A maintained list of 1,854 legitimate backlink sites: directories, profile creation sites, guest posting sites, launch platforms, registries and marketplaces. 1,532 are free or have a free tier, 44 usually give a dofollow link, and 772 have an estimated DA of 70 or more. Every row shows authority, link type, cost and effort, and links straight to the submit page.
Apply as an eligible Indian software or ITeS exporter with company, GST, IEC/DGFT and RCMC evidence as requested.
Propose a concrete funded or in-kind your tool anti-scam, privacy or cyber-safety collaboration through Become a Partner.
Join as the founder, create one your tool project page, and share genuine shipped improvements with links only when useful.
Choose an appropriate corporate, partner or vendor tier and apply with your tool genuine identity-security work.
Use the organization signup path and participate in relevant identity, privacy or assurance working groups.
Apply for fiscal hosting only for your legitimate open-source project or community with active development, public impact, and preferably two project administrators.
Join as a small organization if your tool genuinely implements or contributes to OpenID, OAuth or related identity standards.
After publishing a mature security policy and VDP, contact the Secretariat to apply as a signatory to all four principles.
Email the directory team to request your profile for its genuine accessibility tools.
If your tool ships an OpenID Provider or Relying Party, pass the suite, publish evidence, sign the declaration and submit the implementation.
Build a portfolio site on a trial or paid plan and link it to your main site.
Create a SmugMug site for your photo work and link back to your main site.
Set up a photo portfolio and add your website in the About section.
Four steps that work for a new site, a SaaS or a side project. No paid link packages, nothing that risks a penalty.
Before submitting anywhere, have a one-line description, a 150-word description, a square logo and two or three screenshots ready. Every form asks for some mix of these.
Start with the free, quick rows: profile creation sites and free directories. They are one form each and build the entity signals search engines use to understand who you are.
Then pick a handful of high DA and dofollow sites that fit your niche, and write proper guest posts or launch posts for them. Ten relevant links beat a hundred random ones.
Note where you submitted and when. Recheck after a month, update stale descriptions, and never pay for bulk link packages: they put the whole site at risk.
Behind the list
Every row here starts as a line in a sheet, gets normalised into one of 16 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.
Publications that accept contributed articles. Slow and editorial, but the links are earned.
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.