Help/FAQ

General Information

What is YouSayToo?

How much does it cost to use YouSayToo?

How can I contact YouSayToo?

What makes YouSayToo different?

Registration

How do I register?

I forgot my password what should I do?

How can I change my password?

Adding your blog

How do I add my blog

How do I put the backlink/button on my blog?

How do I change my blog's RSS feed settings?

Can I use Feedburner or similar services instead of my blog feed?

How to deactivate Feedburner's Summary Burner?

The system didn't locate the RSS feed automatically. Where can I get my blog RSS feed URL?

What are the benefits of adding my blog?

How does it work?

When I add my blog will my old posts be imported?

How soon will I see results from adding my blog?

How many blogs can I add?

Why does it say backlink not found?

I've put the backlink, I'm sure it's correct but I still can't add my blog?

Does YouSayToo send bot traffic to my blog?

Creating Content

Any advice on how to create content or what to blog about?

What am I not allowed to post?

How to add videos to my posts?

Do I own my content on YouSayToo?

Can I really make revenue by uploading flash games?

How to upload games?

I've put the url of the game but when I click check there's no game there. What should I do?

What are tags? Are they important?

Making Money

How do I make money on YouSayToo?

What happened to Google AdSense?

How does the revenue system work here?

How and when do I get paid?

How will I know how much I've earned?

Can I make a living blogging on YouSayToo?

Does referring users benefit me in any way?

Rating system

What is YouSayToo rating?

What things have rating on YouSayToo and what can I rate?

How do I increase my rating?

Can my rating decrease?

Why can't I negatively rate posts and comments?

What happens when my rating becomes negative?

Do Facebook Likes and Retweets increase rating?

Are there any additional bonuses for getting rating?

Account & other features

Where can I find my subscriptions and comments?

How do I subscribe to someone's blog

I found/made a cool post. How do I share it with my friends?

How do I close my account?

Technical stuff

Why does YouSayToo look awful in my browser?

How do I report a bug?

What is RSS?

What is YouSayToo?

YouSayToo is the best place on the web for bloggers who want the most exposure. Not only do we increase your traffic and exposure, we also offer a program for earning money from your blogs. We are a thriving bloggers’ community that boasts many fun, appealing and effective features we’re sure you’ll enjoy.

What makes YouSayToo different?

What makes YouSayToo exciting and different is “Add Your Blog.” It enables you to centralize all your existing blogs on the YouSayToo site. So you can collect your blogs from Blogger, WordPress, Tumblr, LiveJournal and other platforms, and add them all to YouSayToo. Consolidating all of your blogs to YouSayToo will bring you substantially more hits than your individual blogs.

If you like gaming, YouSayToo is even more fun! “Upload Flash Game” lets you upload free flash games to YouSayToo. Flash games are ideal for building traffic as millions of people search for them every day – and they’re a cinch to upload! Share your games blog with your friends, and substantially increase your fan base!

You can also make a difference by blogging on YouSayToo. Choose a charity to support and you will be donating your YouSayToo revenue to it.

How much does it cost to use YouSayToo?

It's absolutely free.

How can I contact YouSayToo?

We encourage you to look though this list first, the answer to your question may be here already.
You can use the Contact Us form to contact YouSayToo support.

When contacting us, please describe the problem in detail.

Registration

How do I register?

YouSayToo registration is quick, easy and free. Register here.

I forgot my password what should I do?

Use remind password and your new password will be emailed to you. Be sure to check your spam box, it may end up there. If the new password hasn't arrived – contact us.

How can I change my password?

You can change your password from your account settings page.

Can I change my Username?

Yes, you can change your username in your account settings. If you change your username your YouSayToo link will also change (ex: www.yousaytoo.com/username).
Keep that in mind when changing your username.

Adding your blog

How do I add my blog?

Adding a blog to YouSayToo is fast and simple. First, you need to fill out your blog information. Then, you need to put a backlink on your blog and make sure your blog feed is full. The backlink will be provided after you've entered your blog information.

