Your presence in the top online business directories will help you to attract new customers, both directly and indirectly as an influential SEO ranking factor. Here’s our list of the best business directories in the UK, plus links to submit your business asap.
October 7, 2020
Have you read or been told you need to list your UK business in directories? It likely would have been in reference to improving your Domain Authority.
Yes, there are a number of benefits to listing your business in online directories, particularly if you choose to list your business in the right directories.
So how do you know which ones?
Ask yourself the following questions before creating your shortlist:
Of course, this process can be time-consuming, that’s why we’re committing to regularly curating the list of the Top 20 UK-based business directories by Domain Authority. To arm you with even more info, we’ve made a note of their estimated monthly traffic using SEMRush including the percentage of that traffic that originates in the UK.
How much effort or time should you invest in listing your business on the top business directories?
Whitespark announced the results of its Local Search Ranking Factors survey 2020 recently and the findings suggest the influence of such citations are not as important as they once were. They have slipped to the equal-sixth factor, while Google My Business and online reviews were considered first and second.
Based on Moz’s Domain Authority metric, below is the list of the Top UK Online Directories.
Last updated: October 7th 2020
www.192.com
Domain Authority: 66
Est. Monthly Traffic: 2.9mill (81% UK)
allinlondon.co.uk
Domain Authority: 62
Est. Monthly Traffic: 335,200 (95%)
cylex-uk.co.uk
Domain Authority: 61
Est. Monthly Traffic: 1.5mill (90%)
thebestof.co.uk
Domain Authority: 57
Est. Monthly Traffic: 85,000 (97% UK)
freeindex.co.uk
Domain Authority: 56
Est. Monthly Traffic: 153,300 (91%)
www.europages.co.uk
Domain Authority: 54
Est. Monthly Traffic: 516,200 (18% UK)
www.thomsonlocal.com
Domain Authority: 50
Est. Monthly Traffic: 347,900 (97% UK)
hotfrog.co.uk
Domain Authority: 48
Est. Monthly Traffic: 24,200 (48% UK)
touchlocal.com
Domain Authority: 47
Est. Monthly Traffic: 49,800 (94% UK)
misterwhat.co.uk
Domain Authority: 42
Est. Monthly Traffic: 87,900 (90% UK)
locallife.co.uk
Domain Authority: 40
Est. Monthly Traffic: 19,000 (54% UK)
www.cityvisitor.co.uk
Domain Authority: 40
Est. Monthly Traffic: 11,500 (67% UK)
businessmagnet.co.uk
Domain Authority: 39
Est. Monthly Traffic: 14,500 (90% UK)
opening-times.co.uk
Domain Authority: 38
Est. Monthly Traffic: 95.9k (99% UK)
uksmallbusinessdirectory.co.uk
Domain Authority: 36
Est. Monthly Traffic: 54,600 (89% UK)
approvedbusiness.co.uk
Domain Authority: 34
Est. Monthly Traffic: 17,000 (75% UK)
Quentin is the founder of Pocket Insights and search marketing agency Searcht. Searcht (formerly OnQ) was named by business insights firm The Manifest as one of the Top 15 digital agencies in Australia, while Clutch.co named them in their Top 50 Local SEO agencies.
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