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Listing, Linking, and Advertising Policies

Public Institutions (Schools, Municipalities, Park Districts, etc.): You need do nothing. We will include general information about you derived from your web site (if available) and/or other internet web sites, at no charge to you. We will also link to your web site so our visitors can get to it for more information. You may contact us (ParentLink Information Services, 1674 Cumberland, Aurora IL 60504, 630-499-5810, familyguides@yahoo.com or educonn@comcast.net) if you have any corrections, additions, or other changes you would like to make to our online listing. Note: ParentLink will not take text verbatim from a web site. Nor will we use any graphics from a site without the permission of the site owner.

Private Schools, Child Care Centers & Preschools, Realtors, Doctors/Dentists/Therapists, Businesses.

1) Yellow Pages Type Listing (Name, Address, Phone). We will get this information (online, when available) and place it on the appropriate web page for the city where you are. You may also contact us to provide the information if you are not listed. There is no charge. We reserve the right to list only child- and family-related businesses and services, at our discretion.

2) Free Inclusion in the Snapshot/Child Care Connections/School's In Series (print publications). Send or email a brochure and/or other information about your program to ParentLink Info. Services, 1674 Cumberland Rd., Aurora IL 60504. Email: familyguides@yahoo.com. Or go to our sample page, copy the template, fill in categories with information relevant to your program, and mail/email to us. All child care centers, preschools and private schools that sign up for the free listing* (and provide the necessary information, as shown in the template) are eligible for a $5.00 discount off the price of a member based page and will receive a coupon by mail or email upon receipt of the information for their listing. *Note: offer extends to metropolitan areas for which we have a section online, currently Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, San Francisco/San Jose, Boston and Las Vegas. We are also currently accepting listings for the Seattle area. Please visit our home page to view a list of metropolitan areas that will be included over time (Atlanta, Miami and the Baltimore/DC area are also planned to go online early in 2008).

3) Classified Ad. 2-line classified-type listing with information about your program or service, included on the appropriate page for your business or service. The ad is included for all those listed on any of the member-based pages on the Metro Profiles web site.

4) Descriptive Online Listing and Link. 200-250 word paragraph, written by you, describing your program, product(s) or service(s). Please include your name, address, phone, email address (if applicable) and web site address (if applicable), tuition rates (if applicable and desired), professional background (if applicable), and any other information you feel is relevant. Schools and Child Care Centers can also include information on openings for children (number of openings, ages of openings, etc.), if desired, as well as job openings. For realtors, please include geographic area served and any areas of specialization (e.g, condos, rentals, etc.). The cost of this is $25 annually, for placement on the Metro Profiles web site, and is payable in advance by check to ParentLink Information Services, 1674 Cumberland, Aurora IL 60504, 630-499-5810. The link is included at no charge, but not required, so even for those who don't have a web site, you can still participate. For examples of actual listings online, please visit our pages for the Chicago area (Chicago Directory: www.metroprofiles.com/ChicagoWelcome.html). The school profiles page, with links to school listings, is www.metroprofiles.com/Chicago_SchoolProfiles.html. The child care listings links are at www.metroprofiles.com/Chicago_ChildCareSpotlight.html. Our realtor directory is located at www.metroprofiles.com/Chicago_RealtorDirectory.html.