If you remove the backlink or change the feed settings, posts will no longer be imported from that blog.

* Make sure to copy all of the backlink code and use the correct widget for it. Don't make any changes to the code otherwise our program won't be able to detect it.

For standalone Wordpress blogs we it's possible to use a Wordpress plugin instead of the standard backlink. When adding a standalone Wordpress blog install the plugin and then enter the API key. Here are the instructions:

• Upload yousaytoo.php to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
• Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
• Enter API Key on Plugin Settings page. The API key will be provided when you add your blog to YouSayToo.

How do I put the backlink on my blog?

First, you need to determine your blog platform aka the website there your blog is. (Blogger, Wordpress, Tumblr, etc.)
Once you know your blog platform follow these steps: (images taken from latest versions of blog platforms)

How do I change my blog's RSS feed settings?

It's simple. First, determine your blog platform (Blogger, Wordpress, Tumblr, etc.) and then follow these steps:

Can I use Feedburner or similar services instead of my blog feed?

Yes. However, make sure these services are not limiting your blog feed. Otherwise you won't be able to add your blog and your posts won't be imported.

How to deactivate Feedburner's Summary Burner?

Open the Optimize tab. On the left click Summary Burner and then click Deactivate. If the button says Activate, the Summary Burner is turned off.

The system didn't locate the RSS feed automatically. Where can I get my blog RSS feed URL?

Go to your blog and look for an orange square in the URL field, aka address bar (sometimes it's blue or gray, depending on the browser and OS). Click on it and it'll take you to your blog feed. Copy that URL and put it into the requested field. Make sure that your blog feed setting is set to full.

What are the benefits of adding my blog?

By adding your blog to YouSayToo you will:

• Promote your blog and content
• Expand your readership
• Attract loyal readers and new fans
• Get listed in our blog directory
• Earn additional revenue blogging or donate to charity
• Have a chance to get your posts featured on YouSayToo’s Editorial and Top pages

How does it work?

1. You add your blog to YouSayToo
2. After adding your blog all new posts you publish on it will be imported into your YouSayToo account. Your old posts won't be imported
3. To make or donate revenue fill out your revenue Settings in your YouSayToo account

When I add my blog will my old posts be imported?

No, only new posts will be imported.

How soon will I see results from adding my blog?

When talking about a steady increase of traffic from search engines, it usually takes 3-4 months for a blog to get properly indexed. However, your blog will not only get solid positions in search engines but readers and fans from YouSayToo as well.

How many blogs can I add?

You can add as many blogs as you want as long as you regularly publish quality content on them.

Why does it say backlink not found?

Because our system can't detect the backlink on your blog. Here are a few things you need to check:

• Check if you have entered the backlink code correctly. Copy and paste the backlink code a second time to make sure it's correct.
• Make sure you are using the correct widget for the backlink (for blogs on Bloggers or Wordpress).
• Some blogging platforms need time to save the changes. Please try adding your blog again in a few minutes if you are sure that you've entered the backlink correctly.
• In some rare cases the HTML code of blogs can be so messed up that our system can't make heads or tails out of it and in such cases our system is unable to detect the backlink.

I've put the backlink, I'm sure it's correct but I still can't add my blog?

Contact us and explain the problem. Don't remove the backlink from your blog. Our team will take a look and we'll fix the problem ASAP.

Does YouSayToo send bot traffic to my blog?

No, only real visitors come from YouSayToo.

Creating Content

Any advice on how to create content or what to blog about?

When it comes to blogging we can only give you some basic recommendations, the rest is up to you:

• Blog about things you know, like or things which interest you;
• When blogging add your ideas, opinions and thoughts to your posts. People reading your blog want to know them;
• Original content brings the most traffic, so be creative and don't plagiarize;
• Think about the title. Titles are very important and should reflect the idea of your post. Don't make titles too long or too short;
• Relevant tags will help people find your content so tag your posts accordingly;

Also, see our blog post about writing quality posts at http://blog.yousaytoo.com/post/16344648332/yousaytoos-recipe-for-quality-posts

What am I not allowed to post?

