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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.
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| # | Impact (sorted) | Site — sort by this | Est. DA — sort by this | Link | Domain | Type | Cost | Effort — sort by this | Priority | Status | What to prepare | Rules / caveat | Checked | Actions |
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| 1 | 98 | Flipsnack | 75 | Sometimes dofollow | flipsnack.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Moderate | Do first | Verified live | Upload or design a useful your tool privacy report and add contextual external links before public sharing. | Use original reader-focused material; avoid duplicated sales decks and stay within free-plan limits. | 2026-08-04 | Open Flipsnack submit page (new tab)Flipsnack details |
| 2 | 98 | Leanpub | 80 | Sometimes dofollow | leanpub.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Moderate | Do first | Verified live | Write and publish a substantial original handbook on local-first privacy, web safety, or accessible-tool engineering, including reproducible examples and relevant your tool references. | Use only original or properly licensed text, code, and images; provide a real book rather than a thin SEO ebook. Leanpub is self-publishing and may enforce terms after publication rather than pre-reviewing quality. | 2026-08-03 | Open Leanpub submit page (new tab)Leanpub details |
| 3 | 98 | OER Commons Open Author | 75 | Link type unknown | oercommons.org | Publishing platforms | Free | Moderate | Do first | Verified live | Create a sequenced, classroom-ready module on practical browser privacy or accessible web testing, with learner activities, instructor notes, and a relevant your tool resource link. | Choose clear conditions of use and certify rights to every image, video, attachment, and passage. It must be educational content, not a product landing page or thin promotion. | 2026-08-03 | Open OER Commons Open Author submit page (new tab)OER Commons Open Author details |
| 4 | 97 | Dark Reading | 90 | Nofollow | darkreading.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Quick | Do first | Verified live | Submit a sharp founder-authored opinion based on real privacy or security evidence discovered while building your tool. | Exclusive 700–800-word commentary, maximum 1,000 words; it must not be AI-written, promotional, or simultaneously submitted elsewhere. | https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/how-to-submit-a-column-to-dark-reading | Open Dark Reading submit page (new tab)Dark Reading details |
| 5 | 95 | Buttondown | 70 | Sometimes dofollow | buttondown.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Do first | Verified live | Launch a human-reviewed Privacy & Accessibility Field Notes newsletter with original experiments, implementation lessons, and contextually relevant links to your tool resources. | Build an authentic opt-in audience, publish original issues on a consistent cadence, and do not import scraped or unconsented addresses. Hosted archives are public; advanced analytics, automations, and other add-ons cost extra. | 2026-08-03 | Open Buttondown submit page (new tab)Buttondown details |
| 6 | 95 | Help Net Security | 85 | Sometimes dofollow | helpnetsecurity.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Involved | Do first | Verified live | Send a concise exclusive angle on a new your tool security feature, dataset, vulnerability study, or expert commentary. | Send pitches to the listed editorial address; relevance is essential and the team cannot reply to or publish every pitch. | https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/contact/ | Open Help Net Security submit page (new tab)Help Net Security details |
| 7 | 95 | Security Boulevard | 70 | Sometimes dofollow | securityboulevard.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Involved | Do first | Verified live | Pitch a vendor-neutral security article using original your tool tests, threat-model findings, or privacy research. | Content must be original, transparent about authorship, and vendor-neutral; promotional posts belong in paid programs. | https://securityboulevard.com/write-for-security-boulevard/ | Open Security Boulevard submit page (new tab)Security Boulevard details |
| 8 | 95 | The A11Y Project | 70 | Dofollow | a11yproject.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Involved | Do first | Verified live | Pitch a short, beginner-friendly, human-authored accessibility post through an issue, or submit one established free your tool accessibility resource under the correct Resources category. | Maintainers assess quality, host accessibility, mission, and author standing. No press releases, overlays, Medium links, affiliate/referral schemes, UTM tracking, SEO/backlink deals, plagiarism, or product promotion; contributions use the project's APLv2 license. | 2026-08-03 | Open The A11Y Project submit page (new tab)The A11Y Project details |
| 9 | 86 | Speaker Deck | 85 | Nofollow | speakerdeck.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Quick | High | Verified live | Upload an original conference-quality PDF deck explaining privacy-safe tooling or accessibility testing, with a useful description, correct category, references, and an honest profile link. | Upload a real educational presentation, not a sales brochure. Free decks are public and downloadable; private or password-protected sharing requires Pro, and all content must be owned or licensed. | 2026-08-03 | Open Speaker Deck submit page (new tab)Speaker Deck details |
