The Best Free Directories For Your Web Design Or Other Business

Author: Natalia Montez

 
Listing your web design business or any other business in an online directory is another way to be found by both your customers AND Google.  Here is a list of free directories that you should sign up with here in the UK

Google Local Business Center – Perhaps an obvious starting place but so many people fail to list their business in this fantastic tool. Speaking from personal experience I know a lot of leads have been generated from this listing, particularly with people searching for local companies. If you haven’t listed your company already then do it NOW!
Freeindex.co.uk – I recommend free index for a number of reasons, firstly it is high ranking in google itself. It provides a lot of options for adding images, product lists with links and other information about your business. It also gives you a ranking in comparison with other businesses in the same category, e.g. web design, web development, web hosting. This enables youto see how well you are doing in comparison with similar companies, it’s almost addictive.
Open Directory Project (dmoz.org) This is my third and final suggestion, although not in the same scheme as the above two, if you are strictly looking for some help with search engine rankings then it would be a good place to list your site. It is maintained entirely by editors and they may not approve your site but you can always try!

Other great places to list – not all free!
Librarians’ Internet Index (Lii.org), Yahoo Directory, Vlib.org, Business.com, Best of the Web (botw.org)
Other places to list.
Approved index – good but we have experience of a lot of sales and marketing calls so you might want to consider putting  an incorrect phone number.
Yell.com – not so many cold calls from here but you can’t lst your url unless you pay so its not that fantastic.
I hope this has been of some help, I will pe publishing some information in the coming weeks about web design and ecommerce websites.
 

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About the AuthorMy name is Natalia Montez, I work for ICwebpeople.co.uk which is a household name in the uk for web design, ecommerce websites and business email solutions. I am in the marketing field and look after articles, blogs and other content for ICwebpeople.co.uk. If you have any questions just get in touch.

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