This is our ultimate guide to free SEO backlinks. Just because we love you.
We’re not really an SEO shop, but since content is pointless unless it’s put in front of people who care, we’ve been compiling a list of people, places, things, directories, comments, etc. where we might distribute content.

We’ve decided lately that the more open we are about what we do, the more people like us, so we’re sharing our internal list with the world. What you see below is not the complete list. That’s a work in progress, and will be updated as we have time. Think of it as a work in progress, and feel free to contribute if you see something we’ve missed.

*Note: Some of the link locations on this list are blogs with do-follow comment links enabled. These fine folks are being generous, and you should not abuse their generosity. If you spam them, we will personally hunt you down and make you write “I will not be an asshole on the internet.” 500 times on a billboard in Times Square.

**Note 2: Some of these sources DO have “nofollow” on their links, but are listed as do-follow by SEOMoz’s Open Site Explorer. Others are no-followed, but can still be useful.

***Note 3: DA – Domain Authority, as tracked by SEOMoz, Mod – Moderated (yes or no)


Blogs w/Do-Follow Links in Comments

Name URL DA Focus Mod Notes
HootSuite blog.hootsuite.com 92 Social/Online Marketing ? N/A
Pardot http://www.pardot.com/blog/ 70 Online Marketing ? N/A
SEO.com http://www.seo.com/blog/ 73 SEO ? N/A
kissmetrics http://blog.kissmetrics.com/ 79 Analytics/Marketing ? N/A
eConsultancy http://econsultancy.com/us/blog/ 87 Marketing ? marked nofollowed, reads followed

Content Aggregators and Curation Platforms

Name URL DA Focus Mod Notes
Scoop.it http://scoop.it 89 general/business ? ind. user pages
Feedburner http://feeds.feedburner.com/ 98 RSS Feeds ? by indiv. user
Inbound.org http://inbound.org/ 56 Inbound Marketing ? open submission + voting

User Profiles

Name URL DA Focus Mod Notes
Disqus http://disqus.com/ 96 Commenting Platform ?

Local Referral Links

Name URL DA Notes
Yellow Pages https://adsolutions.yp.com/listings/basic/ 92
YellowBook https://business.yellowbook360.com/site/ 92
SuperPages http://www.supermedia.com/spportal/quickbpflow.do?tsrc=SP&campaignId=SP_header 90
InsiderPages http://www.insiderpages.com/ 85 email to add listings: customerservice@insiderpages.com, or add to CityGrid
InfoUSA/ExpressUpdate http://expressupdateusa.com/ 76 Backend is slow to update – call for corrections (877) 345-1126
Localeze http://webapp.localeze.com/directory/search.aspx 87
Acxiom http://www.mybusinesslistingmanager.com/Manage/Index N/A 800.732.9250
Local.com http://www.localcorporation.com/claim-your-listing/ 83 Slow to update – 1(877)784-0805
Bing Local http://www.bing.com/local/ 99
YellowBot http://www.yellowbot.com/ 81
Kudzu https://register.kudzu.com/login.do 82
Judy’s Book http://www.judysbook.com/Biz 74
Angie’s List http://www.angieslist.com/ 91
Dapeem http://www.dapeem.com/ 37
MojoPages http://mojopages.com/ 37
NY Daily News Directory http://localdirectory.nydailynews.com/ 84 NYC-centric
Citidex https://www.citidexliweb.com/landing.php 39
LocalNdex http://www.localndex.com/claim/ 34 Data from Localeze, but no telling how often updates
Tupalo http://tupalo.com/en/blog/business/business-information/
Zips Local http://www.zipslocal.com/
Yelp https://biz.yelp.com/
HotFrog http://www.hotfrog.com/AddYourBusinessSingle.aspx
SwitchBoard http://www.switchboard.com/
OpenList http://www.openlist.com/
WikiMapia http://wikimapia.org/
Best Of The Web – Local http://local.botw.org/helpcenter/premiumproduct.aspx Free Listing Link at the bottom

 

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