Directories
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Where to Submit an AI Startup: 27 Directories That Actually Fit
AI tool directories are a different audience than a general launch board — someone browsing one is already hunting for a tool like yours. We checked the rel attribute on all 27 we track.
11 min readThe Best SaaS Directories for Backlinks (Verified, Not Estimated)
Most 'best SaaS directories' roundups quote a domain-rating estimate and call it a link audit. We read the rel attribute off a real listing page on each of these 18 instead.
11 min readWhere Designers Actually Launch: Design Tool and Portfolio Directories
Most design galleries aren't directories in the Product Hunt sense — they're curated collections that pick you. We checked all nine of ours: what's actually open for submission, what's judged, and what blocks verification outright.
11 min readDeveloper Tool Directories Worth Submitting To
There are not thirty good directories for a developer tool. There are eight, one invite-only, and a README that does more work than any of them.
11 min readStartup Directories With a Real Dofollow Link and No Badge Required
The badge is now the usual price of a free dofollow directory link. Here are 28 confirmed dofollow directories that don't charge it — no badge, no reciprocal link, just a listing.
11 min read7 Directory Submission Mistakes That Cost Founders Their Backlink
Submitting to a directory is simple. Doing it in a way that doesn't waste the afternoon, or quietly lose the link you thought you'd earned, is not.
11 min readProduct Hunt vs BetaList vs Indie Hackers: Picking the Right One
Three names every 'where should I launch' thread mentions, and they are not interchangeable. What each one actually is, who reads it, and which to lead with.
11 min readSoftware Review Platforms for Startups: G2, Capterra and 13 Others, Explained
A launch board gets you a day of traffic. A review platform gets you found six months later by someone comparing options with a credit card in hand. Both jobs are worth doing — they are not the same job.
11 min readThe Free Launch Queue Is Closing: What Changed in 2026
Across the launch directory market, free slots have quietly become scarce. Some platforms shut the free path entirely; most of the rest now gate it behind a badge or a multi-week queue.
8 min readWe Checked 104 Startup Directories. Fourteen of Them Are Gone.
Four have quietly rebranded into something else, seven answer nothing at all, one is parked for sale. Every one of them is still being recommended on 'where to launch' lists published this year.
5 min readWhich Startup Directories Actually Give Dofollow Links (We Checked 104)
Most 'best directories' lists assert dofollow with no evidence. We read the rel attribute on every directory we could reach: 34 confirmed dofollow, 2 confirmed nofollow, 25 that block the check.
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