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Shareware Distribution and PAD Submission

by sarralee on Sep 26, 2011

PAD submission is the major way of shareware distribution. Submit PAD file of your software to download sites will bring large traffic to your site and get you high download rate. For any new software developers or promoters, if you want to improve your sales by PAD submission, you need first know what is PAD and how to submit PAD to those download sites effectively.

So, what is PAD ?
PAD is a standard data format containing the most important and frequently requested information about the software. It helps software authors to provide online sources with standard product descriptions and specifications. And by using this standard data format, webmasters and program librarians can easily automate program listings. In a word, PAD is a standard software description that saves time for both shareware authors and webmasters.

Then, how to submit PAD ?
Generally speaking, there are two ways to submit software. The first one, you can submit software...Read More >>



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