A new domain starts with no authority. Search engines don't know whether to trust it, so even great pages struggle to rank. A few relevant links from real sites are the fastest way to fix that.
Directories and launch boards
Quality launch boards are relevant to software, get crawled often, and give you a page that describes your product. That's a solid first link. Submit to a curated set rather than every directory you can find — mass submissions to low-quality sites can do more harm than good.
Dofollow, nofollow, and badges
On SaaS Hunt, every approved listing gets a profile. The outbound Visit link to your site is dofollow once it's unlocked: verify our Featured-on badge on your homepage, choose a paid plan, or have our team add it during review. We do it this way so links go to real, live products.
- Place the badge in your site header's server-rendered HTML (the footer works too).
- Don't add rel="nofollow" to the badge link — the checker will flag it.
- Keep the badge up; we may re-check periodically.
What not to do
- Buy link packages promising a specific Domain Rating overnight.
- Use automated tools to post your link in comments.
- Swap links with unrelated sites.
Track referral traffic, not just rankings. A link that sends real visitors is worth ten that don't.