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Backlink Submitter

200+ curated directories + AI-personalized descriptions + real backlink discovery — the BUILD module.

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  • What it is
  • Why it matters
  • How to use
  • Workflow story
  • Why Outerank
  • Tour of the screen
  • What costs credits
  • Pro tips
  • Glossary
  • Common questions
  • How we compare
  • Related modules

What it is

The BUILD side of the Backlinks workflow. Three tabs across one purpose: earn more backlinks. (1) Directories: 200+ curated directories with AI-personalized descriptions per directory + submission status tracking. (2) Discover: pulls your real backlink profile from our 2T+ link index — domain rank, referring domains, top dofollow links — and surfaces an AI link-prospect finder that suggests 15-20 niche-specific sites likely to link to you. (3) DA-ranked: the same directories sorted by real Domain Authority. The WATCH side (anchor risk · disavow · auto-monitor schedule · health table · spam-neighborhood scanner · recover-via-Outreach handoff) lives in Backlink Monitor — an anchor-risk pill in the hero deep-links you there.

Why it matters

Backlinks are still the #2 ranking factor (after content). Directories are not glamorous, but Tier-1 ones (Crunchbase, G2, Capterra) genuinely move rankings AND drive referral traffic. The Discover tab shows who already links to you (essential for any link-building strategy) and finds new prospects in your niche. Once you've built, the Backlink Monitor module takes over for watching + auditing what you have.

How to use it (step-by-step)

Follow these in order. Each step is 30 seconds to 2 minutes.

1

Paso 1

Open the Discover tab to see who already links to you (tiered: 15/50 · 25/100 · 40/250 · 80/500 · 120/1k)

See your full profile: domain rank (0–1000, ≈ DA), total referring domains, top dofollow links, and the list of domains actually linking to you. Pick your reveal depth — deeper audits get a better per-backlink rate. Cached 7 days — re-viewing is free. Failure refunds your credits automatically.

2

Paso 2

Sort directories by real DA + force-refresh stale rows

On the 'DA-ranked' tab, work top-down — submit to the highest-authority directories first. If a directory's DA looks stale, click the refresh icon: we re-pull the live rank and update the shared cache so every customer benefits.

3

Paso 3

Click 'Prepare submission' on a directory (1 credit, refund-on-fail)

AI writes a unique description tailored to that directory's audience. Banned-phrase guardrails reject AI-authorship leaks. Saved under 'Saved AI descriptions'. If the call fails quality check, your credit isn't charged.

4

Paso 4

Or use Bulk-prepare for the top 10 directories (10 credits)

One click writes a personalized description for the 10 highest-DA directories you haven't started yet. Charged only for fresh descriptions that pass quality — failures don't cost.

5

Paso 5

Click 'Open submit page' → submit → mark status

Opens the directory's submit URL. Paste the description, fill the form, submit, then 'Mark as submitted' (and 'Mark live' when approved).

6

Paso 6

Use the AI link-prospect finder (1 credit, refund-on-fail)

Beyond directories, Outerank suggests 15-20 niche-specific prospects for the country you pick. Forbes / NYTimes / TechCrunch and other un-pitchable giants are auto-filtered. Prospects observed linking to other sites in your niche get a green 'Verified' badge. If the AI returns nothing, your credit isn't charged.

7

Paso 7

Watch the Anchor-risk pill in the hero

Tiny chip near the StatPills shows your Penguin verdict (healthy / low / medium / high) at a glance. Click it to open Backlink Monitor for the full anchor breakdown, the disavow generator, the auto-monitor schedule + health table, the spam-neighborhood scanner, and the one-click recover-via-Outreach handoff for Dead/Missing links.

Descubre

Lista de directorios curada y consciente del nicho.

Outerank entrega una lista de directorios verificada por nicho. Sin más búsquedas en hilos de Stack Overflow de "sitios que aún aceptan envíos en 2026". Cada directorio tiene un DA verificado, estado y un campo de descripción listo para pegar.

  • Curada por nicho — no un volcado de 2018
  • DA verificado + estado (activo / temporalmente cerrado / de pago)
  • Descripciones específicas por nicho, no plantillas genéricas
  • Actualizada continuamente cuando los directorios desaparecen o cambian

Directorios · clasificados

Product HuntDA 91
G2DA 89
CrunchbaseDA 88
AlternativeToDA 76
BetaListDA 64
Genera

Descripción adaptada a cada directorio.

Un clic → una descripción lista para pegar, ajustada al formato del directorio (el tagline de Product Hunt, el enfoque centrado en el usuario de G2, la perspectiva inversora de Crunchbase). 1 crédito por directorio, resultados guardados para siempre.