| 10 | 84 | 90 | Nofollow | flipboard.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Moderate | High | Not submitted | Create a public digital-privacy magazine, curate reputable third-party resources, and occasionally add strong your tool guides with commentary. | Keep the magazine topical and balanced; Flipboard stresses authentic curation, and outbound links may be treated as UGC. | 2026-08-03 | Open Flipboard submit page (new tab)Flipboard details | |
| 11 | 84 | freeCodeCamp News | 90 | Sometimes dofollow | freecodecamp.org | Publishing platforms | Free | Moderate | High | Verified live | Create a comprehensive tutorial around a reusable privacy, file-processing, accessibility, or security technique, with your tool only as a natural example. | Follow the current contributor and Hashnode workflow; content must teach, be original, and avoid promotional intent. | https://contribute.freecodecamp.org/faq/ | Open freeCodeCamp News submit page (new tab)freeCodeCamp News details |
| 12 | 84 | Mendeley Data | 90 | Nofollow | mendeley.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Moderate | High | Verified live | Publish an original, human-verified privacy or accessibility benchmark with complete methodology, provenance, schema, license, and a relevant project citation. | Intended for research data, not promotion. Do not upload personal/confidential data or AI-generated datasets; published versions receive a DOI and generally require a new version or support request for later changes/removal. | 2026-08-03 | Open Mendeley Data submit page (new tab)Mendeley Data details |
| 13 | 84 | Raindrop.io Public Pages | 70 | Nofollow | raindrop.io | Publishing platforms | Free | Moderate | High | Verified live | Publish a carefully annotated collection of trustworthy privacy, accessibility, and safety resources, including only your tool pages that genuinely fit each section. | Email verification is required and each collection must be explicitly made public; official help says public pages may be indexed. Avoid self-only or mass-imported link collections, add independent sources and honest notes, and disclose AltFTool ownership. Pages are self-published UGC with no ranking or followed-link guarantee. | 2026-08-03 | Open Raindrop.io Public Pages submit page (new tab)Raindrop.io Public Pages details |
| 14 | 84 | Start.me | 80 | Nofollow | start.me | Publishing platforms | Free | Moderate | High | Not submitted | Build a valuable public start page of privacy and productivity resources, then submit it to Community Pages after adding your tool selectively. | Community submission is reviewed, new accounts have a waiting period, and the page must be public and useful rather than self-promotional. | 2026-08-03 | Open Start.me submit page (new tab)Start.me details |
| 15 | 84 | Wakelet | 80 | Nofollow | wakelet.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Moderate | High | Not submitted | Publish a well-organized privacy-toolkit collection containing authoritative resources plus selected your tool utilities. | Starter limits collections and items; avoid a collection made only of self-links and expect UGC or redirect handling. | 2026-08-03 | Open Wakelet submit page (new tab)Wakelet details |
| 16 | 83 | Pressbooks Self-Publisher | 75 | Link type unknown | pressbooks.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Quick | High | Verified live | Create an accessible, openly licensed handbook or course text with structured chapters, exercises, citations, and relevant links, then make the webbook public for directory discovery. | One book per self-publisher subscription; ongoing editing requires a paid plan. Use an open license for durable open hosting/discoverability after cancellation and ensure the book is substantive, accessible, and rights-cleared. | 2026-08-03 | Open Pressbooks Self-Publisher submit page (new tab)Pressbooks Self-Publisher details |
| 17 | 82 | Kit | 75 | Nofollow | kit.com | Publishing platforms | Not stated | Quick | High | Verified live | Create a public Tool Trust Notes newsletter site with original privacy, accessibility, founder, and engineering field reports, using your tool links only where they directly support each issue. | The free plan enables one Kit-managed recommendation slot and Kit keeps earnings from that slot; paid upgrades remove limitations. Use only consented subscribers, disclose commercial relationships, and avoid recycled SEO or promotional-only issues. | 2026-08-03 | Open Kit submit page (new tab)Kit details |
| 18 | 81 | A List Apart | 80 | Sometimes dofollow | alistapart.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Involved | High | Verified live | Pitch an original standards, accessibility, privacy, or responsible-web essay based on first-hand product engineering experience. | Original 600–2,500-word editorial work only; sales pitches, press releases, and disguised promotion are rejected. | https://alistapart.com/about/contribute/ | Open A List Apart submit page (new tab)A List Apart details |
| 19 | 81 | Are.na | 70 | Nofollow | are.na | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Moderate | High | Verified live | 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. | Build a real research collection, not a channel containing only AltFTool links. Credit sources, use rights-cleared uploads, and disclose ownership when annotating AltFTool. Channels/blocks are user-created UGC; moderation, public visibility, crawlability, and rel/follow behavior can change without guarantee. | 2026-08-03 | Open Are.na submit page (new tab)Are.na details |
| 20 | 81 | C# Corner | 75 | Nofollow | c-sharpcorner.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Involved | High | Verified live | Register a real founder or engineer profile and publish an original code-backed tutorial on privacy-safe browser tooling, mentioning your tool only where it is part of the implementation. | Original content and source code are expected; editors review submissions, published content may not be removable, and spam or copyright violations are prohibited. | Official C# Corner submission guidelines and terms checked 2026-08-07 | Open C# Corner submit page (new tab)C# Corner details |
