The following are examples of content or actions not permitted in the Community content areas (Reviews, Guides, Blog Entries, and Member-Created Product Descriptions):

• Promoting or advertising to buy, sell, or trade any product or service listed or located outside of any eBay property (eBay, Half.com, eBay Stores, eBay Express, etc.). Sellers may only promote their Store or Sellers Other Items list, not individual listings.

• Placing published content in the wrong category (mis-categorization).

• Using another eBay member's pictures or text without the other member's express permission.

• Using intellectual property without the property owners express permission, where applicable. eBay strongly encourages members writing and publishing content to familiarize themselves with how eBay helps protect intellectual property. For more information see How eBay Protects Intellectual Property (VeRO.

• Including any advertising credit, including links, logos, or company names within published content.

• Publishing more than one identical piece of content concurrently.

• Encouraging, promoting, facilitating, or instructing others to engage in illegal activity or to violate eBay policy.

• Enabling, encouraging, or instructing others to infringe copyrights, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights.

• Promoting giveaways, lotteries, random drawings, raffles, or prizes of any kind.

• Using HTML and JavaScript functions prohibited on eBay. For more information see eBay’s policy on Prohibited HTML and Javascript for a complete list.

• Using keywords, random links, inaccurate titles, text, or other content not directly relevant to the subject of the Community content for the purpose of gaining attention or diverting members to that content. For more information on misuse of keywords, see our site policy on Keyword Spamming.

• Publishing content or images that are adult in nature or otherwise not appropriate for minors (individuals under 18 years of age). For more information see eBay’s Adult Policy for clarification on what is permitted in public areas of the site.

• Linking from content published on eBay to Web sites that include offers to trade, sell, or purchase goods or services off eBay is generally not permitted. Please see Additional Information below for exceptions with Blogs.

• Linking to items, services, or content prohibited on eBay or to sites that offer items, services, or content prohibited on eBay.

• Misrepresenting yourself as an eBay employee or as another eBay member.

• Publishing content that promotes or glorifies hatred, violence, racial, or religious intolerance, or content that promotes organizations with such views. For more information see our site policy on Offensive Material.

• Using profanity or patently vulgar language in a public area of the site. Please see Additional Information below for exceptions with Blogs.

• Publishing personal contact information of any person in any public area of eBay, including emails, phone numbers, name, street address, etc.

• Misusing the violation reporting function to maliciously or frivolously report content as not in compliance with eBay policy.

Exceptions for Blog use

• Use of profanity (not patently vulgar language, hate speech, or adult material) in the context of a Blog will generally be permitted; however, excessive and inappropriate use is discouraged. Remember, you are responsible for all content you publish.

• Members publishing Blogs may include links to sites that offer goods for sale off eBay, as long as they do not promote outside-of-eBay sales or prohibited items; nor may the Blog contain links to commercial Web sites where goods from multiple sellers are aggregated by a common search engine.

Exceptions for Reviews

• When reviewing a product where the title contains a profane or vulgar term (e.g., a CD with a profane term in the title), the reviewer may use the term, but only in the context of the title.

eBay provides the Community content areas of the site to promote Community interaction by giving members the opportunity to express their individual views and share helpful information. When publishing content, especially individual commentary or opinion, it is important for members of the Community to respect each other as human beings and follow societal norms. Content that contains or promotes hate, illegal acts, violence, or racial intolerance (or organizations dedicated to such notions) has no place in the eBay Community and is prohibited.