We've made a list of things you shouldn't post. It will help you avoid publishing restricted content:

• No sexually explicit content. No nudity, semi-nudity, lingerie on models, pornographic, adult content. No content that promotes escort services. No closeups of breasts, butts, crotches. No content that could be mistaken for any of the above.
• No racial, national, sexual, religious intolerance.
• No advocacy against any individual, group or organization.
• No plagiarized and copied content without the author's permission.
• No content that displays any personal or private information without the owner's permission including private correspondence, telephone numbers, home addresses, e-mail addresses
• No hacking/cracking content.
• No content that displays violence, gore, blood.
• No casino related content and content that motivates or entices gambling.
• No content about programs which compensate users for clicking ads or offers, performing searches, surfing websites or reading emails.
• No excessive use of links, referral links, keywords, profanities.
• No illicit drugs and drug paraphernalia content.
• No illegal downloads of music, movies, ebooks, software or any type of Internet piracy.
• No content which has the features of surrogate mail (junk mail, spam, chain letter) or unauthorized advertising.
• No content or links to any worms or viruses or any code of a destructive or disruptive nature
• No content with pyramid schemes, chain letters and get rich quick and other money making opportunities that offer compensation for little or no investment, including money making schemes positioned as alternatives to part-time or full-time employment.
• No content that sells or advertisers the sales of:
  • beer or hard alcohol
  • tobacco or tobacco-related products
  • prescription drugs
  • weapons or ammunition (e.g. firearms, firearm components, fighting knives, stun guns)
  • products replicas or imitations of goods
  • distribution of coursework or student essays
• Any other content that is illegal, promotes illegal activity or infringes on the legal rights of others.
• No useless and senseless content. All content should provide substantial and useful information to the reader.

Rules for Added Blogs:

YouSayToo does NOT approve blogs on the following topics:

• No job vacancy blogs
• No studentship applications blogs
• No stock exchange results blogs
• No gadget specifications blogs
• No flash game blogs
• No sports streaming blogs
• No sports results blogs
• No blogs that import posts from other blogs or websites
• No blogs with shortened articles with “Read more” links.

Text content should:

• be grammatically correct
• contain proper sentence structure
• be in complete sentences
• use correct spelling
• include grammatically correct spacing
• include correct punctuation
• use grammatically correct capitalization

Text content shouldn't contain:

• excessive repetition
• excessive capitalization
• incorrect capitalization
• repeated and unnecessary punctuation
• exclamation points in the title
• excessive linking, including banners

Publishing a disclaimer along with prohibited content does not make such content “allowed”. Prohibited content will still be treated as such regardless of disclaimers.

YouSayToo employs a system that tracks posts that contain content that violates YouSayToo's Content Policy or Terms of Use and removes all shareable ads from all such content.

Since we cannot moderate content in all languages, we removed Google AdSense from content written in languages unknown to us. All other benefits that YouSayToo offers are still available to all. We apologize for such measures and we are working on bringing YouSayToo to all in all languages. If you would like to translate YouSayToo into your language let us know.

If you have any questions feel free to contact us.

How to add videos to my posts?

At the moment, it's not possible to add videos to posts written on YouSayToo. We are working on adding such a feature.

Do I own my content on YouSayToo?

Yes, you do. Everything you post on YouSayToo is yours and you are solely responsible for it.

Can I really make revenue by uploading flash games?

Yes! Millions of people search and play flash games every day so it's not hard to imagine that flash games can be a great source of revenue. Writing reviews for the games you upload will greatly increase chances of people finding them.

How to upload games?

You can upload flash games from flash game websites or from your computer.

Go to the upload games page. Copy and paste the URL of the page where the game is and click Check. Our program will locate the game and possibly some banners on that page. Choose the game, write a cool review, add relevant tags and that's it.

You can also upload flash games directly from your computer. Go to the upload games page and click browse. Select the game file to upload it. Don't forget to write a review and to add tags.

I've put the url of the game but when I click check there's no game there. What should I do?

