Free Backlinks That Actually Work

"Free" means time, not easy. Here's what's worth your effort in 2026.

Profile Links Forums Web 2.0 Guest Posts

Time = Money

2-5 min Profile links

10-30 min Forum posts

4-8 hours Guest posts

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Profile Links

12 opportunities • 2-5 min each

The best ROI in link building. Sign up, fill your profile, add your URL. Most are nofollow but they still matter—Google uses them to verify you exist.

Site	DR	Type	Price	Link
upgrade-to-see.com	99 Domain Authority: 99 Very high authority	profile	free	Dofollow
upgrade-to-see.com	97 Domain Authority: 97 Very high authority	profile	free	Dofollow
upgrade-to-see.com	96 Domain Authority: 96 Very high authority	directory	free	Dofollow
upgrade-to-see.com	95 Domain Authority: 95 Very high authority	profile	free	Dofollow
upgrade-to-see.com	94 Domain Authority: 94 Very high authority	profile	free	Dofollow
upgrade-to-see.com	94 Domain Authority: 94 Very high authority	profile	free	Nofollow
wordpress.com	94 Domain Authority: 94 Very high authority	profile	free	Dofollow
upgrade-to-see.com	93 Domain Authority: 93 Very high authority	profile	free	Nofollow
upgrade-to-see.com	93 Domain Authority: 93 Very high authority	profile	free	Dofollow
upgrade-to-see.com	93 Domain Authority: 93 Very high authority	profile	free	Dofollow
upgrade-to-see.com	92 Domain Authority: 92 Very high authority	profile	free	Dofollow
upgrade-to-see.com	92 Domain Authority: 92 Very high authority	profile	Paid	Dofollow

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Forum Participation

3 opportunities • 10-30 min/post

Forums can smell self-promotion a mile away. You need to actually contribute first—answer questions, help people. Then, when you drop a link that genuinely helps, nobody blinks.

Site	DR	Type	Price	Link
reddit.com	95 Domain Authority: 95 Very high authority	forum	free	Nofollow
upgrade-to-see.com	92 Domain Authority: 92 Very high authority	forum	free	Dofollow
ycombinator.com	90 Domain Authority: 90 Very high authority	forum	free	Dofollow

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Web 2.0 Content

30-60 min per post

Medium, Substack, LinkedIn articles, Dev.to. These platforms have massive domain authority and your posts can rank on their own.

Medium

DA 95

Google indexes fast. Quality articles can rank independently.

Substack

DA 86

Build an email list while creating SEO content.

LinkedIn Articles

DA 98

Criminally underrated. Gets indexed and your network sees it.

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Dev.to

DA 60+

For developers. Technical content gets traction.

Guest Posting (Free)

8 opportunities • 4-8 hours each

High effort, high reward. These sites accept unpaid contributions—you just need to pitch well and deliver quality. See full guest posting guide →

Site	DR	Type	Price	Link
upgrade-to-see.com	92 Domain Authority: 92 Very high authority	guest post	free	Dofollow
upgrade-to-see.com	90 Domain Authority: 90 Very high authority	guest post	free	Dofollow
upgrade-to-see.com	88 Domain Authority: 88 Very high authority	guest post	free	Dofollow
upgrade-to-see.com	88 Domain Authority: 88 Very high authority	guest post	free	Dofollow
upgrade-to-see.com	86 Domain Authority: 86 Very high authority	guest post	free	Dofollow
upgrade-to-see.com	86 Domain Authority: 86 Very high authority	guest post	free	Dofollow
upgrade-to-see.com	79 Domain Authority: 79 Very high authority	guest post	free	Dofollow
upgrade-to-see.com	74 Domain Authority: 74 Very high authority	directory	free	Nofollow

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Don't Waste Your Time

Blog commenting

Almost always nofollow, usually spam-filtered.

Article directories

EzineArticles and friends are dead.

Social bookmarking

Digg clones haven't worked since 2012.

Auto-submission tools

"Submit to 500 directories" = tank your SEO.

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