How to list your website on Stack Exchange
A network profile with a website field plus answers on topic sites such as Webmasters and UX that search and answer engines often cite.
- Link
- Nofollow link
- Cost
- Free
- Effort
- Moderate
- Reach (our estimate)
- High authority
- Region
- Worldwide
- When
- Weeks 2 and 3
Short answer
Stack Exchange is free to join, and the link is nofollow, so its value is visitors and trust rather than ranking. To get listed, create a Stack Exchange account; it takes about an hour.
How to get listed on Stack Exchange
- Step 1: Create a Stack Exchange account.
- Step 2: Join the topic sites that match your expertise.
- Step 3: Add your website to your network profile.
- Step 4: Answer questions with complete, sourced explanations.
You need
An email or social login and genuinely useful answers.
Good to know
Answer links and profile links are nofollow, and promoting your own product without disclosing affiliation is treated as spam.
Have these ready before you start
- Business or product name, written the same way everywhere
- Website address (the exact page you want linked)
- A 50-word and a 150-word description
- Logo, plus two or three screenshots or photos
- Contact email, and address and phone for a local business
At a glance
- Website
- stackexchange.com
- Category
- Q&A communities
- Reach (our estimate)
- High authority
- When to do it
- Weeks 2 and 3
- Position
- 5 of 10 in Q&A communities
About the link
The link carries rel="nofollow": it brings visitors and trust signals, little ranking value.
Best for
- Developers
- SaaS
- Startups
On these lists
Questions about Stack Exchange
Are Stack Exchange links dofollow?
No. Stack Exchange marks its links rel="nofollow", so they pass little ranking value. They still bring visitors and help show your business is real.
Is Stack Exchange free?
Yes. Listing on Stack Exchange is free.
How much work does a listing on Stack Exchange take?
A full profile with screenshots or a verification step: about an hour. How long approval takes is up to Stack Exchange: many sites review a listing before it goes live.
Plan it, then tick it off.
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