Is the Hacker News (Show HN) link dofollow? Some links are followed, some aren't
Hacker News's place for showing something you made. If it reaches the front page, it can bring tens of thousands of technical visitors in a day.
Our check
- Link
- MixedSome links to the member's site are followed and some aren't, depending on where they appear.
- Approval
- Instant
- Where it shows
- The title link of your Show HN post
- Popularity
- Tranco rank 2,145Among the most popular sites on the web; lower is more popular.
- Checked
- On this public page, reading the links to outcrop.rocks with our checker script.
How to get the link
- Create a Hacker News account.
- Submit your project's URL with a title that starts with 'Show HN:'.
- Make it easy to try, ideally without signing up.
- Stay in the thread and answer questions; never ask friends to upvote.
Worth it if
You built something technical that people can try right now.
Skip it if
It's a blog post, a landing page, a sign-up page or a newsletter; Show HN rules exclude those.