High-Authority Sites
High-authority sites are the household-name platforms nearly every site should have a presence on. Creating a profile, answering a question, or earning a citation on a domain like these builds credibility and sends real referral traffic, even where the link itself is nofollow.
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The world's largest video platform. A channel with links in your descriptions and about page reaches a vast audience from a top-authority domain.
The home of open-source code and developer profiles. Add your site to your profile and project READMEs to reach a huge developer audience and build credibility on a top-authority domain.
A visual discovery engine with enormous reach. Pin your content and link it back to your site to drive long-lived referral traffic.
A membership platform for creators. A creator page builds an audience and adds a link to your work from a high-authority domain.
The largest developer question-and-answer community. A complete profile and helpful answers put your name and site in front of millions of engineers.
The world's encyclopedia. A relevant, well-sourced citation sends real referral traffic and signals authority, even though external links are nofollow.
Adobe's portfolio platform for designers and creatives. Publish your work and profile to reach a large creative audience from a high-authority domain.
One of the original photo-sharing communities. A profile and photostream let you build a presence and a link back to your site.
A developer platform for hosting code and profiles. Add your site to your profile and project pages to reach engineers on a high-authority domain.
A large platform for sharing presentations and documents. Publish a deck with links to reach professionals researching your topic.
A massive question-and-answer community. Write genuinely helpful answers with a relevant link to reach people actively searching your topic.
The largest community for readers and authors. An author or member profile reaches a huge book-loving audience from an Amazon-owned domain.
The globally recognized profile and avatar used across countless sites. Fill out your public profile to add a consistent presence and a link to your site.
The startup and talent network formerly known as AngelList Talent. A company profile reaches founders, operators, and job seekers.
The flagship instance of the open-source, federated social network. Create a profile in the fediverse and link back to your own site.