| 21 | 81 | CodeProject | 85 | Nofollow | codeproject.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Involved | High | Not submitted | Submit a substantial implementation article with code samples for a local privacy or document-processing technique used in your tool. | Articles are quality-reviewed and should include real code and explanation; marketing copy and unnecessary product links will be rejected. | 2026-08-03 | Open CodeProject submit page (new tab)CodeProject details |
| 22 | 81 | DEV Community | 90 | Nofollow | dev.to | Publishing platforms | Free | Involved | High | Not submitted | Publish #showdev article about client-side privacy tools. | Write useful technical article; avoid thin promotion. | 2026-07-30 | Open DEV Community submit page (new tab)DEV Community details |
| 23 | 81 | Qiita | 85 | Nofollow | qiita.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Involved | High | Verified live | Write an original Japanese developer tutorial or benchmark that uses your tool and cite the relevant tool or source only where it helps readers. | Follow Qiita community guidelines, disclose affiliations and avoid duplicate, translated-only or promotional content; links are UGC. | 2026-08-03 | Open Qiita submit page (new tab)Qiita details |
| 24 | 81 | Slides | 75 | Nofollow | slides.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Moderate | High | Verified live | Publish an original your tool research, privacy or accessibility deck with useful citations and contextual links. | Free accounts create public decks; publish substantive presentations, not single-slide advertisements. | 2026-08-04 | Open Slides submit page (new tab)Slides details |
| 25 | 81 | Smashing Magazine | 90 | Sometimes dofollow | smashingmagazine.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Involved | High | Verified live | Pitch a practical privacy-by-design, accessibility, frontend-security, or local-first tooling article backed by real your tool lessons. | No press releases, product walkthroughs, listicles, or content marketing; AltFTool may be cited only when editorially useful. | https://www.smashingmagazine.com/write-for-us/ | Open Smashing Magazine submit page (new tab)Smashing Magazine details |
| 26 | 81 | Stack Overflow Blog | 90 | Sometimes dofollow | stackoverflow.blog | Publishing platforms | Free | Involved | High | Verified live | Pitch a rigorous developer-facing article about secure file handling, browser privacy, accessibility testing, or tool architecture. | Strict technical quality and editorial review apply; avoid product marketing and disclose conflicts or affiliations. | https://stackoverflow.blog/2020/01/27/blog-contributor-guidelines/ | Open Stack Overflow Blog submit page (new tab)Stack Overflow Blog details |
| 27 | 78 | 100 | Nofollow | linkedin.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Involved | High | Not submitted | Create company page and publish case-study posts. | Use real company details; publish useful posts. | 2026-07-30 | Open LinkedIn submit page (new tab)LinkedIn details | |
| 28 | 78 | Mind the Product | 70 | Sometimes dofollow | mindtheproduct.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Involved | High | Verified live | Submit a founder-written your tool product or privacy case study with concrete decisions, evidence, failures, and lessons for product practitioners. | Product practitioners only; no advertising, SEO outreach, or republished content, and editorial scope and exclusivity rules apply. | Official Mind the Product contributor and content guidance checked 2026-08-07 | Open Mind the Product submit page (new tab)Mind the Product details |
| 29 | 78 | Zenn | 80 | Nofollow | zenn.dev | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Involved | High | Verified live | Create an your tool publication or original Japanese engineering article with reproducible examples and contextual links to source or documentation. | Publish substantive technical content, disclose the brand relationship and avoid link-first promotion or duplicate posts. | 2026-08-03 | Open Zenn submit page (new tab)Zenn details |
| 30 | 77 | DevOps.com | 75 | Sometimes dofollow | devops.com | Publishing platforms | Not stated | Involved | High | Not submitted | Submit a 600–1,000 word practitioner article on secure CI/CD, dependency privacy, or local-first developer tooling based on real engineering experience. | The article must be original, exclusive to Techstrong Media, practitioner-focused, vendor-neutral, vendor-agnostic, and entirely non-promotional, including its links. | 2026-08-03 | Open DevOps.com submit page (new tab)DevOps.com details |
| 31 | 77 | LWN.net | 85 | Sometimes dofollow | lwn.net | Publishing platforms | Not stated | Involved | High | Not submitted | Pitch a timely, deeply researched Linux or open-source security story with primary sources and explain the author's direct expertise before drafting. | Contact the editors with a detailed pitch first. LWN requires factual, authoritative, concise, sourced, human-written work and explicitly does not publish text from large language models. | 2026-08-03 | Open LWN.net submit page (new tab)LWN.net details |
| 32 | 77 | Tripwire State of Security | 75 | Sometimes dofollow | tripwire.com | Publishing platforms | Not stated | Involved | High | Not submitted | Apply with a named security practitioner, writing sample, biography, and a concrete proposal based on defensible privacy or scam-protection research. | The publication seeks security expertise and reviews prospective contributors; send real credentials and a useful topic, not a company-written backlink article. | 2026-08-03 | Open Tripwire State of Security submit page (new tab)Tripwire State of Security details |
