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.
Run a genuine privacy, online-tools or accessibility community and reference your tool only where it supports the group or event.
Claim or add the real business page, enter the official website, and publish only accurate service and location details.
Build a legitimate Ring-device privacy/security integration, register, test, certify and publish it.
Curate a public online-privacy topic page and add expert notes to a diverse mix of industry sources and your tool guides.
Upload a useful original presentation on privacy, accessibility, or tool workflows with your natural reference.
Claim business profile for your tool.
Create vendor profile and collect authentic reviews.
Publish your design article on Medium, then submit it to the publication following their submission instructions.
Publish an original, useful privacy or digital-safety guide and mention your resource only when it directly supports the guidance.
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.
Create a public privacy-tool research library with credible standards, papers, and references, including only genuinely relevant your tool documentation.
Test one legitimate product-news release, then use paid tiers only if referral or discovery value is measurable.
Publish founder/productivity article linking your tool.
Publish your original guide or annual privacy report and add useful contextual website links through the Hotspot Editor.
Publish backlink tracker/content calendar template.
Upload your Android app through their developer console.
Set up a creator account and add your website and socials.
Share a Babylon.js demo or game in the demos and projects category with a link to try it.
Publish UI/brand case study for your tool.
Create public repo for embed SDK/example package.
Create founder/brand profile linking your tool.
Published authors can claim a profile and add a bio and website.
Create business citation profile.
Create your profile and add genuinely useful homepage, privacy-tool and accessibility-tool links.
Host privacy-friendly OSS helper repo linking your tool.
Create a profile and add your website or blog link in your details.
Register and fill your profile; you can also write technical blog entries.
Solve a kata to join, then add your site and social links to your profile.
Share tools or extensions that work with Cursor in the showcase area.
Claim/add business profile if eligible.
Submit your podcast feed through the Deezer podcasters portal.
Publish original your tool UI/illustration work, then add the official website in the profile bio.
Set up a Disqus profile with your website so it shows next to your comments.
Publish open-source helper image only if useful.
Create a journal, fill in your profile and publish posts that link to your work where relevant.
Submit JavaScript articles, libraries or tools.
Announce your Elixir library or project in the libraries category.
Make a public profile and add your website and GitHub.
Create an account and add your website to your profile; share build updates in relevant channels.
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.