Contact / Submit App

If there is something wrong with MakeUseOf.com website feel free to skip everything and email me aibek[at]makeuseof[dot]com. If you would like to submit your application for inclusion then please read following.

Submitting your Website or Web service to MakeUseOf Directory

At the moment there are about 20-25 submission requests per day but we are only able to profile somewhere between 3-6 services. So as you can see there are lots of applications left uncovered, hopefully we can accomodate more requests in the future but for the time being we are able to address about 20% of requests.

If you would like to submit your application to MakeUseOf Directory, there are 2 different ways to do it. Please note, MakeUseOf.com only accepts web/mobile applications that are free or at least come with a decent free account option (no exceptions). We also don’t accept any adult, gambling or dating services.

1. Quick Submission (FREE !)

Simply tell us about your service by sending an email to submit[at]makeuseof[dot]com. All you need to do is send us the link and 1-2 lines about what your product/service does. This won’t cost you anything but due to growing number of daily submissions we can’t guarantee the inclusion either.

2. FastTrack Submission ($ 199)

We also offer FastTrack inclusion. That’s the fastest way to get featured. Please note, this money won’t guarantee your inclusion but simply our fee for reviewing your inclusion request within 24 hours. To get featured on MakeUseOf.com it will still have to pass our usual inclusion requirements, i.e. it should be useful, it should be a web-based or mobile application, and should be free (or come with a decent free account option). All you need to do is send us the link and transfer $ 199 (via PayPal) to paypal@makeuseof.com. If for some reason we decide not to feature your application, your funds will be refunded.

Benefits of being featured in MUO Directory

(1) Once you application in MUO directory, depending on the assigned category and tags, it will be accessible from at least 3/4 locations. Since we sort applications chronologically it may remain among top category/listings for several weeks.

(2) Your application will be viewed by thousands of MUO Directory subscribers within 24 hours. You can see latest directory subscriber count below.



(3) Within a week after inclusion we will feature your website on MakeUseOf.com homepage in our most popular post series ‘Cool Websites and Tools’. This means your application will be viewed by all MakeUseOf subscribers (see below) within 24 hours. It’s a lot of targeted traffic and can often result in your site being featured on del.icio.us popular section, StumbleUpon and in some cases even on Digg homepage.



(4) MakeUseOf is one the top blogs covering web applications. Quite often the applications we review are picked by extremely popular sites like LifeHacker and DownloadSquad.

Testimonials

(1) Slava from BookletCreator.com

I’m grateful to MakeUseOf.com because it was one of the first to mention my website and the one that helped me to get publicity online. Thanks to MakeUseOf.com’s review I got a great number of visitors. Moreover, it caused a chain reaction of blog posts and articles about my website and visitors started coming like an avalanche!

(2) Alex from Keybr.com

My site was mentioned on lifehacker, then it got to digg top stories, but it was makeuseof.com(!) who reviewed me first and ignited this chain reaction. It caused a snowball of links and visitors coming from all over the world. The sudden success I couldn’t achieve on my own. Don’t miss this opportunity, submit your site for review, absolutely worth it.

(3) Sean Varah from FixMyMovie.com

Thanks again for the great article about FixMyMovie. Since you wrote about us in February, we’ve received more than 400 visitors directly from your article, and hundreds more from other sites which have cited your article. Not only do we appreciate the traffic, but more importantly, we appreciate the quality of your readers, who have come to the site, used it, and given us their feedback. All of this helps us make a better product. Thanks again

(4) Paul Klipp from PicoWiki.com

Thank you very much for blogging about my PicoWiki project. I got hundreds of new subscribers on the day you posted your blog entry, four donations, and several good suggestions for improvement.

(5) Waleed Bississo from MySurfPad.com

The best thing we did was have MySurfPad.com listed on the MakeUseOf directory. Not only did it drive a significant amount of traffic but it was also picked up by multiple news sites as well. THANK YOU SO MUCH!! YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!!

(6) Brian Sobel from Mapalist.com

You guys made yesterday one of the most rewarding I’ve had in the history of Mapalist.com.

Your review, which I find to be extremely helpful, accurate and well written, so perfectly and succinctly covers the parts of Mapalist which I/we hoped to be useful and fun.

Your review kicked off a firestorm of new users and activity that was beyond what we could have expected or wished for. (The usage spike did keep us on our toes in putting out a few fires, but that is the good kind of problems to have.)

I enjoyed watching the unique spread of information about the site across digg, delicious, lifehacker, and good morning silicon valley, to name a few. I should be so lucky with any future endeavors I partake in to get such favorable coverage.