A controlled editorial process

Contributor, Sponsored & Affiliate Content Guide

Requirements for proposed contributor content, including originality, sourcing, disclosure and external links.

Before proposing an article

  • Choose a topic that directly fits an existing or planned CorelyUp hub.
  • Explain the practical reader problem and what original value the article provides.
  • Disclose commercial relationships, AI assistance and relevant conflicts of interest.
  • Use real primary or authoritative citations for material factual claims.

Guest-post rules

  • Proposals must solve a real practical reader problem in an existing CorelyUp topic area.
  • Submit original work that is not published, spun or mass-produced elsewhere. CorelyUp may use plagiarism and source checks.
  • Use accurate, relevant primary or authoritative sources for material claims and provide working source links.
  • Guest authorship is published only when the identity, expertise and contribution are real and verifiable.
  • A proposal does not guarantee publication, timing, authorship, a backlink or editorial approval.

Affiliate and sponsored-content rules

  • Declare every payment, commission, discount, free product, sponsor and conflict before CorelyUp reviews the proposal.
  • Affiliate or sponsored content requires a specific visible disclosure near the relevant recommendation or article.
  • Commercial external links are classified in the CMS and use sponsored and nofollow attributes. Paid followed links are not offered.
  • Pricing, availability, performance and product claims must be supported, dated when relevant and limited to what can be evidenced.
  • Commercial relationships do not buy positive coverage, rankings, AI citations or guaranteed search visibility.

SEO and editorial review

  • Each accepted article needs a clear search intent, one natural primary phrase, useful headings, an accurate title and description, and relevant internal links selected by the editor.
  • Do not keyword-stuff, create doorway pages, manipulate anchors, add hidden text or make unsupported SEO promises.
  • Images require confirmed rights and accurate alternative text. AI assistance must not introduce fabricated facts, sources or experience.
  • CorelyUp controls the final title, copy, links, disclosure, canonical URL and indexability decision.

Submit a proposal

Use the contact page and choose Guest-post or contributor proposal, Sponsored-content proposal or Affiliate-partnership enquiry. Include the proposed topic, reader value, author or company identity, evidence, disclosures and the exact commercial relationship. Do not send confidential credentials or payment details.

Not accepted

  • Plagiarized, spun or mass-produced content.
  • Irrelevant guest posts created mainly to obtain backlinks.
  • Unsupported medical, financial, legal or ranking claims.
  • Hidden sponsorship, fake authorship, fabricated experience or invented sources.
  • Guaranteed followed links or automated publication requests.