High Quality Post: Guidelines

NOTE: Your blog shouldn’t have casino and pharmacy related posts. At least 80% of the content on your blog must be non-paid.

What you need to have in your post:
1. The post needs to describe your visit to any destination of your choice.
2. It must contain factual and useful information.
3. You must go into details of your travel – name specific places, suburbs, names etc… things that you would know if you really travelled somewhere.
4. Don’t make things up! Use your real travel experience.
5. The post must contain links to other useful sites.
6. The title of your post should be relevant to your story – don’t just name it “Hotels Combined”.
7. At least 200 words.

Sharing your personal travel experience or helping people to resolve a particular travel related problem is a good strategy for a successful post.

What we don’t want in the post:
We don’t want posts which have been created only so our link can be inserted there. We don’t want posts that don’t make much sense, or are too general and thus don’t make any point. We also don’t like posts which utilize aggressive linking to our site, especially from a paragraph which doesn’t directly relate to hotel reservation. We don’t like posts which link ONLY to our site. The post must be useful and natural – link to our competitors if you want, we don’t care. This is in no way Pay-per-link program. In fact we don't require links (a text version of our URL is fine - as long as people can find us). Engaging and unbiased content is our priority!

Example of a BAD post:

Combined hotels

Well friends, we all like to go to holidays to our favorite destinations and just chill out there. While going for the holidays it is very important that we relax ourselves out there. Holidays acts as stress busters and while enjoying these holidays we must stay in the best hotels as far as possible. My friend went there on a holiday to Beijing and he was excited at staying at this reputed hotel service website. This is one of the best websites in the world as far as hotels are concerned. This is a unique tool which helps you to find multiple hotel reservations simultaneously at the lowest prices. You can then choose which hotel is right for you according to the budget and finance. This is one of the great websites to search for hotels. Just visit this website and gather an idea of Hotelscombined is all about and also spread its features and merits to others.

Comments:
This post is bad because it has no point. It’s not informative or interesting. It doesn’t describe a personal experience and details of travelling to a particular destination. It is clear that this post is written just for the purpose of including a link to hotelscombined.com.

Example of a GOOD post:

My Koh Phangan Vacation

This year in March I have finally visited Koh Phangan, a small island in the gulf of Thailand, next to the famous Koh Samui. I was recommended to go there by one of my best friends Alex, who’s been there 4 times and spent 7 months in total. He was always raving about this place – how great it is and how much fun everyone has there. If you haven’t heard, this island is home of famous (or infamous J, depending on how you look at it) Full Moon Party. He told me that he used to leave in a tiny bungalow right next to the sea. This cost him $5 per day plus another $5 for meals. That’s right $10 per day for a peace of paradise. He is trying to organize a business there now, so he can permanently move there.

Anyway, it was my first trip to Asia, and I went with my friend Elmar. First we had to fly to Koh Samui and then catch a boat from there to Koh Phangan. When you catch a boat make sure that you go with a big speed boat, not with small ones, as they take much longer - 50 minutes instead of 25. Normally I book my accommodation with Hotels Combined since they do the hard work of comparing several sites, but this time we decided to book at the spot since that’s what Alex suggested. We stayed at the Green Hotel in Koh Samui wich had quite spacious double room for 800 baht. This hotel is one of the cheapest that you cat get at the airport hotel desk and is located at the very central location on the main road (our room was a garden room which faces the other way). In Koh Phangan at first we stayed in Liberty Bungalows which cost 300 baht per night, but is pretty basic – you have to flush your toilet with the bucket. So, I moved to a bit nicer place next door – Mac’s Bay Resort, which had a pretty good clean bungalow with aircon for 1100 baht. Ban Tai (the area where we stayed) is a pretty good location, the 7/11 is just around the corner and both centres Tong Sala and Had Rin are pretty close. Taxy to Tong Sala will cost 50 baht and to Had Rin about 100. At night you may need to pay a bit more, but remember that everything there is negotiable.

The island was awesome, very beautiful, with a huge party on their main Had Rin beach every night. If you go there be careful as this place is famous for drink spiking. Be aware there is an epidemic of AIDS especially amongst women in this country. Otherwise, Had Rin is a fun place.

Anyway, to make a long story short I absolutely loved this place. I loved their steamy weather, the heat, the warm ocean (yes it was literally warm or even hot next to the shore), the friendly tourists from all other the world and not less friendly locals, amazing food and rock bottom prices. With my lash-out budget I only spent $60 per day. I’m now like my friend Alex, telling everyone how good it is and some of mine friends are thinking of going LOL J

Some stats on AIDS in Thailand:

Thailand Statistics
Estimated total population, July 2005	64,233,000
Estimated number of people living with HIV, end 2005	580,000
Adults (15+)	560,000
Women (15+)	220,000
Children (0-15)	16,000
Estimated adult HIV prevalence	1.4%
Estimated number of AIDS deaths in 2005	21,000

Source: http://www.avert.org/aidsthai.htm

Comments:
This post is good because it is very informative, contains genuine, factual and detailed information, has relevant links to useful sites. Someone who is going to travel to Koh Phangan is very likely to find this post useful.