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title: "Blog"
description: "Long notes on launch spikes, lasting listings, and honest dofollow."
---

# Blog

Ten-minute notes on durable discovery. HTML: /blog. RSS: /blog/feed.xml.

## [Where to list software in 2026](https://www.makeitla.st/blog/where-to-list-software-in-2026)

2026-10-05 - 6 min - A four-part test for SaaS directories. Indexed listings, real organic traffic, a clean neighborhood, and an honest follow policy beat a list of 260 sites.

Markdown: https://www.makeitla.st/blog/where-to-list-software-in-2026.md

## [Crawled, currently not indexed](https://www.makeitla.st/blog/crawled-currently-not-indexed)

2026-10-05 - 6 min - Why Google discovers a SaaS page and then refuses to index it, how directory spam trained that habit, and what a listing has to include before you request indexing.

Markdown: https://www.makeitla.st/blog/crawled-currently-not-indexed.md

## [Software alternatives without doorway pages](https://www.makeitla.st/blog/software-alternatives-without-doorway-pages)

2026-10-05 - 5 min - Why "[product] alternatives" and "A vs B" still rank, why scaled doorway pages get dropped, and how a catalog can grow compare URLs without cloning the same paragraph 5,000 times.

Markdown: https://www.makeitla.st/blog/software-alternatives-without-doorway-pages.md

## [Launch week is a spike](https://www.makeitla.st/blog/launch-week-is-a-spike)

2026-09-17 - 11 min - Product Hunt is a day. A catalog page is a place search and AI can keep reading. How to stay findable after the launch thread dies.

Markdown: https://www.makeitla.st/blog/launch-week-is-a-spike.md

## [How to list software on MakeItLast](https://www.makeitla.st/blog/how-to-list-software-on-makeitlast)

2026-09-17 - 10 min - Paste a URL, pass automated review, then pick badge, paid dofollow, or nofollow. What the checker looks for and how the listing stays public.

Markdown: https://www.makeitla.st/blog/how-to-list-software-on-makeitlast.md

## [Dofollow directories without the theater](https://www.makeitla.st/blog/dofollow-directories-without-the-theater)

2026-09-17 - 10 min - When a directory link is worth it, when it is not, and how an honest dofollow (badge or a one-time fee) differs from spam lists.

Markdown: https://www.makeitla.st/blog/dofollow-directories-without-the-theater.md