| 33 | 66 | Analytics Vidhya | 75 | Sometimes dofollow | analyticsvidhya.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Moderate | Medium | Needs checking | Join the writer community and publish data science or ML articles, which go through a light editorial review. | Plagiarised or AI-spun articles are rejected and links must be relevant to the topic. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Analytics Vidhya submit page (new tab)Analytics Vidhya details |
| 34 | 66 | Padlet | 85 | Nofollow | padlet.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Moderate | Medium | Not submitted | Create a public searchable board that teaches a privacy workflow and links to supporting standards, guides, and relevant your tool utilities. | Public visibility must be enabled because boards default to restricted sharing; free limits apply and self-link-only boards add little value. | 2026-08-03 | Open Padlet submit page (new tab)Padlet details |
| 35 | 66 | Particle Community Libraries | 70 | Link type unknown | particle.io | Publishing platforms | Free | Moderate | Medium | Verified live | Build and test a Particle Device OS privacy, local-processing, or credential-safety library with examples, license, README, and repository URL, then publish it via the CLI. | Library name must be unique; public versions are immutable, relevant hardware builds must pass, examples and license are required, and Verified status needs extra review. | Official Particle library contribution and CLI docs checked 2026-08-05 | Open Particle Community Libraries submit page (new tab)Particle Community Libraries details |
| 36 | 66 | Pearltrees | 80 | Nofollow | pearltrees.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Moderate | Medium | Not submitted | Create a structured collection about privacy-preserving web utilities and mix selected your tool pages with respected references. | Curate a balanced collection with descriptions; premium privacy features and link treatment may differ by plan. | 2026-08-03 | Open Pearltrees submit page (new tab)Pearltrees details |
| 37 | 66 | Planet PostgreSQL | 85 | Sometimes dofollow | postgresql.org | Publishing platforms | Free | Moderate | Medium | Needs checking | If you blog about PostgreSQL, register your feed so your Postgres posts are syndicated on the planet. | Only PostgreSQL-related posts are allowed and feeds that push commercial spam are removed. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Planet PostgreSQL submit page (new tab)Planet PostgreSQL details |
| 38 | 66 | Scribd | 95 | Nofollow | scribd.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Moderate | Medium | Verified live | Upload an original research-backed your tool guide and reference relevant tools naturally in the document. | Title and description are required; respect uploader rules and publish owned, substantive material only. | 2026-08-04 | Open Scribd submit page (new tab)Scribd details |
| 39 | 66 | SSRN | 90 | Link type unknown | ssrn.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Moderate | Medium | Live, conditional | Create a truthful author account and submit a substantive your tool privacy, security or accessibility working paper with legitimate citations. | Scholarly work only; accurate authors and affiliations, English title/abstract, PDF, copyright permission and applicable ethics/privacy rules are required. | 2026-08-04 | Open SSRN submit page (new tab)SSRN details |
| 40 | 66 | Symbaloo | 80 | Nofollow | symbaloo.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Moderate | Medium | Not submitted | Publish a public Webmix of trustworthy privacy resources with clearly labeled your tool tiles among independent sources. | Set the Webmix public, organize it for users, and avoid keyword-stuffed or AltFTool-only link grids. | 2026-08-03 | Open Symbaloo submit page (new tab)Symbaloo details |
| 41 | 65 | Diigo | 85 | Nofollow | diigo.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Quick | Medium | Verified live | Create a useful public learning list with annotations about privacy, accessibility, and scam prevention, placing relevant your tool resources beside independent references. | Each item can be private or public; use the public setting only for a genuinely curated collection. Do not bulk-bookmark AltFTool pages, manipulate titles, or create duplicate profiles. Add disclosure and context. Public bookmarks are UGC and search/index/follow outcomes are not guaranteed. | 2026-08-03 | Open Diigo submit page (new tab)Diigo details |
| 42 | 65 | Issuu | 90 | Sometimes dofollow | issuu.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Quick | Medium | Needs checking | Upload a guide, report or catalog as a public publication and add your website to the profile and description. | You must own the rights to what you upload; links inside documents may be limited on free plans. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Issuu submit page (new tab)Issuu details |
| 43 | 63 | CNCF TAG Security Blog | 80 | Sometimes dofollow | cncf.io | Publishing platforms | Free | Involved | Medium | Verified live | Propose a vendor-neutral, reproducible cloud-native security tutorial or case study, then write it in Markdown and submit the draft by pull request after community discussion. | Topic must serve the cloud-native security community, be accurate, inclusive, non-duplicative, and normally 500–1,200 words. A TAG Security co-chair, tech lead, or project lead must sponsor it before approval; no product pitch. | 2026-08-03 | Open CNCF TAG Security Blog submit page (new tab)CNCF TAG Security Blog details |
