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Comment fonctionne notre forum => Accueil => Discussion démarrée par: thomas123 le Mai 06, 2026, 03:51:04 am
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Hey founders,
If you just launched an AI tool and are wondering how to get initial traction without a marketing budget, directory submissions are one of the best moves you can make early on.
Here is exactly what works.
Write your listing copy once and reuse it. You need a tool name, a one-line tagline, a short description under 150 words, and a screenshot. Do this once properly and every submission after takes five minutes.
Your tagline is everything. Follow this format: Tool Name helps Target User do Specific Thing without Common Friction. Vague taglines get ignored. Specific ones get clicks.
Start with these Tier 1 directories first:
There's An AI For That at theresanaiforthat.com. Futurepedia at futurepedia.io. Product Hunt at producthunt.com. AI Tool Hunt at aitoolhunt.com.
These have the highest traffic and the strongest domain authority for SEO backlinks. Getting listed here matters more than being listed on fifty smaller sites.
After Tier 1 spread your submissions across Tier 2 sites like Toolify.ai and [url]TopAI.tools[/https://ailistingtool.com/] over the following two to three weeks. Do not submit everywhere on the same day. Stagger it so your backlink growth looks natural.
Track everything in a spreadsheet. Platform name, submission date, live URL, and whether the link is dofollow or nofollow. You will want this data when you are measuring what actually drove traffic.
One thing most people miss: niche directories outperform general ones for qualified traffic. If your tool is a writing tool, a writing-specific AI directory will send better users than a massive general directory where you are buried.
Set up Google Search Console before you start so you have a baseline to measure growth against.
Any questions on specific directories or how to write listings that convert, drop them below.