Content Guidelines

• Describe a real business, product, project, or creator.
• Use a name you are entitled to use, and a logo you own or are licensed to use.
• Link to a working, secure https:// destination that matches your description.
• Keep the copy honest — no invented statistics, fake endorsements, or imitation of another brand.
• Write in plain language. No hidden characters, direction overrides, or markup.

Listings in these categories are removed, and the destination domain may be blocked from future placements:

• Fraud, scams, deceptive offers, fake giveaways, and get-rich-quick schemes.
• Illegal goods or services, or anything unlawful in the jurisdictions we serve.
• Adult or sexually explicit content, and any content sexualizing minors.
• Hateful, harassing, or violent content, including content targeting people by protected characteristic.
• Malware, phishing, credential harvesting, cryptojacking, or deceptive downloads.
• Unlicensed gambling, betting, and speculative financial promotions promising guaranteed returns.
• Counterfeit goods, stolen data, and intellectual-property infringement.
• Unapproved pharmaceuticals, miracle cures, and unsupported medical claims.
• Impersonation of a person, company, or public authority.
• Cloaking: showing us one destination and visitors another, or redirecting after publication.

• Must be a public HTTPS URL. Private, internal, and local network addresses are rejected automatically.
• Must not require a download to see the content.
• Must not redirect to a prohibited destination after publication. We re-check destinations and remove listings that change.

• Square raster images only: PNG, JPEG, WebP, or GIF, up to 512 KB.
• SVG is not accepted because it can carry executable code.
• No text-heavy banners, no screenshots of other websites, no third-party logos you do not own.

Submissions are screened automatically for prohibited keywords and flagged for human review when a match is found. Administrators can hide a listing, edit clearly inappropriate copy, block a destination domain, or reject a listing outright. Every administrative action is recorded in an audit log with the administrator, the action, and the time.

A listing removed for a violation is not refunded, as described in the Refund Policy.

To report a listing, email support@thetopspot.example with the business name, the position on the board, and a short description of the problem. We review reports promptly and act on those that violate these guidelines.