Hopefully you know by now that we're all about supporting the community here at Bitmob. Register with us (using your real name!), and besides being able to leave comments on stories, you can post your own articles (via your Profile link), which will go to our all-purpose Mobfeed. And if we find a story that particularly stands out -- cause it's funny, insightful, smart, original, informative, shocking...whatever -- we'll editorially vet it and promote it to the front page of Bitmob for more of the world to see.

We can't thank you all enough for the hundreds of great posts you've put up so far. The Mobfeed and the front page have become daily reading for a lot of people -- gaming community and industry alike -- and if we can keep this up, Bitmob will be around for a very long time.

For you more serious contributors out there, below are a few quick posting tips that will help get everything a bit more consistent around Bitmob. This is optional of course, but you'd be making our lives much easier...and helping to show other new users how we do things around here:

1. Break it up

Put in plenty of paragraph breaks and images to help make longer stories easier on the eyes. With Internet writing, it's OK to have paragraphs that are two or three (or even one) sentences long. Pictures at the top are nice to help draw readers in.

2. Suck them in

Also helpful for drawing readers in: Give us a good, interesting intro! Everyone should know right away what your story is about and why they should keep reading right from the very start.

3. Tags, keywords, and the description

Please fill out the following sections, located in the right column of the Article Editor window when you create a new post: tags, keywords, and description.

Tags link your story to others containing those same terms. Don't worry about tagging general terms like "co-op" or specific genres like "RPG." Just stick to full, official titles of any games you mentioned in your article.

Keywords will allow search engines to find your story more easily, so use any terms you think someone might use to find your piece.

The description will go into places like the Mobfeed or if someone puts your story on Facebook, so make it count! That means it should be short and sweet, and it should sell your story just as effectively as your headline does.

4. Links

For links to other Bitmob pages, please have them "open in this window" while links to outside content should "open in new window."

Note: We don't want community members to turn Bitmob into a place where they can advertise their games, websites, or podcasts. We will delete clearly promotional pieces. If your post has legitimate content but requires a credit link to elsewhere (say, to where your article originally appeared or your personal blog), then put that at the bottom of your story in a non-intrusive, non-annoying way. As long as we see you're not using Bitmob just to get people to go to your site, you should be OK.

You can find these and future tips in the submissions guidelines section of our About Us page (both are linked to in the footer of every Bitmob page).

Thanks!

-The Bitmob Staff