Filtering and Limits
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The second tab in Engine Builder contains various filters and limitations that should apply to the engine you are currently adding.

Thresholds
First are the various thresholds that many engines will place on their submissions.

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These limits should be quite apparent and you will find which limits apply to this engine by reading their submission rules.

Allow Site Types
Most engines will readily inform you if they accept submissions from Adult sites or MLM sites. Select the type of sites allowed in the engine in the Allowed Sites section.

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Allowed Domains
Some engines restrict submissions to only a specific group of domain types. You may find a search engine that only accepts submissions from charitable organizations. You could probably restrict submissions to .org domains for this.

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Server Side Submission Count
In the upper right hand section, you are presented with a field asking you how many engines a submission to this engine will affect. You may find some FFA engines that distribute their submissions to multiple sites. Enter the number of sites the distribution affects here.

Fail Words
Just below that, you will find the option to fail submissions based on responses from the submission. Select this check box and enter words found on the failure page for the submission. You can usually find these words by trying to submit without a URL entered into the form on the website. Be sure the words you select are NOT on the success page!

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Submit Type
Next, you will see the Multi-Submit Handling section. Although most submissions are made through HTTP Posts and Gets, some are made through E-mail. Enter the address to send the submission to, the subject of the submission letter and the body of the message. You can use the Variable List to help you compose the letter.

Allowed Countries
Finally, you may also restrict submissions by the country of focus for the website. You will find that some search engines will only accept submissions from a limited number of countries or regions. By default this setting is 'All', but you can select as many countries as required by the search engine and web sites focused in other countries will not be able to submit there.

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