Built permanent DA 95 backlinks from GitHub, Visual Studio & a Google-owned site
I built permanent DA 95 backlinks from GitHub, Visual Studio & a Google-owned site — here's exactly how (with GSC proof)
Most indie hackers either ignore SEO entirely or chase cheap backlinks that disappear in 3 months.
I've been doing something different — and the Google Search Console data is now public.
The 3 platforms I targeted:
🔗 GitHub.com — DA 95
Repository READMEs and wikis pass real link equity when they're niche-relevant. Not spam — actual developer documentation.
🔗 Visual Studio Marketplace — DA 92
Microsoft's official extension platform. Zero spam history. Google trusts it completely.
🔗 Pub.dev — DA 80+ (Google-owned)
This is the one most people miss. Pub.dev is literally owned by Google. When Google's own infrastructure links to your domain, it's a different quality of trust signal.
The GSC numbers (verified, not estimated):
- pub.dev → 13 linking pages
- visualstudio.com → 10 linking pages
- github.com → 8 linking pages
All permanent. All dofollow. All still live.
Why this matters for indie hackers specifically:
You're probably competing against SaaS companies with $50k/month content budgets. You can't out-publish them.
But you can out-authority them in your niche — if you place links on platforms Google already trusts at the infrastructure level.
One GitHub repo README linking to your product from a relevant developer context is worth more than 20 guest posts on random DA 30 blogs.
The full methodology + data is in the case study:
👉 https://www.seosiri.com/2026/03/github-visualstudio-pubdev-high-da-backlinks.html
I now offer this as a service for other founders starting at $500/campaign — every link niche-relevant, permanent, and GSC-verified before delivery.
Happy to answer questions here or DM on X: @seofixup
Has anyone else here experimented with developer-platform backlinks (GitHub, npm, Pub.dev) as an SEO strategy? Would love to compare notes.
