This post is intended to be a resource mainly for web designers. However, some of the directories we list also have general business categories for any small business to list their website.
Most of us are aware of the SEO benefit of inbound links. Before you make a name for yourself, it can be difficult to get others to link to your website. As we continue to build Escape Creative’s web presence, we are always looking for free directories to list our site with. This post is our best attempt at a comprehensive list of all the places a web design company can list their website for free.
- Google, Yahoo & Bing local business centers
Please refer to this post for detailed instructions on how to list your site. - DMOZ – The Open Directory Project
Link text: [company name], Nofollow: NO - DesignFirms.org
Link text: “Visit website”, Nofollow: NO - WebDesignFinders.net
A Javascript link that redirects to your site - WebWorldIndex.com
Link text: [company name], Nofollow: NO - LinkCentre.com
Link text: [company name], Nofollow: YES - Infignos.com
Link text: [company name], Nofollow: NO - Jayde.com
A business search engine, they find other pages on your site and create summaries of them automatically. Link text: [url], along with the title tags on whatever pages it’s spiders crawl. Nofollow: NO - LittleWebDirectory.com
Link text: [company name] and [url], Nofollow: NO - YellowPages.com
Link text: “Visit Web Site” and [url], Nofollow: YES - Richmond.com Directory
Only list address & phone for free. They do offer payment options to include company URL. - WebDesignersByState.com
Nofollow: NO, Requires a backlink on your site from any page - VirginiaWebDesignDirectory.com
Link text: “Website” & [url], Nofollow: NO - Best of the Web
Only list address & phone for free. - GetFreeListing.com
Link text: a custom title you choose & “Visit Web Site”, Nofollow: on 1 of the links but not on the other - Yelp
Link text: [url]. Nofollow: n/a because they use a redirect URL (i.e. yelp.com/redir.aspx?url=escapecreative.com) - Yellowbook.com
Link text: [url], Nofollow: YES - Sortfolio.com
Link text: [url], Nofollow: NO, owned by 37signals - Superpages.com
Only list address & phone for free. - MyHuckleberry.com
Link: image button, Nofollow: YES