| 44 | 63 | Codementor | 80 | Nofollow | codementor.io | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Medium | Verified live | If the maker qualifies as a mentor, build a credible technical profile and publish a useful privacy or browser-safety tutorial. | Mentor approval and real expertise are required; use tutorials to teach rather than manufacture a backlink. | Official Codementor profile and tutorial guidance checked 2026-08-07 | Open Codementor submit page (new tab)Codementor details |
| 45 | 63 | FlipHTML5 | 75 | Sometimes dofollow | fliphtml5.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Medium | Verified live | Publish an original your tool privacy or accessibility guide and add contextual clickable links within the document. | Original substantial documents only; free plan limits apply and duplicate thin PDFs should be avoided. | 2026-08-04 | Open FlipHTML5 submit page (new tab)FlipHTML5 details |
| 46 | 63 | Hashnode | 85 | Sometimes dofollow | hashnode.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Involved | Medium | Not submitted | Post technical/product story with canonical link. | Use original article; don't duplicate everywhere. | 2026-07-30 | Open Hashnode submit page (new tab)Hashnode details |
| 47 | 63 | ReadMe | 80 | Sometimes dofollow | readme.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Medium | Needs checking | Host your API or product documentation on ReadMe and link back to your main site and app. | Free plans have feature limits; docs must be for a real product. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open ReadMe submit page (new tab)ReadMe details |
| 48 | 63 | Scoop.it | 85 | Nofollow | scoop.it | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Medium | Not submitted | Curate a public online-privacy topic page and add expert notes to a diverse mix of industry sources and your tool guides. | Add meaningful insight to every scoop and verify current free-tier limits; repetitive self-promotion can be moderated. | 2026-08-03 | Open Scoop.it submit page (new tab)Scoop.it details |
| 49 | 63 | SlideServe | 70 | Nofollow | slideserve.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Medium | Live, conditional | Upload a useful original presentation on privacy, accessibility, or tool workflows with a natural your tool reference. | Only publish content you own; use a complete educational deck, accurate metadata, and no keyword stuffing. | 2026-08-05 | Open SlideServe submit page (new tab)SlideServe details |
| 50 | 63 | Vocal | 75 | Nofollow | vocal.media | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Medium | Verified live | Publish an original, useful privacy or digital-safety guide and mention an your tool resource only when it directly supports the guidance. | Publishing currently requires a connected verified Stripe account; stories are moderated, English-only, minimum-length and cannot be thin ads or forced-link content. | 2026-08-03 | Open Vocal submit page (new tab)Vocal details |
| 51 | 60 | HackerNoon | 90 | Sometimes dofollow | hackernoon.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Involved | Medium | Not submitted | Pitch/write article about privacy-first browser tools. | Editorial quality required; not instant. | 2026-07-30 | Open HackerNoon submit page (new tab)HackerNoon details |
| 52 | 60 | Kodeco | 70 | Sometimes dofollow | kodeco.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Involved | Medium | Verified live | Apply with a genuine technical portfolio and propose an original mobile privacy tutorial aligned with Kodeco's listed subject areas. | Niche expertise and editorial commitment are required; any AltFTool reference must remain incidental to the teaching. | Official Kodeco contributor opportunities checked 2026-08-07 | Open Kodeco submit page (new tab)Kodeco details |
| 53 | 60 | Medium | 95 | Nofollow | medium.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Involved | Medium | Not submitted | Publish founder/productivity article linking your tool. | Canonical/duplicate strategy needed. | 2026-07-30 | Open Medium submit page (new tab)Medium details |
| 54 | 60 | Portfoliobox | 70 | Link type unknown | portfoliobox.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Involved | Medium | Verified live | Build a focused public portfolio for the real your tool designer/team and publish one detailed product, privacy, or accessibility design case study with the project link. | This is self-published hosting, not independent editorial endorsement. Use original, rights-cleared work and a real creator identity; avoid replicated doorway pages. The free subdomain/page can change with plan or account status, and no third-party authority, indexing, or followed-link benefit is promised. | 2026-08-03 | Open Portfoliobox submit page (new tab)Portfoliobox details |
| 55 | 60 | Teletype | 75 | Link type unknown | teletype.in | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Involved | Medium | Verified live | Publish an original, media-rich tutorial or founder case study with useful screenshots and a contextual your tool reference, using a complete real profile. | Publish only owned/licensed content and disclose AltFTool affiliation and any monetization. Do not mass-repost the same articles or use the profile as a link shell. Content is user-controlled/self-published, can be moderated, and has no editorial, indexing, or followed-link guarantee. | 2026-08-03 | Open Teletype submit page (new tab)Teletype details |
| 56 | 60 | Yumpu | 85 | Nofollow | yumpu.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Involved | Medium | Live, conditional | Publish an original your tool guide or annual privacy report and add useful contextual website links through the Hotspot Editor. | Use substantial original content, not a thin promotional PDF; keep links editorially relevant. | 2026-08-05 | Open Yumpu submit page (new tab)Yumpu details |
