## BuzzFeed

BuzzFeed Community lets signed-in users submit quizzes and posts that can be published on BuzzFeed after editorial review. It can host direct external source links, but it is a poor fit for self-promotional link building because the rules explicitly ban brand, client, and spam plugs.

- URL: https://www.buzzfeed.com
- Guide: https://backlinkbadger.com/provider/buzzfeed/
- Link type: dofollow
- Free option: yes
- Backlink value: 13/100
- Spam score: 1/100
- Difficulty: 72/100
- Estimated time: 90 minutes
- Requirements: BuzzFeed account, Original post or quiz, Non-promotional angle, Relevant source link

BuzzFeed is only worth considering when you can create a real Community post or quiz that belongs on BuzzFeed. Do not use it as a generic brand-profile backlink: the Community rules explicitly say the platform is not for self-promotion, PR professionals plugging clients, business promotion, or spam.

### Method: publish a useful Community post with a source link

1. Start on the [BuzzFeed Community contribution page](https://www.buzzfeed.com/community/contribute) and create or sign in to a BuzzFeed account.
2. Review the [Community guidelines](https://www.buzzfeed.com/community/guidelines) before drafting. If the link benefits your own brand, client, blog, YouTube channel, project, or business, assume it violates the self-promotion rule.
3. Choose **Make a Post** or **Make a Quiz** only when you have an entertainment, fandom, pop-culture, education, or community angle that fits BuzzFeed's audience.
4. Add the external link as a genuine source, example, or supporting reference inside the post body. Keep the surrounding text useful enough that the link would still make sense if no SEO value existed.
5. Submit the post for review. BuzzFeed says every Community post is reviewed by an editor, and review can take a few days or longer.
6. After publication, inspect the public article source or rendered link before counting it as an SEO backlink.

A public BuzzFeed Community education article includes direct external source links, such as a link to Matt Kushin's class-project review. In the raw HTML, the inspected anchor used a direct `https://mattkushin.com/...` URL with no `nofollow`, `ugc`, or `sponsored` rel token.

[Image: BuzzFeed Community article showing contextual external source links]

### Link quality notes

The inspected Community article links looked like clean direct outbound links, so this page marks the recommended source-link method as dofollow. Treat that as method-specific evidence, not a promise that every BuzzFeed surface behaves the same way. Navigation, ads, affiliate shopping content, embeds, social widgets, and future Community templates may use different link handling.

### What not to do

Do not create a BuzzFeed post just to promote a company or client. The guidelines say self-promotion and spam can lead to removal or account deletion, and BuzzFeed reserves the right to deactivate violating accounts. For most marketers, BuzzFeed is a high-friction editorial opportunity, not a repeatable directory-style backlink.