As FX News Group has recently reported, MetaQuotes, the developer of popular online trading platforms MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5, has updated Market rules regarding product descriptions. Sellers should have corrected their product descriptions:

• To remove excessive styles, icons, and emojis
• To remove links leading to third-party resources
• To add links to built-in MQL5.com chats instead of third-party messengers

Now, all products with poor descriptions will automatically lose their rating points.

If you’ve noticed that your product is no longer featured on the first pages of the Market showcase, you should revise its description. Sellers are advised to make sure their product complies with the service requirements:

The Product must not:

• Include links to third-party resources. All necessary information should be provided on the mql5.com website: in the Product description, in the comments, or in the “Blogs” section.
• Include links to Telegram groups or other messengers for Product support. Product support must be provided via the Product comments section or via the mql5.com messaging system which supports group chats and channels.
• Use intrusive features and ads. In particular:
• Pop-up windows and alerts containing ads or unnecessary information at the program start,
• Custom panels with links to third-party resources, broker affiliate links, etc.,
• Comments on charts and text labels with sponsored links.

Sellers are not recommended to:

• Use excessive links in Product descriptions. An exception is made for Signal links demonstrating Product monitoring results.
• Use excessive text styles in Product descriptions:
• The Heading style should only be used for headings. It should not be used for the main text or warnings.
• Do not use bold for large text blocks. Highlight separate short phrases, if necessary. Make sure the description does not contain too much text in bold.
• Do not use too many Warning blocks.
• Lists should only be used for clear enumerations. In all other cases use plain text.
• Do not use long lists. If your Product has a large number of parameters, split them into logical blocks.
• Do not use special characters, icons or emojis.

If the Product does not meet the recommendations, its rating will be lowered, and it will be displayed in a worse position in the Market showcase. The Administration does not disclose quantitative parameters used for description evaluation and may remove any Product from the Market showcase without explaining which recommendations have been violated. Sellers are expected to use reasonable judgment in presenting their Products in the Market.

Soon descriptions will also be assessed based on HTML code quality. Descriptions written and formatted directly on the site have proper HTML formatting. Usually, issues occur with descriptions pasted from third-party editors, such as Microsoft Word. To fix the formatting of such text, use the ‘Clear Styles’ option in the editor:

After that, format the description using standard editor functions. This will produce an acceptable HTML code, which can be viewed by select “HTML” in the editor panel.