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 polished Unity editor utility or SDK for your relevant service and submit it with demos, documentation and support details.
Register as a developer and upload your app or ask the team to list it.
Build your Vercel integration, distribute its page, gain adoption, then apply for Marketplace visibility.
Publish a well-organized privacy-toolkit collection containing authoritative resources plus selected your tool utilities.
Develop a neutral, sourced learning project about privacy, accessibility, or online-scam literacy and cite your tool only in relevant exercises.
Build your accounting/privacy integration, validate it with customers, certify and publish it in the Xero App Store.
Create tutorials for top your tool tools with links.
Publish your genuine open dataset, benchmark, software release, poster, or reproducible research artifact and connect its related identifier to your tool.
Build a minimal-scope Zoom app that sends selected meeting content to your explicit privacy or redaction workflow and links its support, privacy, and documentation pages.
Build and upload a real conda package with homepage, documentation, source and license metadata.
Verify the organization, claim any legitimate your tool location, and add logo, hours, images, website, and key details.
Submit your genuine podcast RSS feed in Podcasts Connect and include the official show website in valid metadata.
Curate a thoughtful public channel on local-first privacy, scam safety, or accessible-tool design, adding your tool only among diverse high-quality resources with original annotations.
Submit fresh module/your tool beta angle, not stale generic site.
Build a Crisp plugin for deliberate conversation privacy checks or sanitized exports and submit your clear marketplace profile.
Build a functional Stream Deck plugin that launches configured your tool checks and displays useful audit states or results, then publish it through Elgato's Maker Console.
If you run a blog, submit it so it can appear in Feedspot's topic lists of top blogs.
Create seller profile and list product if eligible.
Build and upload your useful IntelliJ-platform plugin with vendor, license, source, support and compatibility links.
Publish original your tool privacy, safety, or accessibility micro-animations as a coherent creator collection, with a contextual project link where the profile permits it.
Publish your real webinar, demo or workshop with a contextual canonical link in its event details.
Develop a legitimate Matomo plugin for consent-aware privacy auditing, complete plugin metadata and documentation, tag a release, and enable Marketplace updates.
Create a monday app that runs selected board exports through your privacy, accessibility, or reporting workflow and provides documented results.
Build an admin plugin that scans selected product content or exports for PII, accessibility, and fraud-risk signals.
Publish your focused open demo or developer utility and link its canonical your tool page from the app and project description.
Publish a synthetic benchmark for screenshot redaction, document masking, or visual privacy detection.
Apply with an original class outline and teaching sample for privacy-safe design, accessibility, or a practical productivity workflow, then build the class project and lessons if approved.
Publish your original research, privacy or accessibility deck with useful citations and contextual links.
Publish your privacy-checking notebook, synthetic benchmark, AI model, app, or defensive MCP server.
Apply using your India-registered company/startup and provide the required entity and revenue documents.
Create a reusable UiPath automation that invokes your documented workflow such as a local file privacy check and publish it under a verified profile.
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.
Ship your real iOS or macOS app and add the product, support and privacy URLs in App Store Connect.
Publish a documented synthetic privacy, redaction, accessibility, or scam-detection benchmark dataset.
Build a Freshdesk or Freshservice app that deliberately sends selected ticket text to your PII or scam check and returns a transparent report.
Publish your genuine Android app and use the website, support and privacy-policy fields for official links.
Publish an Inkscape extension for SVG metadata cleanup, privacy inspection, or accessible-export checks.
Build a Mendix connector or module that invokes your tool on user-selected records or files and displays structured reports.
After becoming a genuine member, submit your tool as a completed web project with a plain factual description in MetaFilter Projects only.
Build an OBS privacy guard that detects exposed secrets or sensitive screen regions before streaming.
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.