LaunchAF blog
Launch lessons, growth notes, and practical guides for indie founders shipping new products.
- BlogHow to Check If ChatGPT Mentions Your Brand (Free Method)A free, repeatable way to check whether ChatGPT mentions or cites your brand: prompts to run, a tracking sheet, and how to read the results.
- BlogLaunch Day Email and Social Templates You Can Copy and PasteCopy-paste launch day templates: email to your list, X and LinkedIn posts, DM asks, and a thank-you note. Edit and send.
- BlogWhat Is Domain Rating (DR)? A Simple Explanation for FoundersDomain rating is Ahrefs' 0-100 score for a site's backlink strength. Learn what it measures, what it does not, and how much it matters.
- BlogWhy Isn't My Product Showing Up in Claude, Gemini or Perplexity?Claude, Gemini and Perplexity each find sources differently. Learn why your product is missing from their answers and what to fix first.
- Blog10 Best Sites Like Product Hunt for Makers (2026)Sites like Product Hunt for makers: launch platforms and communities compared on audience, cost, and how long your product stays visible.
- BlogHow to Pick the Right Launch Platform for Your ProductA decision framework for choosing launch platforms by audience, cost, backlink type and effort, with a scoring sheet you can copy.
- BlogWhat Is the Best Day to Launch a Product? What the Data SaysIs there a best day to launch a product? What launch-platform timing, competition and audience patterns suggest, and how to pick your day.
- BlogThe Complete Guide to Launch Platforms for FoundersA complete guide to launch platforms: how they work, what they cost, who they suit, and how to run a launch on them for traffic and backlinks.
- Blog20 Best Dofollow Backlink Sites for Startups (Free and Paid)20 researched dofollow backlink sites for startups, with free-plan conditions, publisher-reported DR, review times, and trade-offs to check before submitting.
- BlogIs Product Hunt Worth It in 2026? An Honest Founder TakeIs Product Hunt worth the effort in 2026? Costs, typical results, who benefits, and cheaper ways to get traffic and backlinks.
- BlogWhy Is My Startup Not Showing Up in ChatGPT? 9 FixesStartup missing from ChatGPT answers? Nine reasons AI tools ignore new brands and the fixes that raise your odds of being cited.
- BlogHow to Get Cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI OverviewsEight tactics to get your startup cited in AI answers: citable content, entity signals, third-party mentions, and technical setup.
- BlogHow to Get Your First 100 Backlinks as a New StartupA practical plan to earn your first 100 backlinks: launch platforms, directories, partnerships, and content, ranked by effort and impact.
- BlogLaunch Directories Are the New SEO Landing Pages for StartupsWhy a well-written launch directory listing can become a durable, searchable product page—and how founders can make it useful for people and search systems.
- BlogHow to Increase Your Domain Rating From 0 to 30 (Step by Step)A step-by-step plan to raise domain rating from zero: the link sources, timeline, and mistakes to avoid for a brand-new startup site.
- BlogHow to Launch a Product: The Complete Guide (2026)Everything founders need to launch a product in 2026: pre-launch, launch day, platforms, backlinks, SEO, and what to do after. Step by step.
- Blog15 Best Free Launch Platforms for Indie Founders (2026)The best free places to launch your product in 2026, compared on backlinks, audience, effort, and what is really free versus paid.
- BlogThe Complete Guide to GEO: Get Your Startup Cited by AILearn generative engine optimization (GEO): how ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews pick sources, and how to get your startup cited.
- BlogThe Complete Guide to Domain Rating (DR) for StartupsWhat domain rating is, how it is calculated, what a good DR is, and how new startups can raise it with real backlinks. A complete founder guide.
- BlogYour Launch Listing Is a Landing Page for Google and ChatGPT: The Fields Most Founders Leave EmptyMake every launch listing field work harder for Google, AI search, and customers, from the title-tag tagline to categories, pricing, images, and FAQs.
- Blog15 Best Launch Platforms for Startups in 2026 (Honest Comparison)An honest comparison of the 15 best launch platforms and directories for startups in 2026: cost, dofollow links, audience, and who each one is really for.