  • Lista para pegar, tono adaptado por directorio
  • 1 crédito por generación de directorio
  • Guardada para siempre — vuelve a consultarla sin pagar de nuevo
  • Edita y regenera sin coste (dentro de la misma sesión)

Descripción generada · Product Hunt

Eslogan · El asistente SEO todo en uno para fundadores en solitario.

Cuerpo · Auditorías + contenido + posicionamiento + visibilidad en búsqueda con IA en un solo lugar — sin necesidad de un «stack de 5 SaaS».

Monitorea

Cada envío supervisado automáticamente.

Una vez enviado, Outerank verifica cada enlace periódicamente — ¿sigue activo? ¿Cambió el anchor? ¿La página da 404? El indicador de estado pasa de "pendiente" → "activo" → "muerto" sin ninguna revisión manual.

  • Indicadores de estado: activo / pendiente / rechazado / muerto
  • Detección de cambios en el texto de anclaje
  • Detección de errores 404 / 410 en menos de 7 días
  • Brain alerta sobre pérdidas de enlaces significativas

Envíos · estado

Product Huntactivo
G2activo
Crunchbasependiente
BetaListmuerto
Diversifica

Combinación de textos de anclaje supervisada por Brain.

Demasiados anchors de "coincidencia exacta" = riesgo Penguin. Brain monitorea la distribución de tus anchors entrantes y alerta cuando se vuelve poco saludable. La tarjeta Anchor Diversity muestra la banda de riesgo y un camino de remediación.

  • Mix de anchors en 6 categorías (exact / partial / branded / generic / naked / image)
  • Banda de riesgo: safe / mid / high
  • Brain advierte ANTES de que Google penalice
  • Sugerencias de remediación por tipo de anchor

Diversidad de anchors

De marca
Genérico
URL desnuda
Parcial
Exacto

Por qué Outerank

Lo que las herramientas de link building te obligan a construir tú mismo.

El flujo de envío a directorios, de principio a fin — no solo una lista de 200 URLs y hasta luego.

1 cr / directorio

Descripciones por directorio

Adaptadas al tono de Product Hunt, G2 o Crunchbase. Las descripciones genéricas son rechazadas — las nuestras convierten.

Siempre activo

Envíos monitoreados automáticamente

Cada enlace se verifica periódicamente. Las etiquetas de estado se actualizan sin que muevas un dedo. Sin conjeturas de "¿sigue activo?".

Impulsado por Brain

Banda de riesgo del mix de anchors

La tarjeta Anchor Diversity de Outerank te avisa ANTES de entrar en territorio Penguin. La mayoría de las herramientas ni siquiera muestran esto.

Curado

Curado por nicho, no raspado

Nuestra lista de directorios está verificada por nicho, no es un volcado de spam de 2018. Se añaden nuevos sectores; los directorios muertos se eliminan.

SLA de 7 días

Detección de caídas y cambio de anchors

En 7 días desde que un enlace cae O cambia su anchor, lo sabrás — y Brain recomendará una fuente de reemplazo.

De un vistazo

Mix de estados en gráfico de dona

Un vistazo al gráfico te dice qué está activo, pendiente o perdido. Otras herramientas lo entierran en una tabla de 500 filas.

What costs credits

No surprises. Browsing and viewing saved results is always free.

Browsing directories, the DA-ranked list & saved descriptionsFree
Prepare an AI submission description (refund-on-fail)1 credit
Bulk-prepare top 10 directories (refund-on-fail per failure)10 credits
AI link-prospect finder (refund-on-fail)1 credit
Reveal one prospect's DA + emailsFree
Discover backlink audit (tiered · refund-on-fail · deeper scans get a better per-backlink rate)15/50 · 25/100 · 40/250 · 80/500 · 120/1k
Re-viewing a cached backlink discovery (within 7 days)Free
Anchor risk + disavow + monitor schedule (all on Backlink Monitor)Free (see /learn/backlink-monitor)

