Every new web site needs to be found in local searches. One way in which this can be assisted is to list your web site on local business directories.
Some people will tell you this is a good idea because of the effect those backlinks will have on your SEO. This is however the wrong reason to submit your site to business directories. Some of those links will be follow, most will be nofollow, some directories will want a reciprocal link. When you consider that even well established directories disappear overnight it’s maybe not such a great idea to build your SEO link strategy on this idea.
The objective is to attract users from main, legitimate directories who are looking for your services. It is possible for you to register you web site manually, but this can be time consuming and problematic with email verifications and such.
Digital Growth use an online service to list your site on some of the major general business directories. We will submit to niche or specialised directories if you tell us what they are.
We submit to Google (always) but our extended service will submit to Bing, 192, scoot, Touchlocal, The Sun, The Independent, Mirror, Yelp, Yell, FourSquare, Hotfrog, Evening Standard, Citipages, Central Index plus 4 of the larger networks and Mobile Services such as TomTom
Costs for this service are
Submission to General Business Directories.
Initial Submission : £200. This will take up to 28 days to complete and will include adding basic information such as Company name, Address, Phone, Target Keywords. We estimate this would take 500 working hours to complete
Monthly Management Fee. £42 per month. (Starting in month 2) Rolling 30 day agreement. 14 day notice period. We manage all your submissions should you change any information, changing them on all 500+ business directories. We estimate this would take a member of staff 100 working hours to complete and would require storing and maintaining 500+ logins to those directories.
Submission to niche or lists of specific business directories.
We will submit to any business directories you identify. We can also identify specific directories for you
Initial Submissions : £300 per day, plus any disbursement costs. We will require any listing information and graphics in advance.
Monthly Management Fee. £15 per month. (Starting in month 2) Rolling 30 day agreement. 14 day notice period.
If you would like to learn more about our business directory submission service call 01444 316320.
If you want to add listings yourself, here are some cool UK Business Directories