## LiveJournal

LiveJournal is an older blogging and community platform where public journals and profile pages can include external website links. The most predictable backlink path is the profile Website field, which renders as a direct public link on the user's LiveJournal profile.

- URL: https://www.livejournal.com/
- Guide: https://backlinkbadger.com/provider/livejournal/
- Link type: dofollow
- Free option: yes
- Domain authority: 12/100
- Spam score: 2/100
- Difficulty: 20/100
- Estimated time: 10 minutes
- Requirements: LiveJournal account, Public profile, Destination website URL, Optional profile context

LiveJournal is best treated as a profile-and-journal backlink source, not as a high-growth social channel. The cleanest path is to create a public account and add your site as the profile Website link; journal-entry links are possible, but they should be used only when the entry is legitimate and useful.

### Method 1: Add your site to the public profile Website field

1. Create a free account from [LiveJournal's join page](https://www.livejournal.com/create/) or log in if you already have one.
2. Open the profile settings area. Anonymous checks of `https://www.livejournal.com/manage/profile/` redirect to login, so expect this step to be behind the account gate.
3. Add your destination URL in the profile's Website or homepage field.
4. Save the profile and open the public profile URL, usually `https://username.livejournal.com/profile/`.
5. Confirm the Website link is visible on the public page before counting it as acquired.

A public LiveJournal profile example shows the Website link in the profile navigation and profile details. In the raw HTML, the sampled website anchor points directly to `http://bradfitz.com/` with `rel="me"` and without `nofollow`, `ugc`, or `sponsored` tokens.

[Image: LiveJournal public profile showing a direct Website link]

### Method 2: Use journal entries only when the link belongs in the post

LiveJournal's support FAQ explains that users can add links to another journal or website in entries with normal HTML, with the Visual Editor's Insert/Edit Link button, or by typing a full `http://` or `https://` URL. That makes contextual entry links possible, but this is a weaker and riskier method than the profile Website field.

Use entry links for real journal content: a project update, a long-form note, a community explanation, or a reference that helps readers. Do not create thin posts whose only purpose is dropping a URL. LiveJournal explicitly says links must comply with its rules for published materials, and low-value promotional posts are more likely to be ignored or moderated.

### Link quality notes

The verified profile Website link is a direct external anchor and looked dofollow in the sampled public HTML because the only `rel` token was `me`. Treat the authority as modest anyway: the backlink lives on an individual user profile/journal page, not on LiveJournal's homepage, and a new account will not inherit the root domain's historic authority automatically.