Blog · Aug 12, 2026
How to get free dofollow backlinks
Practical ways to earn free dofollow backlinks as a startup, including listing your product on Weekly Outbid at $0.
Why free dofollow links still matter
A dofollow backlink tells search engines that another site is willing to pass ranking credit to yours. For a new SaaS, those links are hard to buy honestly and easy to waste money on. Directories that charge hundreds of dollars often give you a nofollow mention buried on page twelve.
You do not need a PR agency to start. You need a public page that Google can crawl, a real product URL, and a site that actually links out with a dofollow attribute. That is the bar.
List your product for free
On Weekly Outbid you can add your startup to the live leaderboard at $0. The listing is public, indexed with the rest of the site, and includes your name, tagline, and a link to your product.
A free listing will not automatically put you at rank #1. Paid bids sit above $0 rows. What you get immediately is a live presence on a site that founders already browse for launches — and a path to upgrade when you want more visibility.
What to do after you list
Use a unique, crawlable URL (your homepage or a dedicated landing page). Write a one-line tagline that matches the keywords you want, not a slogan nobody searches for.
Share the Weekly Outbid board in your launch tweet or changelog. Internal traffic plus an external dofollow mention is how early SEO compounds. If you later bid for #1 or take a sponsor seat, the same URL keeps collecting clicks.