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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 a stable open-source RabbitMQ plugin for your legitimate security/privacy workflow and ask the RabbitMQ team to list it.
Build your tool actions as a Raycast extension and publish through the official GitHub PR workflow.
Request access, then publish your rich research-software page with source, getting-started URL, DOI, contributors, and research mentions.
An eligible active researcher can publish genuine your tool studies, code or datasets and add the official website where appropriate.
Publish a substantial open-source Backstage plugin that integrates your tool privacy/security checks, then request inclusion if the directory does not discover it.
Register a stable, genuinely research-used your tool software, service, or database with accurate maintainer and version metadata.
Publish and maintain a tested Scoop manifest for your actual portable Windows CLI or app.
Build a maintained Silverstripe CMS module for your useful privacy, accessibility or URL-audit workflow, publish it with correct Composer metadata and submit it to the public directory.
Publish an original educational 3D asset connected to your real tutorial, with accurate credits and a contextual project link in the description.
Create your truthful /founder profile or content page and add the website link where allowed.
Submit B2B software listing.
Archive your genuine public source repository and add its resulting SWHID permalink to release and citation metadata.
Build a real founder profile and answer narrowly relevant questions, linking to your resource only when it directly substantiates the answer.
Create your truthful /founder profile or content page and add the website link where allowed.
Add your tool if accepted; create company stack.
Build a functional privacy, accessibility or security add-on, publish it on Packagist and create its Marketplace product page.
Create a genuine founder profile and share a useful build story or tutorial with a relevant link.
Build a Python keyword extension that runs useful your tool URL, domain or metadata checks and displays concise results, then submit its public repository through the official form.
If your tool maker genuinely offers related services, add the project as a detailed portfolio item with role, outcomes, visuals, and permitted project links.
Create your accurate startup profile and complete its product, team, traction and website details.
Build and upload a genuinely useful Vim privacy or secret-checking plugin with your tool documentation and a relevant project link.
Create your truthful /founder profile or content page and add the website link where allowed.
Build a WebThings adapter, notifier, or interface extension for local privacy or device-risk controls, follow the add-on APIs, test on Gateway 2.x, and publish it to the directory.
Create startup profile if hiring/startup positioning.
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.