How badges and links work on your listing
Display our badge, get your free listing live, and earn a followed link when your site's authority grows.
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Your badge, your choice
Every listing can carry our badge on your own website. Visit your listing's badge page to pick a design (select your preferred shape, light or dark treatment, and size), then copy the HTML code we provide. The badge points back to your listing here.
Getting a free listing published
Free listings stay in "waiting for badge" until we detect a link from your website to your listing page. Any badge design satisfies this. We crawl automatically and re-check every 7 days. If the badge vanishes, your listing reverts to waiting status and you'll get an email. Restore it and the listing publishes again at once.
When your link turns followed
Your badge link begins as nofollow. Our script runs live checks: the link shifts to dofollow when your Domain Rating (Ahrefs) reaches 20 or higher and passes our anti-spam review. Below that threshold or if spam flags appear, the link stays nofollow. Paid launches always get a dofollow link on the listing page itself; free listings receive nofollow.
Earned badges appear automatically
Launch of the Week, Featured, Launched and Verified badges display on your listing as you earn them. No manual setup needed.
Questions people ask
- What happens if I remove my badge?
- Your listing returns to waiting status. Replace it and it publishes automatically without re-submission.
- Will my badge link be followed?
- It depends on your Domain Rating (Ahrefs). Once it reaches 20 and passes spam checks, the link turns followed. Paid launches get a followed link regardless.
- How often do you check for the badge?
- Every 7 days, automatically.