As we all know in the SEO trade backlinks are an important factor in how your site is ranked – and submitting to business directories is one part of the process for building your website’s backlink profile.
Not only do most business directories provide a link to your site but they also help with citations – search engines (especially with Google) get to recognise your business, it’s location and the niche of your business.
Below is a list of UK business directories which come back as backlinks within Google. All loved and quickly indexed once submissions are live.
Plus, what’s more they’re free. So enjoy!
Remember, when submitting to these directories always search and find if your business is already listed. It saves everybody’s time.
| Applegate | www.applegate.co.uk |
| Pinbud | www.pinbud.co.uk |
| City Listings | www.city-listings.co.uk |
| Scoot | www.scoot.co.uk |
| Cylex UK | www.cylex-uk.co.uk |
| BizBuzz | www.bizbuzz.com |
| Qype UK | www.qype.co.uk |
| Local Data Search | www.localdatasearch.com |
| Touch Local | www.touchlocal.com |
| Biz Wiki UK | www.bizwiki.co.uk |
| Hotfrog UK | www.hotfrog.co.uk |
| 192.com | www.192.com |
| 118.com | www.118.com |
| www.linkedin.com | |
| Yelp | www.yelp.co.uk |
| Yell | www.yell.com |
| BrownBook | www.brownbook.net |
| Opendi | www.opendi.co.uk |
| FreeBD | www.freebd.co.uk |
| B99 | b99.co.uk |
| Enter UK | www.enteruk.co.uk |
| UK Local Search | www.uk-local-search.co.uk |
| Look Trade | www.look-trade.co.uk |
| Business Line Directory | www.businesslinedirectory.com |
| Yalwa UK | www.yalwa.co.uk |
