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.
If your organisation or product meets notability rules, create an item with official website and sourced statements.
Create a free UK business listing with your category, contact details and website.
Pitch your tool founder/product story.
Create a public privacy-tool research library with credible standards, papers, and references, including only genuinely relevant your tool documentation.
Build an Automation 360 bot or package for your document, privacy, or evidence workflow and submit dependencies plus a working demonstration.
Build a real Heroku add-on or qualifying open-source buildpack and progress it through the partner release stages.
Package your deployable self-hosted architecture for IBM Cloud, complete Partner Center onboarding, and request public catalog approval.
Package a supported OCI-hosted or deployable your tool edition, or a genuine Oracle integration, and create a documented publisher listing.
Submit novel privacy-technology research plus a reproducibility artifact that links to its public implementation.
Package your supported self-hosted edition or integration for RHEL or OpenShift and complete Red Hat Partner Validation for a catalog page.
Develop your real SAP-integrated solution, onboard it through SAP Solution Hub, and provide website, technical, support, and commercial information.
Develop a production-grade WooCommerce extension for privacy-safe exports or media cleanup and submit it through an approved vendor account.
Pursue only if your tool launches a real cloud-connected IoT privacy product; certify it and publish a truthful product profile.
Submit product for review/listing.
Pitch/write article about privacy-first browser tools.
Test one legitimate product-news release, then use paid tiers only if referral or discovery value is measurable.
Apply with a genuine technical portfolio and propose an original mobile privacy tutorial aligned with Kodeco's listed subject areas.
Publish founder/productivity article linking your tool.
Create a founder/privacy-tool expert profile, add your tool website and pitch only genuinely relevant podcast interviews.
Build a focused public portfolio for your real designer/team and publish one detailed product, privacy, or accessibility design case study with the project link.
Pitch an original Python privacy, document-safety, or local-processing tutorial based on real your tool engineering lessons.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Add SaaS/product profile.
Publish an original, media-rich tutorial or founder case study with useful screenshots and your contextual reference, using a complete real profile.
Publish your original guide or annual privacy report and add useful contextual website links through the Hotspot Editor.
Create a durable project journal containing original founder and engineering posts, using contextual your tool links and real authorship rather than copied site content.
Build your branded newsroom, publish media-ready stories, and send targeted pitches to opted-in contacts.
Publish useful browser extension linking your tool.
Package your commercetools Connector and request certification and public Marketplace listing.
After publishing a mature security policy and VDP, contact the Secretariat to apply as a signatory to all four principles.
Apply as an eligible Member or Partner and contribute resources or expertise to real cyber-capacity-building working groups.
Build a Homey app only if your tool adds a genuine IoT privacy or local-device workflow; package, test, validate, and submit it for certification.
Start privately, mature the process, then publish your program indexed in Intigriti's public directory.
Publish a Max package for media metadata inspection, audio privacy, or accessibility analysis.
Create a founder blog that shares compact product lessons and full tutorials linking to your relevant page when useful.
Build a working Miro app for board accessibility, privacy, or export auditing; establish real users and demand before applying through the partner route.
Host your maintained open-source component with complete README, homepage/source metadata, releases and optional pages.sr.ht docs.
Build and document a real Adalo component library for your workflow and apply for marketplace publication.
Offer your tool as a documented SaaS or BYOL deployment for Alibaba Cloud customers with clear privacy controls and support.
Build your useful iOS or macOS app and submit complete support, privacy, accessibility and marketing metadata through App Store Connect.
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.