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.
Submit your focused one-page landing page.
Apply as a freelancer and set up your profile and service offers.
Add your personal site by opening a pull request on the project's GitHub repo.
Contribute your own photos or videos and link your site on your profile.
If your game is built with Phaser, submit it for their games and news coverage so it can appear on the site and in their newsletter.
Create expert profile and answer media queries.
Upload original images, vectors or videos and add a website link to your profile.
Share original printable models and link your website in your profile.
Ask to become a writer and submit Android or Kotlin articles through Medium.
Sell well-tested prompts and link your site from your seller profile.
Create a blog by uploading Markdown files over SSH and link to your projects from your posts.
Submit your tool (or its blog/feed where required) under productivity, privacy or developer tools.
Editors, designers and marketers can apply for a professional profile.
Create a channel, upload videos and put your website in the channel description.
Send funding, launch or milestone news if you are a European startup.
Publish an ebook and fill in your author profile, including your website.
Request a vendor listing for your business software and supply feature details.
Claim your vendor profile and invite verified users to review your software.
Apply to write for the publication and submit programming tutorials or developer stories through Medium.
Israeli startups can claim or request a profile and add product details and website.
Submit startup profile.
Submit startup if active.
Pitch if your tool has strong startup angle.
Submit startup for feedback/listing.
Help people with computer problems and add a website link to your profile.
Take part in hardware threads and add your site to your profile.
Answer Windows 10 questions and list your site on your profile.
Submit a finished creative project with images and credits.
Service businesses can create a profile, which is shared with Clutch, and collect verified reviews.
Apply as a creator, upload icon sets and link your website in your profile.
Publish your own 3D models and add your site to your maker profile.
Help with consumer tech questions and list your website on your profile.
Contribute to hardware threads and keep your site on your profile.
Claim or add a listing only if you run a hotel, restaurant, attraction or tour.
Answer shell and Linux questions and put your site on your profile.
Join as a contributor, upload quality photos and add your website and socials.
Publish a /uses page on your site listing your tools, then add it via a pull request.
Request to become a writer for the publication, then submit your UX or UI design articles through Medium.
Publish a useful case study or launch story in Russian on your company blog section.
Creative and design agencies can create a profile and add portfolio items.
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.