How to get a backlink from OpenStreetMap
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Open submit page on openstreetmap.org (opens in a new tab)In short
- What you get
- “Map feature with website tag”, as recorded for this site.
- Link type
- Unknown. We have no record of it; check once your listing is live.
- Cost
- Free.
- Time
- About 10 minutes of your own work, plus whatever review the site runs.
- Requirements
- Add your real business location to OpenStreetMap with a website tag. Conditions apply.
- Submission path
- Not yet checked by us. Our note: “Site's own page seen 2026-11-05”.Official page we read (opens in a new tab)
Before you submit
- Open the submit page first and confirm the form still exists: we have not tried this path ourselves.
- Once your listing is live, inspect the link's rel attribute: our record of the link type is unconfirmed.
How to submit to OpenStreetMap
Get your material ready
Add your real business location to OpenStreetMap with a website tag.
Meet the site's conditions
Read OpenStreetMap's stated conditions below and make sure your entry meets them.
Submit on openstreetmap.org
Open the submission page on openstreetmap.org and complete its form — that is the "Open submit page" link at the top of this page.
Open the submit page on openstreetmap.org (opens in a new tab)
Conditions and cautions
OpenStreetMap's stated conditions
Caution: only real, verifiable, on-the-ground businesses may be mapped; online-only products do not qualify and advertising edits are reverted.
Alternatives to OpenStreetMap
Business directories with a similar value score, in the same order as the category page.
- HERE Map Creatormapcreator.here.comValue score 62FreeLink type unknown
- Mappls (MapmyIndia)mappls.comValue score 62FreeLink type unknown
- Opendiopendi.usValue score 62FreeLink type unknown
- Yandex Businessyandex.comValue score 62FreeLink type unknown
- Feedspotfeedspot.comValue score 61Free + paid tierDofollowEst. DA ~75
- Findafinda.co.nzValue score 61Free + paid tierLink type unknownEst. DA ~45