Rules of the game

Welcome to our independent search engine for the global Fetish/BDSM societies. We are serious - we only list serious, original QUALITY sites. To ensure only top quality for our surfers, all sites get a personal, detailed site review by one of our highly experienced Fetish/BDSM Editors.

Required: Our link MUST be placed in a prominent location - frontpage or mainpage etc. - NOT in a large bannerfarm or fake entrypage. No link = no site review, and no quality surfers from us! Link to: http://www.fetishengine.com - or i.e. your own site category. When your site is reviewed, you may also link directly into your review page at Fetishengine, so your surfers can see our site review directly from your site. Note: Like always, You MUST copy our banner to YOUR OWN server !!

Linking requirements:

1. You may submit more than one site. But you may ONLY SUBMIT THE SITE ONCE! Find the matching category/ies for your site. You´re always welcome to leave your requests and comments for us in the "Notes to the Editor" field below! You may NOT submit a site more than ONE category. The first violation will result in the deletion of ALL the URLs. The second violation will result in the deletion of ALL URLs associated with the offender and the offender will be banned from any future postings.
    
2. Only toplevel domains (www.yourdomain.com) are accepted for all sites. No subdirectories or individual pages. Numerical IP URLs (e.g., http://201.364.24.32) are NOT accepted.
    
3. Sites containing blind links, misleading links or excessive pop-up consoles are NOT accepted.
    
4. Sites containing materials (text or image) or links related to pedophilia (pornography related to minors) or bestiality are NOT accepted. Offenders will be banned from any future postings and reported to the authorities.
    
5. Sites lacking locally hosted content will NOT be accepted.
    
6. Sites engaged in
    
   • piracy (including but not limited to password and software related)
   • password trading
   • hotlinking to content pages either directly or indirectly
   • bandwidth theft or using links on images to other URLs

will NOT be accepted. Offenders will be banned from any future postings and reported to ALL parties involved.

1. Sites must offer real, original content. Banner farms will not be accepted.
    
2. Sites making false claims or engaged in illegal activities will NOT be accepted. In the case of the latter, offenders will be banned from any future postings and reported to the authorities.
    
3. No freehosts are accepted. No Yahoo Groups are accepted.
    
4. If FetishEngine provides links to Internet websites containing adult content, we will in no way warrant the legitimacy of the material contained on the submitted sites. By submitting a site you indemnify and hold harmless FetishEngine from any legal issues relating to distribution of material by the site being submitted. FetishEngine will remove any links violating copyrights.By this submittal, you are stating any images used in your site are in compliance with state 18 U.S.C. 2257. FetishEngine reserves the right to not post and/or remove any links when presented with a valid case of copyright infringement from the copyright holders themselves. Any links removed for said reasons will not be reinstated until the infringed upon parties are satisfied.

IMPORTANT: Offenders are NOT notified if their link is rejected or deleted due to violation of these rules. Only serious site owners are notified via email. All links are reviewed personally by our lifestyle Editors to ensure our surfers only  receive good quality.