DEV Community
Developer-audience content marketing with canonical links.
How to submit to DEV Community
Publish a useful article and set the canonical URL back to your own blog. You can include contextual links to your product.
Submit to DEV CommunityDEV Community FAQ
Is DEV Community a dofollow backlink?
DEV Community uses nofollow links. The listing still builds a valuable brand citation and referral traffic, even though it doesn't pass direct link authority.
How much does it cost to list on DEV Community?
DEV Community is free to submit to.
What is the Domain Rating of DEV Community?
DEV Community (dev.to) has an approximate Domain Rating of 89. Higher DR generally means more SEO value from a backlink.
Communities with a similar Domain Rating
Sites in the same category and around DR 89, so they are worth submitting to in the same batch as DEV Community.
Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
A 'Show HN' that can drive a huge traffic spike.
Hashnode
hashnode.com
Developer blogging on your own subdomain or domain.
Indie Hackers
indiehackers.com
Bootstrappers sharing revenue and building in public.
Lobsters
lobste.rs
A focused, high-signal technical audience.
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