Alim guest post submission guidelines

About Alim.org

Alim.org is a popular Islamic knowledge publishing platform run by The Alim Foundation Inc., Maryland, USA. Alim provides Islamic knowledge resources for the world community that includes Muslims, non-Muslims, knowledge seekers, researchers, students, and kids. Our knowledge resources include the Arabic Quran, Quran recitation, Mushaf, Kids Quran, authentic Quran translations, Quran tafsirs, Ahadith, and Islamic history of Prophets, the Sahaba, and the four rightly guided Khalifs. Our interface allows easy navigation between surahs, ayahs, chapters, and books for Quran and Ahadith sections. We have been active for the past 12 years and have a high organic reach and Domain Authority.

Guest posts and paid link insertion requests

We invite requests from high-quality websites for guest posts with paid do-follow backlinks to your website or blog. We prefer websites and posts belonging to the same niche as we are – Islamic knowledge, belief, and principles. We will be scrutinizing your website and guest post for the submission guidelines provided below before the final approval.

Here are the eligibility requirements for your website to submit guest posts with do-follow backlinks:

1. It should be of the same niche – Islamic knowledge, belief, and principles – as we are.
2. It should have a good reputation and be SEO optimized.
3. We prefer websites having a Domain Authority of at least 15.
4. There should be an About page that provides information about the publishers/authors and a Contact us page with either or both a contact form and contact address.
5. There should not be any content, CTA, or ads for products or services that are non-Islamic and that are against or violate Islamic principles. Some examples are ads for alcohol, gambling, interest-based financial products, etc.
6. It should not support or endorse abuse, violence, or discrimination.
7. It should not violate any Governmental/non-Governmental privacy standards or principles.
8. The website design should be nice and user-friendly with easy navigation and readability.
9. There should not be any visible broken links.
10. There should not be any visible content placeholders or dummy content.
11. The social media icons, if any, should be linked to existing social media pages.

The submission guidelines

Here are the submission guidelines for the guest posts with do-follow backlinks.

1. The guest post should belong to the same niche – Islamic knowledge, belief, and principles.
2. The post can be in plain English with perfect grammar and a good vocabulary. It can be delivered in MS Word format (.docx) or as a shared Google Doc.
3. It should be 300 – 3000 words long.
4. The content should be directly related to the pre-approved title of the post.
5. The content should be 100% plagiarism free. We will be checking it with plagiarism-detecting tools and if plagiarism is found, your request will be rejected.
6. The post should not be that is already published on any other websites including your website or the Alim.org website.
7. The post should satisfy the same requirements applicable to the website content – it should not contain text, references, or media resources that are non-Islamic and that are against or violate Islamic principles. Some examples are that related to alcohol, gambling, interest-based financial products, etc.
8. It should not support or endorse abuse, violence, or discrimination.
9. It should not violate any Governmental/non-Governmental privacy standards or principles.
10. Any reference to external or third-party content and resources should be properly cited or attributed. For citations or references, APA/MLA/Chicago/Web styles can be used.
11. Provide an SEO-optimized title and meta description for the post.
12. The post should be accompanied by a royalty-free image for setting as the featured image and optionally one or two royalty-free images with any courtesy or attribution statement. All images should be separately attached and should be in JPG/PNG format.
13. The post can contain a maximum of 3 no-follow links to external sources including media like YouTube. The external sources linked should satisfy the same content requirements as the author’s website and guest post and as stated above.
14. The post can contain a maximum of 2 do-follow backlinks to your website. The links can be to the author bio or any other relevant page of your website that is directly related to the guest post content.
15. There should not be any code, HTML or Javascript in the post that violates the security and privacy requirements of Alim.org or any other entity or that does not relate to the post content. Examples are iframes, video/audio embeds, SQL, etc.

The submission process

Below is the submission process to be followed for publishing guest posts at Alim.org:

1. Send the request along with the URL of your website, a brief bio of the website with links to 2 to 4 published posts, a brief bio of the author (if available), 2 to 3 titles along with the associated keywords of proposed guest posts, and the URLs of the needed do-follow backlinks to [email protected].
2. We will scrutinize the request, your website, the guest post titles and keywords, and the backlinks and you will be notified within 1 week.
3. If your request is approved, you can create and send to us the guest post in accordance with the above-stated submission guidelines.
4. We will examine the submitted guest post and if approved, we will notify you and discuss with you the payment terms for the publishing of the guest post with paid do-follow links. Otherwise, if changes are needed, we will convey the changes/modifications needed for a revised guest post submission.
5. Once the payment is made, your guest post will be published on Alim.org with the do-follow backlinks.