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SEO Spots Finder
40 places to earn visibility for a new site. Start with the easy free ones, save the hard communities until you have something worth showing.
| Spot | Type | Difficulty | Link | Cost | How to get in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Hunt | launch-platform | medium | nofollow | free | Schedule a launch; hunt yourself. Traffic spike + lasting profile page. Prepare assets and a first-comment story. |
| Hacker News (Show HN) | community | hard | nofollow | free | Post as 'Show HN: …'. Ruthless audience, huge upside. Plain language, no marketing speak, be present in comments. |
| Indie Hackers | community | easy | nofollow | free | Create a product page and post milestones. Friendly to early projects and revenue transparency. |
| r/SideProject | community | easy | nofollow | free | Show your project with a screenshot and honest write-up. Read the rules; pure self-promo without story gets removed. |
| r/webdev | community | medium | nofollow | free | Showcase Saturday thread for launches. Technical write-ups land better than product pitches. |
| r/InternetIsBeautiful | community | hard | nofollow | free | Free, genuinely interesting tools only — no signups walls. One of the biggest traffic spikes on reddit if it lands. |
| BetaList | launch-platform | easy | varies | freemium | Submit pre-launch startups; free queue takes weeks, paid skips. Good early-adopter signups. |
| Uneed | launch-platform | easy | dofollow | freemium | Daily launch platform, PH alternative with calmer pace. Free tier queue, paid for launch-day pick. |
| MicroLaunch | launch-platform | easy | varies | freemium | Month-long launch format; good for slow-burn feedback rather than one-day spikes. |
| Peerlist Launchpad | launch-platform | easy | dofollow | free | Weekly launches inside a professional network. Profile + project pages carry dofollow links. |
| DevHunt | launch-platform | easy | dofollow | free | Dev-tools-only launch platform, open source. Best fit if your audience is developers. |
| AlternativeTo | directory | easy | nofollow | free | Add your app as an alternative to a big incumbent. Evergreen comparison traffic. |
| SaaSHub | directory | easy | varies | freemium | Submit your SaaS; alternatives pages rank well. Verified listing unlocks more. |
| G2 | directory | medium | nofollow | freemium | Claim a profile, gather reviews. Review count compounds into category rankings buyers actually read. |
| Capterra | directory | medium | nofollow | freemium | B2B software directory (Gartner). Free listing; PPC optional. Strong for business-buyer niches. |
| DEV Community | content-platform | easy | varies | free | Write build-logs and tutorials linking your project. Canonical URL support — republish your own blog safely. |
| Hashnode | content-platform | easy | dofollow | free | Dev blogging on your own subdomain. Backlinks + an audience without building distribution from zero. |
| HackerNoon | content-platform | medium | varies | free | Editorial review on submissions; tech stories with substance. Good domain authority. |
| Medium publications | content-platform | medium | nofollow | free | Pitch established pubs in your niche. Distribution beats your empty blog while it grows. |
| StackShare | directory | easy | nofollow | free | List your tool, describe the stack it fits. Developers compare stacks here before choosing. |
| LibHunt | aggregator | easy | varies | free | Open-source and SaaS alternatives aggregator; pulls from GitHub — keep your repo README sharp. |
| Toolify | directory | easy | varies | freemium | Large AI-tools directory. If your product touches AI, the category pages rank hard. |
| Futurepedia | directory | easy | varies | freemium | AI tool directory with big organic footprint. Submit with a tight one-liner and category fit. |
| There's An AI For That | directory | medium | varies | paid | Highest-traffic AI directory; paid submissions. Worth it only once conversion is proven. |
| Indie Page | directory | easy | dofollow | freemium | Personal maker page linking your products. Cheap dofollow + social proof. |
| Startup Stash | directory | easy | varies | paid | Startup resources directory; paid listing. Decent authority, evaluate against budget. |
| BetaPage | launch-platform | easy | varies | freemium | Startup discovery; simple submission. Modest but easy win early on. |
| Lobsters | community | hard | nofollow | free | Invite-only HN alternative. Technical write-ups only; get an invite from an active member. |
| Designer News | community | medium | nofollow | free | Design-focused community — fits UI kits, tools, portfolio-adjacent products. |
| X / build-in-public | community | medium | nofollow | free | Ship logs, screenshots, metrics under #buildinpublic. Compounds into distribution you own-ish. |
| community | easy | nofollow | free | B2B products: founder posts outperform company pages. Case studies and numbers travel. | |
| Niche Discord servers | community | medium | none | free | Find the 3 servers where your users hang out. Help first, share in #showcase channels only. |
| Awesome lists (GitHub) | aggregator | medium | varies | free | PR your tool into relevant awesome-* lists. Real referral traffic from developers for years. |
| OpenAlternative | directory | easy | dofollow | free | Open-source alternatives directory — strong fit if your project is OSS. |
| Ben's Bites / niche newsletters | aggregator | medium | varies | free | Pitch niche newsletters a genuinely useful angle. One inclusion beats 20 directory listings. |
| WIP | community | easy | varies | paid | Maker community with streaks. Small, high-signal, good accountability + early users. |
| Fazier | launch-platform | easy | dofollow | freemium | Newer launch platform; daily/weekly awards, dofollow launch pages. |
| TinyLaunch | launch-platform | easy | varies | free | Low-stakes launch listing; quick to submit, modest reach — fine for a first backlink. |
| Local business directories (per city) | directory | easy | varies | free | For local/contractor sites: Google Business Profile first, then Bing Places, Yelp, and your region's big directories with identical NAP. |
| Crunchbase | directory | easy | nofollow | freemium | Company profile — shows in brand-name searches and feeds countless aggregators. |