Top 5 UK Business Directories

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Getting listed in business directories along with Google and Yahoo! Local is a great way to let the search engines know exactly where you are and what you do. I submit my clients to business directories all of the time and this site is listed tons of them, so I know which ones offer value, here are the top 5 UK ones:
1/ When I 1st launched this site and I didn’t have any rankings the UK Small Business Directory was a god send, the owner TJ was kind enough to put my site on some special pages and for a long time it was my no.1 source of traffic and enquiries. The directory is well organised and really well optimised, if you search for a directory in just about any county on Google you will see the directory on the 1st page. You can get a listing in the directory for free, simply click on the register details page and follow instructions.
2/ I have been listed Free Index for about 6 months now and my only regret is that I never got listed sooner, the directory ranks really high on all search engines and ever since I got listed I have been getting traffic, enquiries and business from it. Like the name suggests it is free to get listed but if you want to get a link to your site you will have to add a link back on your homepage, I wouldn’t normally recommend this but for this directory I do and I get my clients to do it wherever possible. Register and follow instructions on site to get listed.
3/ The Platinax Business Directory doesn’t send as much traffic as the 1st two but it is still a great directory, the categories are organised by topic, country and county and every website gets a good 3 or 4 listings, for instance this site is listed in internet services UK, England and Lancashire. Submitting to the directory is easy, click on the relevant category, navigate to your county and then click the submit button, providing your site meets the guidelines you get a lifetime listing for just £14.95.
4/ Now 2 Business is the oldest of the 5 and has been around ever since 2001, it has everything I look for in a directory, age, strict guidelines and good rankings. If I have a client who sells office supplies and I can get them listed on a page that ranks high for office supplies directory, then of course I am going to do it. There are a number of inclusion options. free, reciprocal and express listings are available, click on the free submission page to get started.
5/ B2B Index has a good category structure and ranks great in the search engines for some really competitive phrases such as business to business and business directory, it’s not even that far off for some of the category names such as web design. You have to link back from one of your web pages to get a listing, navigate to the right category and click the add site button to get started.
All of these directories are hosted in the UK, have search engine friendly category structures and provide direct links that can help you with your search engine optimisation efforts.
Posted in Link Building News By David Eaves a UK search engine optimisation specialist.
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November 22nd, 2007 11 Comments
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November 23rd, 2007 at 10:09 am
Cheers mate, local information like this is invaluable, especially for co.uk sites.
November 23rd, 2007 at 12:21 pm
HI,
This is the top 5 directory that is known to everybody. Do u have any good no of uk business directory.
i have made a blog where i want to write down every resouces from where the people can get the data.
http://link-building-campaigns.blogspot.com/
please help me
regards
aisha
November 25th, 2007 at 10:15 am
all good stuff. i generally look for local directories too and have found some business associations (Business Link and Chamber of Commerce) usually have some spin off sites with directories and would you believe it, guest books that are worth some linkage! - Google appears to be taking the international away from search results so thinking forward local is the way to go unfortunately
November 25th, 2007 at 10:41 pm
Best 5 UK Business Directories…
Getting listed in business directories is a great way to let the search engines know exactly where you are and what you do, good quality UK ones are few and far between, here are the top 5….
November 25th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
Hi Mark, the Chamber of Commerce and local Government ones can be excellent if you get the SEO friendly ones. I just managed to snag one from my local Uni which was pretty cool:
http://www.infolab21.lancs.ac.uk/business/associate_company_scheme/index.php?company=105
November 27th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
[…] However, if you’re in the UK at least, Dave has set up a list of some of the best UK web directories. […]
November 29th, 2007 at 7:19 pm
that is very nice, once your site in those directories, you will have traffic from uk.. good
December 1st, 2007 at 11:43 am
Great list, I was already listed in 4 of them, so nice to add one more quality directory
December 5th, 2007 at 9:37 am
I’d like to add an unsung hero into the list here: Locanto. Its hardly ever used in the UK but it gives a lot of control over the HTML which means you can get your listing to rank quite highly if you know what you’re doing. Your listing gets its own page, so you’re more or less in control of your own SEO if you list on here.
December 20th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
Cheers Mate, very useful
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:20 pm
What a Great List…
http://www.ukfinancialsltd.co.uk