Guest Post Guidelines

• About Yoorekka

  Yoorekka is a web directory, online selling-buying platform, and Consumer Magazine in the Philippines to help shoppers, travelers, and diners make their shopping, spending, and lifestyle activities better and more fulfilling experiences.

  
• Consumer Magazine
  

  Consumer Magazine aims to create relevant, valuable, and easy-to-read articles for public consumers. It serves as a media outlet offering advertisers a way to promote their products and services to the more significant and broader market the internet reaches.

  
• Our Content
  

  Our content represents original work from our pool of experts and in-house writers. We cover various topics for shoppers, diners, and travelers in the Philippines. We are accepting paid guest posts to open opportunities to third-party bloggers and publishers.

  

  
• Who Can Post?
  

  We accept guest posts from talented writers, bloggers, publishers, web owners, and other digital marketing companies.

  
• Our Style
  

  Stories are written with a friendly and positive spin, like writing “good” news. The writing style can be descriptive or conversational. The tone is light but not too casual.

  

  

  We do not embrace sales and advertising phrases and slogans like “Buy now!”, “What are you waiting for?”, “Hurry!” etc.

• Types of Content Accepted
  
  

  • Content should be unique and original. Yoorekka will not accept material published elsewhere, whether it is the Author’s material or somebody else’s work.
  
  
  • Topics should be relevant to the website’s niche, such as restaurants, fashion and apparel, beauty and health, dining, travel spots, hotels and resorts, housing and condos, events and entertainment, casinos, and autos.
  
  
  • We accept how-to (tips, practical advice, actionable tips, and helpful know-how), listicles, press releases, features, and advertorial posts.
  
  
  • Topics and content will be pre-approved.
  
  

  • We accept how-to (tips, practical advice, actionable tips, and helpful know-how), listicles, press releases, features, and advertorial posts.
  
  
  • Topics and content will be pre-approved.
  
  

  
• Post Guidelines
  

  • Post length – 1,500 max, including the headline, teaser, and body .
  
  
  • Image requirement
    
    Submit one (1) cover photo and one (1) photo per heading, if applicable.
    
    Before accepting a guest post from a client, we also consider the images to be used on the content in terms of type, format, or size. We encourage you to choose landscape photos that are more wide than tall. The ratio should be 3:1 (width: height).

  

  

  • Allowed photo sources :
    
    a) To submit a guest post and become a contributor to Yoorekka, the images should be initially captured by the Author.
    b) Photos from the establishment’s/product’s/ company’s official websites and social media pages (priority: Philippine branches).
    c) Photos from Philippine government websites.
    d) Photos from an independent party given for free.
    e) Photos available online for commercial use, no attribution required, such as Pixabay.com.
  
  
  • Citing sources – include a list of the sources (internet sites, newspapers, etc.) that used in writing the article and of photos, if any.
• Keywords and Backlink Guidelines
  

  • The Author shall provide the Publisher with one (1) focus keyword, three (3) or more supporting keywords, and one (1) domain to point the link to.
  
  
  • When Author submits a guest post and becomes a contributor in Yoorekka, we require that the Author provide all search engine optimization (SEO) information, such as keywords, anchor texts, alt tags, and domain. Such will need pre-approval from the Publisher.

  

  • Domain should have: a) an SSL cert (HTTPS); b) not penalized by Google or any search engines; and c) must be relevant to the topic niche.
  
  
  • Publisher shall have the right to interlink any part of the article and existing article to any articles published on Yoorekka.com.

  
• Submission Guidelines
  • Accepted Formats
    
    

    One encoded file of the article in Microsoft Word.

    Photos, i.e., where you suggest that the images be inserted.

    Captions below each photo.

    Image sources below each photo ( Main website and photo URL).

    List of sources/references used at the end of the article and photo. Indicate specific URLs of website references.

    Photos in Jpeg format (Signed Photo Permission Forms where applicable).

    All submissions must be sent to content@yoorekka.com.

    SEO TEAM

    
  
  

  • Editing Information – submitted content is subject to editing and will be returned to the Author for a one-time revision, if needed. We will inform the Author of any significant changes before publication.

  WEB DEVELOPMENT TEAM

  

  • By-line (optional) – submit a by-line describing the Author behind the content; it should be exciting and non-promotional. Social media profiles and websites can be included.

    Mention credentials and achievements, if any, to build a strong reputation and credibility.

    Keep short and exciting with a maximum word count of 70.

    Write in the third person.

    Author’s photo: 300 px x 300 px.

  CONTENT TEAM