## Smashwords

Smashwords is an ebook store operated by Draft2Digital. A registered user can create a public Smashwords profile and add a personal website, blog, or social link; the resulting external profile link is direct but explicitly nofollow.

- URL: https://www.smashwords.com/
- Guide: https://backlinkbadger.com/provider/smashwords/
- Link type: nofollow
- Free option: yes
- Backlink value: 4/100
- Spam score: 1/100
- Difficulty: 15/100
- Estimated time: 10 minutes
- Requirements: Working email address, Public username, Legitimate website or social URL

The useful Smashwords backlink is the website or social link on your public user profile. Smashwords' current [privacy policy](https://www.smashwords.com/about/privacy) says every registered user can publish social hyperlinks on a profile, including a personal website or blog. You do not need to place promotional links in reviews or publish a book just to use this profile field.

### Steps

1. Open the [Smashwords signup page](https://www.smashwords.com/signup/) and choose the username that will form your public profile URL.
2. Register with a working email address, accept the current terms, and complete any email-verification step shown for the account.
3. Sign in and open your profile-editing controls.
4. Add a truthful name or pen name, a short relevant biography, and your legitimate website, blog, or social address in the designated profile fields.
5. Save the profile, then open its public URL while signed out to confirm that the destination is visible and correct.

The [Rebecca M. Douglass profile](https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/NinjaLibrarian) shows the public result: Smashwords places the author's website under **Where to find Rebecca M. Douglass online**.

[Image: Smashwords public author profile showing a website link in the Where to find the author online section]

The inspected website anchor points directly to `https://www.rebecca-douglass.com`, but its HTML includes `rel="nofollow"`. A second current author profile showed the same nofollow treatment, so this method should not be presented as a dofollow SEO win. Its practical value is a legitimate identity citation and a route for readers who discover the profile or the books attached to it.

Keep the link relevant to the person or publishing identity represented by the profile. Smashwords' current [terms of service](https://www.smashwords.com/about/tos) prohibit spam, ranking manipulation, and using book reviews to market unrelated products or services. If you are an author who also wants books listed in the store, Smashwords now directs new publishing and distribution through [Draft2Digital](https://www.smashwords.com/publishing); that is a separate workflow from adding a profile website link.