Button Partner Program


The Button Partner Program is a free service designed to help you increase your download counts. By pointing users to your product detail page on CNET Download.com, you can easily:

  • Increase your chances of making a CNET Download.com Most Popular List
  • Eliminate your own hosting costs by pointing to the file on our site
  • Ensure product security by consolidating distribution to one secure source
  • Influence the relevancy rankings of your product page on key search engines
  • Earn extra benefits for driving a high volume of traffic to CNET Download.com

The top two factors that determine which products our users download are:

  • The overall download count itself
  • Users' ratings and reviews (see below)

By driving your site's traffic to your CNET Download.com product page, you can quickly influence your download counts and encourage your users to rate your product. As your download counts grow, so do your rankings. Participating in the program can help earn you a spot on one of our Most Popular lists and boost your downloads by up to 20 percent. These lists also are frequently cited by media sources around the world as a benchmark of what's relevant in the world of downloads.


popularity of sort options on Download.com

By adding a button to your site, you'll join hundreds of publishers such as Lavasoft, ICQ, WinZip Computing, and PepiMK Software, who already enjoy the benefits of this great free service.

Ready to join?
You can obtain a button for your software by following these easy steps. First, log in to your account, go to the "My Products" page and locate the appropriate product. Then click the "Get Button" link. HTML for your Web site will be automatically generated.

If you are new to Upload.com, you will first need to sign up for an account and then add a product to our library. We offer several listing packages to choose from.

We look forward to your participation in the Button Partner Program.



**In addition, we offer the CNET Exclusives program for publishers driving high volumes of traffic to their CNET Download.com product pages. For more information, please use the "Contact Support" tab located in the Help Resources portion of Upload.com.

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