PhotoContest
Publisher Standards
This page states the operating rules used for originality, search quality, policy safety, and advertising readiness. It exists so users, organisers, and review teams can see the site standards in one place.
PhotoContest does not aim to clone organiser pages. Listings are only useful if they add structure, comparison context, and navigation value. Supporting pages and guides are written as original editorial content, not just reworded source text.
The final authority remains the organiser. Each listing is expected to point back to the official event page, programme page, or organiser notice. If a better first-party source exists, that source takes priority over reposts or aggregators.
Not every event record deserves search indexing. PhotoContest limits sitemap, RSS, and standalone event-page generation to entries with enough editorial body, application guidance, and factual detail to stand on their own. Lower-detail records can still appear inside the live app without being pushed as index-first landing pages.
The site avoids publishing multiple near-identical landing pages for the same event and avoids mass indexing of records that only repeat organiser facts. Where overlap exists, the stronger page should carry the search load.
PhotoContest does not intentionally publish doorway pages, hidden text, keyword stuffing, deceptive redirects, or misrepresentations about organiser affiliation. Ranking is pursued through crawlable structure and original usefulness, not through spam techniques.
When a source is partial or unclear, the site may keep the official link but lower confidence or require review. Correction requests are handled through the public publisher contact so the record can be updated with direct evidence.
The site should remain useful without ads. Ads must not become the main content, block navigation, or create accidental clicks. If advertising is enabled, editorial pages, trust pages, and primary discovery flows should still stay readable and usable first.
Analytics is optional, and ad-related storage is denied by default in the current implementation. Privacy disclosures, the public contact address, and Google advertising references stay visible so visitors are not left guessing how the site operates.
No policy page guarantees AdSense approval or top search placement. Google still judges overall site value, originality, spam risk, and user experience. This page is a statement of operating standards, not a claim of automatic eligibility.