How do I get a dofollow link for free?
Finish your free launch in the top 3 by community votes that week and earn a dofollow link to your site.
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Earn it by votes, not cash
Your free listing ships with a nofollow link to your website. Switch to a paid listing and you get a dofollow link straight away. But there's a third path: rank in the top 3 by the end of your launch week and the link flips to dofollow. You keep it after the week closes too—it doesn't drop off when rankings change.
The top 3 matters because it's the weekly community ranking you see on /leaderboards/community and called Launch of the Week #1, #2 and #3. The places lock in every Monday at 00:00 UTC, based on votes cast before then. If two listings tie, the one that went live first ranks higher.
There's no vote floor to hit. A top 3 finish is all you need, whatever the vote count.
Votes stay real
One vote per person, always. You can't buy votes—paid listings don't move the community ranking. Ask your own audience to look and vote if they want to. Making extra accounts, running bots, swapping votes or paying for them breaks the acceptable use policy; those votes get removed and you risk your listing.
After you reach top 3
We email you when you earn the link, with ways to share the win. Your listing page shows a top 3 badge with the week number. The link stays dofollow unless our spam checks catch the website or staff remove it for breaking the rules—then it reverts to nofollow.
Mid-week, if you're close but not quite top 3, we might email you your place and share links. Switch this off on the notification settings page.
Questions people ask
- Do I need a minimum number of votes to hit top 3?
- No. If your free listing lands in the top 3 of the weekly ranking by Monday 00:00 UTC, you earn the dofollow link, whatever the vote total is.
- Can I buy my way to a dofollow link?
- Votes can't be bought and paid listings don't affect the community ranking. A paid listing gives you a dofollow link directly. For a free listing, only community votes count.
- How long does the dofollow link last?
- Once earned, it stays on your listing. It doesn't expire when the week ends or a new week ranks. It only goes back to nofollow if spam checks flag your site or staff remove it for breaking the rules.