Submission Guidelines

Terms of Submission and Guidelines to follow for Koh Samui online business directory listing.

By using the The Koh Samui Online Business Directory in any way you are agreeing to comply with these terms, which we may update without notice and encourage you to check back here at any time. To use The Koh Samui Online Business Directory, you must be legally competent to enter a binding agreement.

Sites that will not be accepted under any circumstance:

• Anysite that contain any pornographic material.
• Anysite that contains racist material, or material likely to incite orcause offence to the general public.
• AnySite that contains overuse of abusive language in any context otherthan in educational format.
• Anysite that contains illegal software or Warez.
• Anysite that contains information relating to hacking, phreaking, Spamming or any other illegal activity.
• Anysite that offers access to any of the above content.
• Anysite that contain overuse of irrelevant linking in an attempt to gain popularity.

Other submissions we will not consider.

• Personal websites that are likely to be a temporary site or is of what is deemed as inferior quality.
• Sites with a sub-page. For example: www.anysite.com/subpage.html, unless it has significant differences.
• Sites with a load of totally irrelevant links pages.
• Sites found to be submitted by automated means. We have measures in place to identify if this happens.
• Search engine marketing companies must advise us if they are submitting a clients site.

What we will also not review.

• Any Site that has been submitted anonymously. All sites are required to have a qualified e-mail address that receives an auto-response that does not bounce. (We send out Reponses randomly and without warning.)
• We only ask for a genuine e-mail address to validate that the submission to our directory is solicited. *We NEVER give out the e-mail addresses to any third party!*
• No sites submitted using a free account such as Hotmail, MSN or the like.
• No sites submitted with unidentifiable e-mail addresses such as This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
• No site submitted more than once in any single day. Multiple submissions will automatically be blacklisted with out notice.
• Anysite found submitting multiple submissions may also be posted on our blacklist board.

What we look for.

• Relevant content on the site. (If you say you sell apparel then you must sell apparel.)
• Speed of loading Sites should load within 8 seconds maximum, any slower and we won't review it.
• Design of site, your website should ideally cater for the majority of browsers.
• Accuracy of meta tags and description of website contents.
• Quality content your site has the more chance you have of being listed.
• Shopping sites that offer services that are qualified by good independent testimonials.
• Educational websites are especially welcomed.
• Koh Samui Business must be the entry or websites from businesses in Koh Samui only.

The purpose of this Koh Samui Online Business Directory is to provide the best of the web for Koh Samui Directory and not necessarily the most of the web! We aren't interested in being the biggest directory on the internet, but we are interested in being the best and certainly the safest. We don't just say we review sites, we really do and we re-review without notice.

If you have any questions regarding your privacy, please do not hesitate to contact us

The right to entry into our directory.

You might think What gives us the right to dictate what we put into our directory? We put it this way.... What gives you the god given right to entry into our directory? Please remember that we are providing this service free of charge and potentially exposing your site and service to millions of internet users who otherwise would never get to see your website and therefore purchase or use your service.

Other tips to enhance your chance of listing, and staying listed.

• Accurate description in your submission and a complete form.
• Only submit once every four (4) weeks. More than this might be viewed as Spamming.
• Informing us of changes to your website contents.

Please remember, we re-review on a very regular basis and reserve the right to delete your entry without notice if we find the contents to have changed radically without notice to our editors. Please note that Payment is for review only and is non refundable except for featured links which are not accepted; processing fees will be deducted.

The right to appeal.

If you find you have not been listed in a reasonable period of time then you have the right to contact us for Appeals. We are not obligated to enter into any correspondence with regards to a declined site however we will endeavour to work with you to get you listed and where possible will work with you to get your site to meet our criteria.

Discretion over Content, Use, and Operation of The Koh Samui Online Business Directory

We don't apologise for being strict in our criteria, it is an effort to provide only the best of the internet not the most as we feel will suit our audience who are primarily families. Refusal does not necessarily mean your site is of poor quality or in any other detrimental fashion, it is merely amatter of opinion whether we feel you meet our criteria and we will always have a good valid reason for not accepting a submission.

We wish you success in your application for entry and look forward to welcoming you into The Koh Samui Online Business Directory, you can start by clicking on any of the 'Add Entry' texts on every page.

The Koh Samui Online Business Directory reserves the right to change the submission guidelines and rules at any time and at its own discretion. Any such changes will be posted online. Questions should be directed to Koh Samui Online Business Directory

Alternatively you can contact us via our Head Office:

9 Gems E-Business Co. Ltd.,
84/1 M.3, Bophut,
Koh Samui, Suratthani
84320 Thailand
+6677 422737