| 57 | 56 | Changelog Media | 70 | Sometimes dofollow | changelog.com | Publishing platforms | Paid | Moderate | Medium | Verified live | Run a clearly disclosed campaign for your tool’s developer and security tools across relevant Changelog podcasts or newsletters. | Free news submissions explicitly reject commercial products and services, so use sponsorship; treat links as ads, not PageRank. | https://changelog.com/news/submit | Open Changelog Media submit page (new tab)Changelog Media details |
| 58 | 56 | Contently | 70 | Nofollow | contently.com | Publishing platforms | Paid | Moderate | Medium | Verified live | Use a real writer or designer identity, add authored your tool work as a properly credited clip or case study, and include the personal website link in the profile. | For authentic individual freelancers, not brand shells; approval needs portfolio depth, and public portfolio pages are intentionally noindex. | Official Contently portfolio visibility and setup guidance checked 2026-08-07 | Open Contently submit page (new tab)Contently details |
| 59 | 48 | Dreamwidth | 70 | Nofollow | dreamwidth.org | Publishing platforms | Free | Quick | Later | Needs checking | Create a journal, fill in your profile and publish posts that link to your work where relevant. | Commercial spam is against the rules and accounts that only post links are suspended. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Dreamwidth submit page (new tab)Dreamwidth details |
| 60 | 48 | Tumblr | 95 | Nofollow | tumblr.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Quick | Later | Not submitted | Create visual/tool tip microblog with canonical links. | Only useful with regular posts. | 2026-07-30 | Open Tumblr submit page (new tab)Tumblr details |
| 61 | 46 | Blogger | 95 | Sometimes dofollow | blogger.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Moderate | Later | Not submitted | Create official your tool update/tutorial blog if needed. | Avoid duplicate content; canonical strategy needed. | 2026-07-30 | Open Blogger submit page (new tab)Blogger details |
| 62 | 46 | Finextra Community | 75 | Sometimes dofollow | finextra.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Moderate | Later | Needs checking | Register as a member and publish blog posts on fintech, payments or banking technology. | Blogs are moderated and must offer insight; press releases posted as blogs are removed. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Finextra Community submit page (new tab)Finextra Community details |
| 63 | 46 | Game Developer Blogs | 85 | Sometimes dofollow | gamedeveloper.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Moderate | Later | Needs checking | Create an account and publish a member blog on game development, tools or postmortems. | Blogs are reviewed and must be about game development; promotional posts may not be featured. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Game Developer Blogs submit page (new tab)Game Developer Blogs details |
| 64 | 46 | GitLab Pages | 80 | Dofollow | gitlab.io | Publishing platforms | Free | Moderate | Later | Needs checking | Deploy a static docs or project site from a GitLab repository and link to your main site. | Sites must follow GitLab's usage terms; spam or phishing pages are removed. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open GitLab Pages submit page (new tab)GitLab Pages details |
| 65 | 46 | Mirror | 70 | Link type unknown | mirror.xyz | Publishing platforms | Free | Moderate | Later | Needs checking | Publish an article with a wallet login and link back to your site in context. | The audience is mostly crypto-focused; off-topic posts get little reach. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Mirror submit page (new tab)Mirror details |
| 66 | 46 | Phaser | 70 | Link type unknown | phaser.io | Publishing platforms | Free | Moderate | Later | Needs checking | 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. | Only for games and tools made with Phaser; editorial choice what gets featured. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Phaser submit page (new tab)Phaser details |
| 67 | 45 | beehiiv | 80 | Nofollow | beehiiv.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Quick | Later | Not submitted | Create tool-of-the-week newsletter linking your tool. | Only valuable if consistently published. | 2026-07-30 | Open beehiiv submit page (new tab)beehiiv details |
| 68 | 45 | Craft | 70 | Sometimes dofollow | craft.do | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Quick | Later | Needs checking | Write a useful guide in Craft and share it as a public web page with links to your site. | Shared pages are public to anyone with the link; spam use breaks the terms. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Craft submit page (new tab)Craft details |
| 69 | 45 | Gamma | 70 | Sometimes dofollow | gamma.app | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Quick | Later | Needs checking | Create a deck or one-page doc and publish it to the web with links to your site. | Published pages are public; abuse or spam leads to removal. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Gamma submit page (new tab)Gamma details |
| 70 | 45 | Joomag | 70 | Sometimes dofollow | joomag.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Quick | Later | Needs checking | Publish a digital magazine, report or brochure and link to your site from the listing. | You must own the content; free plans have limited features. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Joomag submit page (new tab)Joomag details |
| 71 | 45 | Piktochart | 75 | Sometimes dofollow | piktochart.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Quick | Later | Needs checking | Design an infographic with your own data and publish a public link that points back to your site. | Free projects have download and branding limits. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Piktochart submit page (new tab)Piktochart details |
