## wikiHow

wikiHow is a moderated how-to wiki where signed-in contributors can improve articles and cite outside sources. The backlink path is limited to neutral references or rare instruction-critical links, not self-promotional placement.

- URL: https://www.wikihow.com/
- Guide: https://backlinkbadger.com/provider/wikihow/
- Link type: nofollow
- Free option: yes
- Backlink value: 15/100
- Spam score: 2/100
- Difficulty: 75/100
- Estimated time: 60 minutes
- Requirements: wikiHow account, Neutral how-to contribution, Authoritative source URL, Non-promotional intent

wikiHow is only a defensible backlink source when your page is a genuinely useful reference for a how-to article. Do not approach it like a directory submission: wikiHow's own external-links guidance says source links added without significant impartial article work, or links added mainly to pull readers to another site, can be viewed as spam and removed.

### Method: contribute a neutral reference or instruction-critical link

1. Create a free account from the [wikiHow account page](https://www.wikihow.com/Special:CreateAccount).
2. Find an existing article where your source directly supports a factual claim, safety warning, step, or tool choice. If wikiHow already covers the topic, edit the existing article instead of creating a duplicate.
3. Read the [Writer's Guide](https://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Writer%27s-Guide) and [External Links policy](https://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:External-Links) before editing. The safest path is an in-text citation to a neutral, authoritative source; embedded promotional links in the main instructions are likely to be changed or removed.
4. Add the citation using wikiHow's reference markup, for example `<ref>https://example.com/exact-source-page</ref>`, only where that source verifies the surrounding text.
5. Save the edit with a plain explanation of what you improved. Expect other editors to review, revise, or remove the link if it looks promotional, low-quality, or unnecessary.
6. After the edit is live, inspect the public article source before counting the link. Link attributes vary by source and template, but sampled reference links are mostly nofollow.

A public wikiHow article's References section shows how external source URLs appear on article pages. In raw HTML, sampled citation links used `rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener"` in most cases, with occasional mixed behavior; that is why this provider is marked nofollow.

[Image: wikiHow References section showing external source links on a public article]

### Link quality notes

This is a high-authority domain, but the realistic page-level value of a contributor-added citation is much lower than wikiHow's root-domain DA. Use wikiHow for reader trust, referral clicks, and source visibility when the article genuinely needs your reference. Do not promise clients or stakeholders a dofollow link here.

### What not to do

Do not add the same brand URL across many articles, cite thin sales pages, or create a how-to topic just to host your own link. wikiHow explicitly calls out repeated external-link placement as spam-like behavior, and promotional edits can disappear quickly.