Developers
"Should I Remove It?" resources for software publishers
How did my software get added?
The software listed on the "Should I Remove It?" website and knowledge-base comes directly from Reason Software's 100% anonymous opt-in service called
Boost Connect. This service is designed to anonymously discover program relationships and resource utilization on a wide range of PCs in order to help facilitate optimization. The service inventories the various programs installed on a PC and aggregates its behaviors. This information is then statistically analyzed and displayed on the "Should I Remove It?" website as well as the
free downloadable program in order to help users quickly identify and possibly remove unwanted programs.
How do I add my program?
Currently, the only way to add a program into the knowledge-base is by participating in the Boost Connect community. If you are a PC power user and would like to use the service, simply download and run
Boost on your PC and opt-into Boost Connect during setup. Like all of Reason's software, Boost does not install any sort of malware, spyware or adware and we do not bundle additional software or engage in any type of advertising within the software.
How can I update or correct a program?
Most program information is gathered by observing the behavior of the program on hundreds or thousands of real PCs. Additionally, some information is added directly by our expert reviewers which typically includes the program's editorial description. While ratings come directly from users on this website as well as our experts, removal percentages are 100% based on the Boost Connect network (which is not influenced by removal percentages shown on the "Should I Remove It?" website or software). However, sometimes details are gathered incorrectly, if this is the case and you would like to make corrections to anything you find wrong with your program's listing, please do not hesitate to contact us immediately at
[email protected] and we will correct them for you, typically within a few hours. Just send send us an email with your program's URL on www.shouldiremoveit.com and any corrections you might have.
We are here to help you with any questions, comments or concerns you might have as well as any feedback or promotional opportunities. Please contact us by phone, snail mail or email (which we prefer of course) 24x7 by visiting our
contact page.
Can I add my program to "Today's highlight"?
"Should I Remove It?" features a on a number of pages a section known as "Today's highlight", typically in that page's top right corner (
see it on our programs page). If you are a developer and have a program listed on "Should I Remove It?" we would be more than happy to
promote your program for free. If you wish to participate, simply place a link on your website to your program's listing on shouldiremoveit.com. Let us know and we will schedule you to be featured in our rotation which usually includes about 50,000 impressions.
If you would like to find out more, click here.
What do you get?
Basically, you get some free advertising for your software. Usually we include 1-3 programs to be featured each day in the "Today's highlight" spot (which will automatically rotate the listing every few minutes) and your program will see about 20,000 or more impressions within a single day. In addition, we will add a link to your program's home page and download page so that our users will have the opportunity to download your software.
What are the requirements?
Participation in this free promotion is subject to some basic conditions and requirements. Your software needs to be listed on the "Should I Remove It?" website and you will need to provide us with the URL of your program on shouldiremoveit.com to get started. Also, we only promote software that does not contain malware, adware or spyware and the software cannot use a monetized bundled installer to distribute additional software. The program cannot promote violence, gambling, sex or other questionable content. The 'Today's highlight' space is not for sale and is a one-time free opportunity to help promote your program.
How do I participate?
If you feel like you can meet our conditions and requirements, great! To get started simply locate the URL of the program you would like featured on www.shouldiremoveit.com. If you have more than one version listed on our website choose one to start. Next, create a link on your website and point it to that URL. The link can be a text link, image, whatever you feel works the best. Just send us the URL of the page you have linked to your program and we will schedule you to be added to the promotion for the next available spot.
Please
contact us with your questions or when the link is placed on your website.
How can I advertise my program?
We use Google's AdSense, if you would like to advertise on our site you will need to be an AdWords advertiser and be able to utilize placement targeting. Placement targeting lets you choose individual spots on our website that you'd like your ads to appear in which can handpicked for your specific audience, big or small, its up to you. Learn how to use AdWords placement-targeting.
How do I create a placement-targeted ad campaign?
- Log to the https://adwords.google.com.
- Create a new placement-targeted campain and ad group.
- Target users by language and location.
- Create your ad, we utilize both text ads as well as image ads which are typically 728x90 and 300x250.
- Target an ad by typing "shouldiremoveit.com" in the List URLs of Target your ad: Identify placements page.
- Click Get available sites button, and then select available channels you would like to use for your ad.
- Set the price of the ad based on the formats and placements of your liking and save.
Are you a software or anti-malware researcher?
The Should I Remove It? Web Site only shows what we consider very limited technical information for each program, associated files and behavior. However, we do have a massive archive of every program version with download links to each as well as the original URLs the program was downloaded from. In addition through our alternative collection system (not Should I Remove It?) we track the behavior of each program in real user environments. This is an invaluable tool for malware researchers as we have seen tens of thousands of adware, malware and other potentially unwanted software flow through our system. We are more than happy to work with and share all of our information to professional research team, for free of course. For details on how to connect with us, please send and email to
[email protected].