Quick answer
- Blog submission sites and directories were once a quick way to get links, but today most add little or no SEO value.
- Google’s spam policies list low-quality directory and bookmark site links as an example of link spam.
- A few genuinely useful places still help with discovery, such as submitting your sitemap to Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools.
- Spend the time on content and outreach that earns real links instead.
This page used to list free blog submission sites with high domain authority. We’ve rewritten it, because mass-submitting your blog to directories no longer helps rankings and can count as link spam. Here’s what still works for getting your blog discovered.
What Google says about link schemes
Google’s spam policies define link spam as creating links to or from a site primarily to manipulate search rankings. Examples it lists include:
- Buying or selling links for ranking purposes.
- Excessive link exchanges.
- Large article or guest-post campaigns with keyword-optimized anchor text.
- Using automated programs or services to create links.
- Low-quality directory or bookmark site links.
- Forum comments with optimized links in the post or signature.
Paid links are fine for advertising or sponsorship, as long as they’re marked with rel=”sponsored” or rel=”nofollow”.
Submissions that are worth doing
- Google Search Console: verify your site and submit your sitemap, so Google can find and index your posts.
- Bing Webmaster Tools: do the same for Bing.
- Your social profiles: link your blog from your own profiles so people can find it.
- Respected niche directories: only if real people in your field use them, not bulk lists.
Why bulk blog submission doesn’t work
- Most directories are low quality and rarely visited.
- Their links usually carry little or no ranking value, and Google may ignore them.
- Bulk submissions can look like a link scheme.
- It takes time you could spend writing and promoting real content.
Link building that actually works
- Create linkable resources: original data, tools, checklists or in-depth guides that others want to cite.
- Digital PR: share genuinely newsworthy findings with journalists and bloggers in your niche.
- Real guest contributions: write for respected sites in your niche because their readers will value it, not just for the link.
- Relationships: collaborate with other creators on interviews, roundups and joint resources.
- Fix broken links: suggest your relevant resource when you find a broken link on another site.
Read our full guide to link building strategies, and learn how to check dofollow and nofollow links.
Blog submission sites FAQs
Rarely. Google lists low-quality directory and bookmark links as an example of link spam.
Verify it in Google Search Console and submit your sitemap. Do the same in Bing Webmaster Tools.
No. Respected, relevant directories that real people use can still help with discovery.
Writing helpful content and building relationships that earn genuine links.
Google may ignore them, and large-scale manipulative link building can lead to manual action.
It varies. Submitting a sitemap helps Google discover new posts faster.
Link guidance from Google Search Central’s spam policies, checked on November 7, 2026.
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