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.
Create a vendor account and submit your tool under the closest B2B software categories with an accurate feature summary.
Submit the production web app, then verify domain ownership to manage its official listing, assets, and analytics.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Submit one polished your tool web utility that is directly useful to front-end developers, programmers, or designers, with a precise one-line explanation and working URL.
Register your tool as a B2B product, choose relevant categories, and complete the vendor profile in English.
List product under software categories.
Prepare a focused open-source defensive tool with English documentation, reproducible demos, and a technical presenter, then submit to the next relevant Arsenal Call for Tools.
Submit your tool as a polished tool website with its strongest public page and a concise explanation of the design system.
Submit one mature privacy tool, disclose ownership, publish its exact threat model and limitations, and engage transparently with the community review.
Create seller profile and list product if eligible.
Create software vendor listing.
Submit B2B software listing.
Release your genuinely free-software desktop or self-hosted component with free documentation and transparent downloads, then submit a custom directory entry.
If your tool ships a macOS CLI or desktop helper, create a maintained tap with a real release, version, checksum, and official homepage metadata.
Submit only your substantive free-software component that runs primarily on free systems and needs authentic Savannah project hosting and collaboration.
List software in relevant category.
Create software listing/vendor profile.
Create vendor account and submit software.
Create company/software listing.
Submit your tool if B2B/productivity categories fit.
Submit your tool as productivity/software platform.
Create vendor profile and collect authentic reviews.
Submit product for review/listing.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Create your truthful /founder profile or content page and add the website link where allowed.
Create your truthful /founder profile or content page and add the website link where allowed.
Create company profile if your tool/Anslation has service angle.
Create company listing and product profile.
Pitch your tool for software review/listing.
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.