Has your guide been rated by a moderator in the last couple of weeks? Are you curious as to why?

 We've had such an enthusiastic response from writers wanting to act as community moderators that we will have to put a hold on new appointments for a while, until the system beds down.

After a year of excellent progress, which has seen many hundreds of new guides submitted and published on the site, as well as the introduction of expert coverage to key destinations, we have decid

It’s a perplexing time for anyone travelling by air at the moment.

To complement the practical information on our new expert pages, we are looking for guides from you, the Simonseeks writing community.

Volcanoes - well, one up in Iceland in particular - are not exactly in favour with travellers at the moment. But when they're not causing havoc to air traffic, they can make fantastic sights.

Simonseeks has had a flying start since its launch last May and we now have well over 2,000 guides uploaded by professional and amateur writers alike.

We’re aware that, from time to time, users experience problems on the site or have questions that they can’t immediately find answers to.

Country and western legend Dolly Parton is one of the latest celebrities to write for Simonseeks. Read on to see all our celebrity writers.

We have enjoyed a lot of interest from new writers in 2010 and now have a total of 735 writers on the site.