Hey everyone, When you launch a new site, the hardest part is the first visitors. No rankings, no audience, no budget… and every backlink opportunity looks either spammy or paid. I tried a bunch of free options, and here are the few that actually brought real humans + early SEO signals: 1) LinkedIn Posting small “build-in-public” updates got me organic clicks without pushing links. People follow the story, not the promo. 2) Product Hunt Even a modest launch gives weeks of traffic and a few natural backlinks from sites that monitor PH. 3) YouTube Shorts 30–60 sec videos answering niche questions = constant discovery. Tiny channels still get views. 4) Reddit If you contribute first, people accept your link when it genuinely answers their question. Some threads sent great early traffic. 5) ListAndFuse This one helped with clean, human-written backlinks. You review another site’s UX for 5 minutes, and someone else reviews yours — backlink created automatically, no AI content or accounts. That’s what worked for me so far. What other free platforms or tricks have helped you get early visitors or safe backlinks? Would love to learn from your experiences.