicks.

Here are examples of what the banners on your site should not look like (click to enlarge):

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Excessive Advertising

The maximum allowed advertising in the header is ONE 468x60 -OR- 728x90 banner. Anything more will result in a ban.

A site will get banned if it has a 336x280 / 300x250 / 250x250 / similar-sized banner above the content.

Here are examples (click to enlarge):