| 72 | 45 | Pitch | 75 | Sometimes dofollow | pitch.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Quick | Later | Needs checking | Create a presentation about your product or research and share it publicly with a link to your site. | Only public presentations can be seen by others; spam use breaks the terms. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Pitch submit page (new tab)Pitch details |
| 73 | 45 | Prezi | 90 | Nofollow | prezi.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Quick | Later | Needs checking | Publish a public Prezi about your topic or product and add your website in the description. | Free presentations are public by default; misleading or spam content is removed. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Prezi submit page (new tab)Prezi details |
| 74 | 45 | SITE123 | 80 | Dofollow | site123.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Quick | Later | Needs checking | Build a small free site on a SITE123 subdomain with useful content and a link to your main site. | Free sites carry builder branding; empty or link-only sites can be suspended. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open SITE123 submit page (new tab)SITE123 details |
| 75 | 45 | Substack | 95 | Nofollow | substack.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Quick | Later | Not submitted | Create your tool updates newsletter with homepage link. | Useful if maintained; not one-off spam. | 2026-07-30 | Open Substack submit page (new tab)Substack details |
| 76 | 45 | Tilda | 80 | Dofollow | tilda.cc | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Quick | Later | Needs checking | Build a free one-page site on a Tilda subdomain with real content and a link to your main site. | The free plan limits pages; spam or doorway sites are blocked. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Tilda submit page (new tab)Tilda details |
| 77 | 45 | Visme | 75 | Sometimes dofollow | visme.co | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Quick | Later | Needs checking | Create an infographic or presentation and publish it to the web with a link to your site. | Free projects carry branding and have limited features. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Visme submit page (new tab)Visme details |
| 78 | 45 | Webnode | 80 | Dofollow | webnode.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Quick | Later | Needs checking | Create a free Webnode site with real content, such as a project page, and link to your main site. | Spam or doorway pages violate the terms and get removed. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Webnode submit page (new tab)Webnode details |
| 79 | 45 | WordPress.com | 95 | Sometimes dofollow | wordpress.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Quick | Later | Not submitted | Create official tutorials/mirror with links. | Avoid thin duplicate posts. | 2026-07-30 | Open WordPress.com submit page (new tab)WordPress.com details |
| 80 | 45 | Yola | 75 | Dofollow | yola.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Quick | Later | Needs checking | Set up a free Yola site and publish a few useful pages that link back to your site. | Thin or spammy sites are taken down; free sites show Yola branding. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Yola submit page (new tab)Yola details |
| 81 | 43 | Acast | 80 | Sometimes dofollow | acast.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Later | Needs checking | Host a podcast on the free tier and link to your site from the show page and episode notes. | Content must follow the platform's policies. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Acast submit page (new tab)Acast details |
| 82 | 43 | Cloudflare Pages | 70 | Dofollow | pages.dev | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Later | Needs checking | Deploy a static docs, demo or changelog site to a pages.dev subdomain and link it to your product. | Abusive or deceptive sites are taken down under Cloudflare's terms. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Cloudflare Pages submit page (new tab)Cloudflare Pages details |
| 83 | 43 | Datawrapper | 75 | Sometimes dofollow | datawrapper.de | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Later | Needs checking | Publish a chart from your own data and add your site as the source link. | Charts should present real data; abuse of the free tier is not allowed. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Datawrapper submit page (new tab)Datawrapper details |
| 84 | 43 | Draft2Digital | 70 | Nofollow | draft2digital.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Involved | Later | Needs checking | Publish a useful ebook through Draft2Digital to major stores and include your website in the book and author page. | Books must meet content and formatting standards; store pages usually do not pass links. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Draft2Digital submit page (new tab)Draft2Digital details |
| 85 | 43 | Flourish | 70 | Sometimes dofollow | flourish.studio | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Later | Needs checking | Publish an interactive chart or story from your own data and credit your site in the source note. | Free projects are public; you must have the rights to the data you publish. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Flourish submit page (new tab)Flourish details |
| 86 | 43 | Ghost | 90 | Sometimes dofollow | ghost.org | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Later | Live, conditional | Run a genuine your tool privacy/security publication and add contextual links in original posts and About pages. | Requires sustained original publishing; self-hosted pages are on your own domain, not a third-party backlink. | 2026-08-03 | Open Ghost submit page (new tab)Ghost details |
