60 curated directories to kickstart your SEO
Improve your Domain Rank in less than 2 hours of work
Publish your product into the best directories and get enough backlinks to make SEO a serious channel
Yourstory
DirectoriesYou might know Youstory from the VC backed startups which already made it. You might not know that they also cover smaller bootstrapped startups like …
Slack App Directory
App storesIf you can think of way to package your app (or a mini tool around your app) as a slack plugin - then you can create a Slack app. To get a do-follow backlink of 25…
Producthunt
CommunitiesThe backlink of Producthunt is do-follow and is strong. Still many startups wait a long time until they launch on Producthunt, thinking they can only list once. This is not true, because Producthunt allows…
Libhunt
DirectoriesLibhunt is a directory I haven' seen on any "places to list your startup" list. In order to publish onto libhunt you need to offer…
Preview: 4 of total 60 backlink opportunities
What will you get?
A Notion guide which leads you through the submission process.
Based on backlink data of 200 startups
- 60 backlink opportunities —
- effective and legitimate. No dark tricks
- Organized into categories —
- don't lose time with irrelevant sites
- With examples —
- see how others registered their product
- With link strength —
- see how much impact this backlink has
Backlink guide preview
| Link strength | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | Link strength: 25 If there's any way to package your product, or a mini-product around your service, as a Slack app then you can create a Slack app and publish it on the app store - and get an additional 25 strength backlink as byproduct Example URL: http://slack.com/apps/A04… Submit URL: https://api.slack.com/app… | App stores |
| 24 | Link strength: 24 You might know Youstory from the VC backed startups which already made it. You might not know that they also cover smaller bootstrapped startups like Famewall. Granted, you need to have a good story and some luck so they cover you, but it's worth a shot and the backlink is stronger than the one of Producthunt! Example URL: https://yourstory.com/com… Submit URL: https://form.jotform.com/… | Miscellaneous |
| 22 | Link strength: 22 Everyone knows producthunt and that the backlink from it is great. What not everyone knows: You can launch multiple times. So you can launch in "easy mode" very early in your product lifecycle to get the 22 AS backlink. You can relaunch without problems every 6 months. If you do it more often then you need to state what major feature justified the new launch. Example URL: https://www.producthunt.c… Submit URL: https://www.producthunt.c… | Communities |
| 15 | Link strength: 15 Libhunt is a "compare solutions" directory. If your source code is open source and hosted on github you can list here Example URL: https://www.libhunt.com/c… Submit URL: https://www.libhunt.com/r… | Directories |
| 60+ other directories, app stores, communities, newsletter/blog tools. All with link strength of 10+. |
Grow your Domain Authority
When you have a fresh domain, it will have a Domain Authority (DA) of 0.
It means you don't rank on Google.
Rule of thumb: Above 20, you'll start seeing traction.
Check your DA on ahrefs here.
The goal of this directory is: to get you to DA 20.
In fact, I'm so confident that this directory will get you to DA 20:
I'll offer a money back guarantee.: If you don't reach 20 DA
After you submitted to all directories applicable to your startup.
But there are hundreds of free directory lists, right?
Absolutely. But Free doesn't mean useful:
- Not relevant —
- I checked a few lists against Semrushs backlink data. 75% had no SEO impact
- Too long, unsorted —
- You invest hours of energy for little results
- Lack of info —
- unless you start the registration process, you have no idea if your product fits the site
- Copy paste —
- they all contain the same sites
- High SEO impact —
- Includes only sites with strong backlinks (checked with Semrush, Ahrefs and MOZ)
- Organized by strength —
- Register to highest impact sites first
- Description and examples —
- check if your product fits the site before starting the registration process
- Secret sites —
- you never heard of. But all totally legit, non-shady
Hear what Solopreneurs are saying about this list
Sold to over 600 startups - these are some testimonials. Unprompted
“Me and others recommend this product a ton”
“Thanks in part to this resource, we've reached a DR of 37 and we're continuing to grow each month. It's made a big difference for us!”
“At first I was surprised. It's not a magic tool but "just" a list of links. Not even many. Took me a while to understand the huge value this provides. You submit your website to the about 60 links Philipp provides. Not hundreds or thousands. Saved me a lot of time. This boosted the domain ranking of Maildroppa in about 2 weeks to 46 ahrefs domain authority. now that I know - I would pay up to 800 usd for this so hurry while the price is so low.”
“MAN! This list is incredible. I found so many new sites that are relevant. Phenomenal work, really!”
“Just used SEO Kickstarter to list Indie Leads to 10+ places. Great work @philkellr”
“I'm a happy early customer of his backlink tool backl.io. Philipp has a lot of knowledge in this topic, and everyone who starts with SEO comes across backlinks and how powerful they can be.”
“We just got our first #1 spot on Google - company blog really has got momentum since using your guide (and the first few organic sign ups via the content); thanks again!”
“If you're serious about the project, investing in backlinks is a great way to kickstart the ranking. You can either purchase a listing in a popular directory, or buy a listing of sites to submit yours, like backl.io”
“Anyone who has submitted their website to directories or elsewhere to get a backlink knows what an absolute waste of time it is to find those good places”
“This has inspired me to start learning & taking SEO seriously. 🙌”
“More than a list of strong directories with their link strength, Philipp also shares many more tips about SEO and backlink strategies”
“I ABSOLUTELY LOVED your guide: how it is organized, instructions, short comments, and direct links to forms. It really saved me a couple of days I would spend on research.”
“This helped my website to go from unknown to dominating my niche, because I registered it in many directories suggested by Philipp. Will grow other websites the same way.”
“Just bought @philkellr's backlink directory and honestly the separation between categories and the research done is 💯. So many websites I've never even considered. ”
“Hey man just to tell you that about few hours ago from this message, my site crashed for a good reason - traffic! Thanks again for writing! Will further implement this to all my products 💪🏻”
“So the tips in there are absolute GOLD! Thank you very much for the effort you have made! Very well researched!”
“I was a bit skeptical since I already had a bunch of backlinks, but the additional ones made a big difference. I'm going to be doing this again for a few more projects, so this more than paid for itself.”
“Whenever someone is pushy about offering backlink services, I'll refer them to @philkellr's product as a solution why I don't need their service”
“I didn't even know some of these existed! I would have lost a lot of time in other directories that probably would mean nothing to my domain. Thanks for the curation, Philipp! Great resource for a great price 🤘”
“Amazing tool with solid value, curating backlinks is tedious work, so thanks for saving me the time.”
“what a steal for a goldmine of seo goodness!!”
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