Most backlink lists are one long scroll. This one sorts every source by what it asks of you: claim it tonight, pitch it this month, or earn it over time.
Free profiles you control. No one to convince, done in an evening.
The biggest software review site. A free profile links to you and ranks for comparison searches.
What others miss: Category placement decides which comparison pages you appear on. Pick the narrowest category that fits, not the biggest.
One vendor listing also appears on GetApp and Software Advice.
What others miss: One listing covers three sites, so finishing every field pays off three times.
A profile journalists and investors check before they write about you.
What others miss: Journalists use it to confirm you are real before quoting you. A stale profile quietly costs press mentions.
Its alternatives pages rank for "competitor alternatives" searches.
What others miss: The competitors you choose decide which alternatives pages you appear on. Pick the ones your buyers leave.
People browse it for alternatives to the tools you compete with.
What others miss: This one sends real visitors, not just a link. Write the description for a switcher, not a search engine.
Detailed B2B reviews, strong with mid-market buyers.
What others miss: Its long-form reviews get quoted in buying committees. Fewer, detailed reviews beat many short ones here.
BetaList and similar sites list new products. Easy first links.
What others miss: Value drops fast after the first few. Stop at three and spend the time on lane 2.
Editorial links from real outreach. This is where the authority comes from.
Pages that name your product without linking to it.
What others miss: The writer already chose to mention you, so this is the smallest ask on the map, and almost nobody sends it.
Listicles ranking for "best [category]". AI assistants lean on them too.
What others miss: Roundups updated yearly are the ones worth pitching. Check the date in the title before you write.
Posts listing alternatives to the leaders you compete with.
What others miss: Posts that already include small tools are far likelier to add one more. Skip lists of only big names.
Tools you integrate with often list partners on their own site.
What others miss: Lead with how many of your users use the integration. Partners care about shared customers, not your feature list.
Guest episodes come with show notes that link to you.
What others miss: Small shows say yes far more often and still publish show notes. Start there.
Launches, press and communities. Slower, and they compound.
Each tool you integrate with has an app directory, each listing a relevant link.
What others miss: Building a new integration is itself a link strategy. Each one opens another marketplace listing.
A permanent product page, and good launches get picked up by newsletters.
What others miss: The newsletters that cover launches are the real link source. The page itself is the smaller prize.
Reporters look for expert quotes daily, usually credited with a link.
What others miss: Speed wins. Reporters work to deadlines and stop reading once they have their quote.
A product page plus honest build-in-public posts.
What others miss: Treat this as referral traffic, not SEO. Writers who later cover you often found you here.
Short, specific, no flattery. Your site fills in automatically. Pick a thread, then copy it into your own inbox.
Run one, keep the five most relevant results, and add them to lane 2.
Profiles take an evening. Outreach takes every week after. Seowly finds the roundups, alternatives posts and mentions for your category, writes each pitch, and sends it from your own inbox once you approve.
Get my free opportunity reportClaim the free profiles every SaaS should have first, then earn editorial links by pitching category roundups, alternatives posts and pages that already mention you.
Relevance first. A link from a page your buyers read, about the problem you solve, beats a bigger site that has nothing to do with you.
The direct link value is modest. The profiles matter because they rank for comparison searches and AI assistants often cite them.
AI assistants lean on the same roundups and comparison pages that link to software. Being listed there makes you more likely to be named.
Because the sources ask for different things. Profiles need an evening, outreach needs weekly follow-up, and press builds slowly. Sorting by effort type tells you what to do next.
Yes. The map, emails and searches are free with no signup. Seowly is the paid product that runs the outreach marked with the owl.
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