## PBworks

PBworks hosts collaborative wiki workspaces on public `*.pbworks.com` subdomains. A legitimate public workspace page can include direct external links, but the free Basic signup is restricted to non-commercial use and a fresh workspace carries little page-level authority.

- URL: https://www.pbworks.com/
- Guide: https://backlinkbadger.com/provider/pbworks/
- Link type: dofollow
- Free option: yes
- Backlink value: 2/100
- Spam score: 5/100
- Difficulty: 35/100
- Estimated time: 30 minutes
- Requirements: Email, PBworks account, Available workspace subdomain, Useful wiki content, Non-commercial use or paid plan

The practical route is to create a real public wiki for a project, class, club, or reference collection, then add a relevant external link inside a useful page. PBworks is not a directory: the link only makes sense when the workspace has a genuine purpose and enough content to help readers.

### Steps

1. Open the [PBworks Basic workspace signup](https://plans.pbworks.com/signup/basic20).
2. Choose an available workspace address. PBworks hosts it at `http://<workspace>.pbworks.com`.
3. Select the workspace purpose, accept the non-commercial-use condition, and create the owner account. If the wiki supports a business, use PBworks' commercial [Wiki Hub](https://www.pbworks.com/wikis.html) option instead of misusing the free plan.

[Image: PBworks Basic signup form showing the workspace address and non-commercial-use requirement]

4. Confirm the account by email, open the new workspace, and create a page with a specific subject rather than a generic link list.
5. In the page editor, highlight useful anchor text and use the link control to add the destination URL. PBworks' public [Wiki Basics training page](https://pbworksadmintraining.pbworks.com/Wiki-Basics) documents page creation and linking to external webpages.
6. Make the workspace publicly readable and leave search indexing enabled. Publish the page, sign out, and verify that both the page and external link work without an account.
7. Link the new page from the workspace front page or navigation so readers and crawlers can discover it.

### What the backlink looks like

The [Open Government Playbook](https://opengovdirective.pbworks.com/w/page/1832552/FrontPage) is a public PBworks example with direct page-body links to outside resources. In the fetched HTML, those anchors point straight to their destination and do not include `nofollow`, `ugc`, or `sponsored`, so the recommended page-body method is classified as **dofollow**.

That classification does not cover every link PBworks renders. Utility controls and some comment links can carry `nofollow`, and an owner can disable search indexing for an otherwise public workspace. Check the final page source and visibility settings rather than assuming every PBworks link behaves the same way.

A new PBworks workspace is still a fresh user subdomain, not an authoritative page simply because `pbworks.com` has strong root-domain metrics. Treat this as a modest hosted-reference link. Its real value improves only if the wiki becomes useful enough to earn internal navigation, readers, and links of its own.