Our program is not always able to locate the flash game, try to find the game on another site and upload it from there.

What are tags? Are they important?

Tags are words and phrases what describe your post and are very important if you want people to find posts.
Always tag your posts and games as relevant as possible.
Relevant tags attract readers who are interested in the content that you publish.

Making Money

How do I make money on YouSayToo?

To make money on YouSayToo all you need to do is fill in your Infolinks ID in your YouSayToo account and publish content - write in your blog or upload flash games.

You can register your Infolinks accounts here: http://www.infolinks.com

What happened to Google AdSense?

We have removed AdSense ads from YouSayToo and it's no longer possible to earn money on YouSayToo with AdSense.

How does the revenue system work here?

YouSayToo splits Infolinks impressions on your YouSayToo pages 50/50.

Ad impressions are shared ONLY on YouSayToo. If you added blogs, you will still be getting 100% on your blogs.

How and when do I get paid?

Infolinks minimum payout threshold is $50. You need to select the payment method convenient for you in your Infolinks account.

The terms of payment may change so watch for updates of Infolinks' Terms of Use and their announcements.

How will I know how much I've earned?

We don't have such information YouSayToo only displays your ads, we do not have access to your accounts. You need to log in to your Infolinks account to find out how much you've earned.

Can I make a living blogging on YouSayToo?

We can't make any promises regarding your earnings but be they small or great we'd like to think that YouSayToo earnings supplement your income.

Does referring users benefit me in any way?

Yes! Referring users can be very beneficial for you or your supported charity.

For each referral, you'll get 15% of their ad views on the blogs they publish.
If you support charity, then the 15% will be donated to your charity.

These 15% come from YouSayToo's share and won't effect the share of your referrals. Your referrals won't be earning less, you'll be earning more.

You can view several easy ways you can refer your friends and readers to YouSayToo in your referring panel located in your dashboard.

Rating system

What is YouSayToo rating?

It's your rating on YouSayToo. It shows where you, your blog and posts are on YouSayToo's ladder board.

What things have rating on YouSayToo and what can I rate?

There are:

• User rating
• Blog rating
• Post/game rating
• Comment rating

You can rate:

• Posts/games
• comments

Blog and user ratings are calculated using ratings of posts/games and comments.

How do I increase my rating?

There are a number of things you can do to boost your rating:

• Publish interesting posts on your blog
• Upload cool flash games
• Write meaningful comments
• Share your posts and games on Facebook and Twitter
• Refer your friends to YouSayToo
• Be active on YouSayToo

Can my rating decrease?

Yes, each negative vote decreases your rating.
User Rating also decreases over time if you are not active on YouSayToo.

Why can't I negatively rate posts and comments?

You can only negatively rate if your User Rating is +10 or more. Users with rating below +10 are unable to negatively rate others.

What happens when my rating becomes negative?

You will be unable to negatively rate others.
Additional restrictions may be assigned in the future.

Do Facebook Likes and Retweets increase rating?

Yes, each Facebook like and retweet adds 2 rating points to the post/game

Are there any additional bonuses for getting rating?

Yes, We'll make the announcement soon.

Account & other features

Where can I find my subscriptions and comments?

You can view them in your navigation menu.

How do I subscribe to someone's blog

Go to that user's blog or post and click subscribe in the blog block.

I found/made a cool post. How do I share it with my friends?

Retweet and share your posts on Facebook, you can also use the share button in the post to send it to social bookmarking sites like Digg and Reddit.

How do I close my account?

Go to the account settings page and click Close My Account.
WARNING! When you close your account everything in it is removed: posts, games, blogs etc.

Technical stuff

Why does YouSayToo look awful in my browser?

Probably because your browser is outdated. YouSayToo works best with the latest Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, Chrome browsers.

How do I report a bug?

You can report a bug using the Contact Us form or use the feedback form located on the right side of every YouSayToo page.

What is RSS?

RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication" or "Rich Site Summary". Simply put it's your blog's content. RSS is used to publish frequently updated works such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video in a standardized format.