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A maintained list of 1,432 directories, launch platforms, registries and marketplaces that accept product submissions. 1,134 of them are free or have a free tier, and 192 are quick wins — free, low effort, and worth doing first. Every row shows cost, effort and priority, and links straight to the submission page.
Publish a Canadian-ready, openly licensed privacy or digital-citizenship textbook and use Contribute → Suggest a Textbook.
Launch your real educational podcast, complete its public site, and cite relevant tools and sources in useful show notes.
Publish a polished original guide, research brief, or accessibility zine as a public document, with useful references and your relevant link inside the editorial content.
Create an authentic your tool or founder design portfolio with substantive case studies and contextual links to shipped tools.
Create your complete product case study and add the canonical URL naturally within project text or a linked image.
Create a founder portfolio with original your tool launch notes or product case studies and use an external-link page for the canonical website.
Build your free mobile mini-site with brand story, key collections, demos and contact links.
Claim a builder profile and add your tool as a shipped project using its live public URL.
Use pretalx for your genuine community conference or submit relevant talks to events that use the platform.
Create a public privacy-tool research library with credible standards, papers, and references, including only genuinely relevant your tool documentation.
Behind the list
Every row here starts as a line in a sheet, gets normalised into one of 15 groups, scored for cost, effort and impact, and written up with the steps to actually submit. The floor below represents that pipeline.
Open the sheet viewAn illustration of the AltF Backlinks floor: opportunities sourced at the back, vetted for cost and effort by the engineering pod, written up for outreach by the design pod, then tracked to placement along a line.
One-shot launches where timing and preparation decide the outcome.
Fast-growing listings specifically for AI-powered tools.
Extension, plugin and integration stores. Real review processes, real distribution.
Startup listings, beta lists and founder media.
General tool and software catalogues with real search traffic.
B2B review sites. Slow to approve, strong once live.
Package, image and docs hosting that carries real authority.
Showcases judged on craft. A good screenshot matters more than copy.
Write once, link back. Editorial standards vary widely.
Get quoted or distribute a release. Slower, higher ceiling.
Company and local listings. Unglamorous, consistently indexed.
Owned pages you control: company, founder, knowledge-panel entities.
Answer real questions. Never drop a bare link.
Brand surface and referral traffic more than link equity.
Everything that does not fit the buckets above.