| 87 | 43 | GrowthHackers | 70 | Nofollow | growthhackers.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Involved | Later | Needs checking | Share growth/SEO/tool story with useful details. | Needs marketing insight, not promo. | 2026-07-30 | Open GrowthHackers submit page (new tab)GrowthHackers details |
| 88 | 43 | Infogram | 80 | Sometimes dofollow | infogram.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Later | Needs checking | Create a chart or infographic from your data and share it publicly with a source link to your site. | Free projects are public and carry branding. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Infogram submit page (new tab)Infogram details |
| 89 | 43 | InfoQ | 85 | Sometimes dofollow | infoq.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Involved | Later | Not submitted | Pitch only major developer/security story. | High authority but low acceptance. | 2026-07-30 | Open InfoQ submit page (new tab)InfoQ details |
| 90 | 43 | Kobo Writing Life | 80 | Nofollow | kobo.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Involved | Later | Needs checking | Publish an ebook through Kobo's self-publishing service and mention your website in the book. | Books must follow the content policy; store listings rarely pass link value. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Kobo Writing Life submit page (new tab)Kobo Writing Life details |
| 91 | 43 | kottke.org | 80 | Link type unknown | kottke.org | Publishing platforms | Free | Involved | Later | Needs checking | Send a short note about a genuinely delightful web project; the editor links to things that catch his interest. | Personal editorial selection; no guarantee of a reply or a link. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open kottke.org submit page (new tab)kottke.org details |
| 92 | 43 | Lulu | 80 | Nofollow | lulu.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Involved | Later | Needs checking | Publish a print or ebook guide on Lulu and add your website to the book description and author profile. | Low-quality or public-domain repackaging is not allowed. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Lulu submit page (new tab)Lulu details |
| 93 | 43 | MailerLite | 80 | Sometimes dofollow | mailerlite.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Later | Needs checking | Use the free plan to publish a public newsletter archive or landing page that links to your site. | Accounts go through an approval check and must follow anti-spam rules. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open MailerLite submit page (new tab)MailerLite details |
| 94 | 43 | Neocities | 75 | Dofollow | neocities.org | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Later | Needs checking | Create a free static site you code yourself, add genuine content, and link to your projects. | The community frowns on SEO-only pages, and spam sites are deleted. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Neocities submit page (new tab)Neocities details |
| 95 | 43 | Render | 70 | Dofollow | render.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Later | Needs checking | Deploy a free static docs or demo site from a Git repository and link it to your project. | Static sites must follow the acceptable use policy. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open Render submit page (new tab)Render details |
| 96 | 43 | ScienceOpen Preprints | 75 | Link type unknown | scienceopen.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Later | Verified live | Upload an unpublished evaluation study or research poster about an your tool privacy or accessibility method with supporting code and data. | Requires ORCID, integrity screening, complete authorship, one scholarly PDF, and CC BY licensing; records are permanent. | 2026-08-05 — https://www.scienceopen.com/collection/5916e67c-0edf-472a-ad8e-6e205a4e080d | Open ScienceOpen Preprints submit page (new tab)ScienceOpen Preprints details |
| 97 | 43 | SoundCloud | 95 | Nofollow | soundcloud.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Later | Live, conditional | Create a genuine audio profile, add the website link and publish useful demo or education tracks. | Account must contain owned audio; external destinations and descriptions are moderated. | 2026-08-03 | Open SoundCloud submit page (new tab)SoundCloud details |
| 98 | 43 | Spotify for Creators | 95 | Nofollow | spotify.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Later | Live, conditional | Publish an original tool/privacy show and place contextual your tool links in HTTPS show notes. | Requires real original episodes; copied, low-content or impersonating shows are prohibited. | 2026-08-03 | Open Spotify for Creators submit page (new tab)Spotify for Creators details |
| 99 | 43 | SwaggerHub | 80 | Sometimes dofollow | swagger.io | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Later | Needs checking | Publish your OpenAPI definition publicly on SwaggerHub with a link to your product docs. | Free accounts have limits; definitions should be for real APIs. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open SwaggerHub submit page (new tab)SwaggerHub details |
| 100 | 43 | wikiHow | 90 | Nofollow | wikihow.com | Publishing platforms | Free | Involved | Later | Needs checking | Write or improve a how-to article where you have real expertise, and cite sources properly. | External links are tightly controlled and nofollow; treat it as visibility, not link equity. | Added 2026-11-01 | Open wikiHow submit page (new tab)wikiHow details |
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.