**Is Your Blog Missing? There was a recent reset (1/31/2012)** See the FAQ's about resets but please DO NOT CREATE A NEW LISTING if you already have one. No blogs were removed. Top Baby Blogs is a ranked directory featuring top baby, parenting & mommy/daddy blogs. How it works: As a member, you'll display a Top Baby Blogs banner (with a special referral code) on your blog. The more unique*** visitors that click on your badge and through to TBB, the higher the listing will climb. Your stats will be tracked and tallied over a 3 - 4 month period and the top 1000 members will show on the ranking pages. Several times a year, we reset the list and everyone starts out fresh. This gives new members a chance to catch up as well as cleans up the site purging blogs that are not longer participating. About the badge: After your account is approved, you'll be given a special badge to place on your blog. The more unique*** people that click on it, the higher your site will climb in the ranking table. Make sure you place it in a prominent spot on your blog to get more votes! Rules: All accounts, new applicants as well as approved members, are reviewed for appropriateness and compliance. We reserve the right to reject, edit or remove any account for any reason with out notice if we feel your listing or your blog is not appropriate for Top Baby Blogs or violates any of these rules Only established baby, children, mommy, daddy, parenting & pregnancy blogs W/at least 3 months of recent/consecutive posts That ARE EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR REVIEW* will be considered for inclusion. Any attempt to artificially inflate votes, trick, trade or bribe people into voting is not allowed. This includes, for example, spamming, proxy votes, any method that hides or artificially triggers the voting codes, asking for a vote as a contest entry, etc Your referral (vote) link/badge must be visible on the right or left sidebar or header/footer of your blog You may display a 125x125 max image in your listing. No larger sizes, distorted or broken banners allowed You are responsible for managing your listing (changing banners, text, etc) Inactive accounts are removed. Listings not re-ranked after a quarterly reset are considered inactive. No duplicate accounts. If you've already created an account and are able to log in, regardless if your blog appears on any of the pages or search results, please see the frequently Asked Questions about why your blog may be missing from the list and to learn about site resets. Multiple accounts will result in your blog being blacklisted *Blogs w/out an easily accessible archive (usually a sidebar module) may be rejected We recommend you sign up for our Member Alerts so you don't miss any news or important changes. To respect your privacy, you are not automatically added to this mailing. You can also follow us on Twitter. Required info is Bold:
**Is Your Blog Missing? There was a recent reset (1/31/2012)** See the FAQ's about resets but please DO NOT CREATE A NEW LISTING if you already have one. No blogs were removed.
Top Baby Blogs is a ranked directory featuring top baby, parenting & mommy/daddy blogs.
How it works: As a member, you'll display a Top Baby Blogs banner (with a special referral code) on your blog. The more unique*** visitors that click on your badge and through to TBB, the higher the listing will climb.
Your stats will be tracked and tallied over a 3 - 4 month period and the top 1000 members will show on the ranking pages. Several times a year, we reset the list and everyone starts out fresh. This gives new members a chance to catch up as well as cleans up the site purging blogs that are not longer participating.
About the badge: After your account is approved, you'll be given a special badge to place on your blog. The more unique*** people that click on it, the higher your site will climb in the ranking table. Make sure you place it in a prominent spot on your blog to get more votes!
Rules:
All accounts, new applicants as well as approved members, are reviewed for appropriateness and compliance. We reserve the right to reject, edit or remove any account for any reason with out notice if we feel your listing or your blog is not appropriate for Top Baby Blogs or violates any of these rules
Only established baby, children, mommy, daddy, parenting & pregnancy blogs W/at least 3 months of recent/consecutive posts That ARE EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR REVIEW* will be considered for inclusion.
Any attempt to artificially inflate votes, trick, trade or bribe people into voting is not allowed. This includes, for example, spamming, proxy votes, any method that hides or artificially triggers the voting codes, asking for a vote as a contest entry, etc
Your referral (vote) link/badge must be visible on the right or left sidebar or header/footer of your blog
You may display a 125x125 max image in your listing. No larger sizes, distorted or broken banners allowed
You are responsible for managing your listing (changing banners, text, etc)
Inactive accounts are removed. Listings not re-ranked after a quarterly reset are considered inactive.
No duplicate accounts. If you've already created an account and are able to log in, regardless if your blog appears on any of the pages or search results, please see the frequently Asked Questions about why your blog may be missing from the list and to learn about site resets. Multiple accounts will result in your blog being blacklisted
*Blogs w/out an easily accessible archive (usually a sidebar module) may be rejected
We recommend you sign up for our Member Alerts so you don't miss any news or important changes. To respect your privacy, you are not automatically added to this mailing. You can also follow us on Twitter.
Required info is Bold:
If you have not been blogging for 4 months (#2 above), do not submit this application. You may submit your blog only after at least 3 completed months of recent, consecutive posts.
**To prevent artificial referral inflation, incoming activity is tracked via IP address and/or cookies. A unique visit is considered to be from an IP address (may be per household, server or building depending on your ISP) using supported browsers (does not include proxy or cookie disabled browsers) in a 24 hour period.
***This form doesn't upload your banner from your computer but pulls it from your site. If you don't have your banner uploaded, try using a free image hosting service, such as TinyPic to upload your banner and get a temporary banner URL/link. From tinypic.com, the link that will be accepted here is the "Direct links for layouts."