Pro tips

  • →Found a prospect worth pitching? Use 'Pitch this in Outreach' on the card — it carries the domain and a sensible starting angle across, so you never retype it. Opening Outreach is free; only pressing Draft there costs anything.
  • →Watch the Anchor-risk pill in the hero. Click it for the full Penguin breakdown in Backlink Monitor — that's where the 6-bucket classifier, the risk verdict, the disavow file, the auto-monitor schedule, and the recover-via-Outreach handoff all live.
  • →Don't submit to spammy directories. Our list is curated — but always glance at the DA on the 'DA-ranked' tab before submitting. If a directory's DA looks stale, the refresh button costs you nothing and updates the shared cross-customer cache.
  • →Tier-1 directories take 2-8 weeks for approval; smaller ones are instant. Build a steady pipeline rather than blasting them all in one day.
  • →The Discover backlink audit caches results for 7 days, so re-opening is free — only fresh reveals (or 'dig deeper' past what you've already revealed) cost credits.
  • →New domains (under 6 months old) usually have 0 backlinks in our index — that's normal, not a bug. The index takes 4-8 weeks to catch up. Open Backlink Monitor and turn on the Auto-Monitor schedule so we catch your first ones the moment they appear.
  • →Send the AI link-prospects straight to the Outreach Engine to draft personalized pitch emails.

Plain-English glossary

Every bit of jargon on this page, explained.

Backlink
A link from another website to yours. Think of each one as a vote of confidence Google counts toward your rankings.
Directory
A website that lists businesses/sites (like Crunchbase or G2). Getting listed earns you a backlink and referral traffic.
Domain Authority (DA)
A 0–100 (here shown 0–1000 as 'domain rank') score of how strong a website is. Higher-DA links are worth more.
Referring domain
A unique website that links to you. Five links from one site = one referring domain. Google cares more about referring domains than raw link count.
Dofollow vs nofollow
Dofollow links pass ranking power; nofollow links don't (but still drive traffic). We show your dofollow links.
Tier 1 / 2 / 3
How authoritative (and selective) a directory is. Tier 1 = strongest and hardest to get into; Tier 3 = instant but weaker.

Preguntas, respondidas

Preguntas frecuentes sobre la auditoría de sitios

Why is the Backlink Audit tiered (15/50 · 25/100 · 40/250 · 80/500 · 120/1k)?
Each call makes four live index calls — summary, top backlinks, anchor-text distribution, referring-domains list — the same data Ahrefs charges $129/mo for. Bigger scans get a better per-backlink rate because backend costs amortise better. Every revealed backlink is saved to your profile permanently. Both dofollow AND nofollow links are returned so 'chose 50, got 50' — dofollow is tagged on each row so you can filter. If the call fails for any reason — upstream error, empty result, dig-deeper exhausted — your credits aren't charged.
I have zero backlinks — is it broken?
Probably not. Brand-new domains (under ~6 months) often aren't in the index yet, which takes 4–8 weeks to catch up. Start submitting to directories and turn on Auto-Monitor in the meantime — we'll catch your first ones the moment they appear.
What's the Penguin risk panel telling me?
It classifies every anchor pointing to you into 6 buckets (exact_match, partial_match, branded, generic, naked URL, image) and flags your overall risk — high if exact-match is ≥35%, medium if ≥20%. Anchors above the threshold trigger Google's Penguin algorithm for 'unnatural-link patterns'. The remediation tip tells you exactly how many branded/naked anchors to earn next to dilute the ratio.
How does Auto-Monitor save me time?
Every week (or biweekly / monthly — your choice), we sweep every live backlink for you: source page still up? anchor still present? dofollow still set? Lost links surface automatically in the 'Since last monitor' strip at the top — you never have to remember to check.
When should I download the disavow file?
Only when Google sends you a manual-action notice. The file flags very low DA + persistently broken backlinks — disavowing healthy links is one of the easiest ways to hurt your rankings, so this is strictly for damage control.
What's the 'Verified' badge on a prospect?
Prospects we've actually observed link to other sites in your niche (from our 3-layer link index). They come with the authority data pre-enriched, so you don't have to pay to reveal it. Way higher hit-rate than raw AI guesses.
Do I submit to directories from inside Outerank?
We prepare the perfect description and open the directory's submit page for you, but you fill in the final form on their site. Then mark it submitted/live here to track it.
What's the difference vs the Backlink Monitor module?
Backlinks is for EARNING and discovering links + auditing what you already have. Backlink Monitor is the deeper change-detection cockpit for the links you've secured. With Auto-Monitor on, the basic 'is this link still live?' sweep happens here for free.

How we compare

Honest comparison — where we win, where the big tools win.

vs. Ahrefs Backlink Checker

Ahrefs has the deepest backlink index but costs $129/mo. We draw on a 2T+ link index (very similar data) cached aggressively so cost stays at a few credits per scan.

vs. Pitchbox / Hunter

Those are pure outreach tools. We bundle: discovery + directory submission + AI descriptions + prospects in one workflow.

Related modules

These pair well with Backlink Submitter.

Backlink Monitor

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Scrape any prospect page → AI-drafted personalized pitch email in seconds.

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