Claiming & founders
The do-follow backlink badge
Claimed founders get an embeddable 'Featured on directree' badge with a normal do-follow link – how it works and why it's worth placing.
Last updated Sun Jul 05 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
The do-follow backlink badge
When you claim your listing, you get an embeddable badge for your own website: a "Featured on directree" mark that links to your listing.
How it works
- Claim and verify your listing.
- Open your tool's edit page – the badge widget gives you a copy-paste embed snippet.
- Place it on your site (footer and "as seen on" sections are typical).
- directree can verify the placement by checking your page for the link.
The link back to directree from your site is a normal link. And your listing's link to your site is do-follow – we don't add rel="nofollow" to strip its SEO value, which many directories quietly do.
Why place it?
- Social proof – a visible third-party listing with honest, labelled facts.
- The exchange is transparent: you show the badge, the directory gains authority, and every listed tool's do-follow backlink gets more valuable as the domain grows. It's the classic directory flywheel – done in the open.
It's optional
Placing the badge is never mandatory. If you'd rather keep the do-follow link without placing the embed, that's what the skip-embed perk in Directree Plus covers – bundled into the yearly plan, deliberately not sold as a standalone "buy a backlink" product (that pattern is exactly what gets link schemes penalised).
Why backlinks from directories still matter
Directory listings are among the most durable early backlinks a small SaaS can get – they're topically relevant, they persist, and they feed both classic SEO and AI-search visibility. The longer play is covered in Get found: why directory listings matter and the blog's GEO guide.