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.
Build and upload your useful IntelliJ-platform plugin with vendor, license, source, support and compatibility links.
Publish your real webinar, demo or workshop with a contextual canonical link in its event details.
Build your working connector with useful triggers or actions and submit it for the Pabbly Connect integration catalog.
Build and test your API integration, then request publication in Albato's public app library.
Propose a truthful lifetime, annual, credit-based, or freebie campaign with clear limits and customer support terms.
Submit a truthful MSME membership request with your tool entity, business, contact and website details.
Apply using your India-registered company/startup and provide the required entity and revenue documents.
Build a tested Workato connector for legitimate your tool triggers and actions, add clear support and usage documentation, publish it to the community library, and provide simple successful community recipes.
Claim a free account, complete a credible founder guest profile, and pursue relevant podcast, newsletter, or blog interviews.
Email your genuinely newsworthy podcast or audio-tool launch story with concise facts, human artwork, and release timing.
Apply through the official Linux Foundation enrollment if your tool will genuinely implement or contribute to C2PA standards.
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.
Ship your real iOS or macOS app and add the product, support and privacy URLs in App Store Connect.
Publish your genuine Android app and use the website, support and privacy-policy fields for official links.
Enroll your eligible entity as a small-organization Associate Corporate member and opt into the directory.
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.
Join as an eligible small business and opt in to publication of your tool organization name and profile.
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.
Offer a standalone, vendor-neutral security tool or documentation project with open governance and a committed leader, then submit the official new-project request.
Create the product in PitchGround's vendor dashboard and prepare a tested redemption, onboarding, documentation, and support flow.
Create a genuine founder expert profile with your tool website, topics, bio, and real media appearances so relevant hosts can invite you.
Build your working automation Actor, publish it to the Store and include contextual project/documentation links.
Package your legitimate desktop app as an official AppImage, then file the requested issue or pull request for inclusion.
If your property genuinely uses Astro, use the Submit site action to propose it for the public showcase.
Create your public package repository for genuine releases and complete its namespace, description, licence and source/homepage metadata.
Publish a genuine iOS or macOS your tool SDK and set homepage/source URLs in its podspec.
After releasing a genuinely Django-relevant open-source component, sign in and add its GitHub or GitLab repository and accurate project links.
Publish your genuine versioned Nix flake under the correct GitHub owner and maintain its README and project links.
Submit your real maintained open-source release with accurate categories and project metadata.
Release a useful Haxe SDK or privacy utility and set haxelib.json's URL to your relevant documentation page.
Publish a genuine browser or desktop your tool utility with screenshots, documentation and an official-site link.
Build your functional Joomla integration and submit a complete listing with an approved download route.
Create your project team, connect verified project accounts, and describe the official website and repository contextually.
Release your reusable -related security or privacy module from a correctly named public GitHub repository.
Search for your tool; submit an accurate profile update or request research coverage with authoritative company data and website.
List your legitimate documented API in the relevant developer category using the normal or Pro review queue.
Build your tool actions as a Raycast extension and publish through the official GitHub PR workflow.
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.