12 Web Design Directories To Improve Your SEO
Andy Walpole
List of Web Design Directories Links from niche directories are of more value in SEO than submitting to general directories, and there are a number of specialized directories catering exclusively for web designers. Below are some of those.
Many of these require a reciprocal link and which have fallen out of favor since Google declared against “excessive reciprocal linking”; but in moderation it is fine as Matt Cutts talked about in 2007 – “Trading links is natural and it’s natural to have reciprocal links. At some level, natural reciprocal links happen, but if you do it way too often, it looks artificial.”
1. DesignDirectory
- Year Site Created: 2001
- Indexed Pages in Google: 15,400
- Backlinks in Yahoo: 155,988
- PageRank: 6
- Link Status: Nofollow
- Quantcast Ranking: 24,796
- Submission rules: Read the submission rules here
2. Web Design Directory org dot uk
- Year Site Created: 2008
- Indexed Pages in Google: 319
- Backlinks in Yahoo: 837
- PageRank: 4
- Link Status: Dofollow
- Quantcast Ranking: No data
- Submission rules: Reciprocal link required.
This is more than a directory and is intended as means for a client to quickly receive a quote for a job from a wide range of design companies. UK only.
3. Web Design Stuff
- Year Site Created: 2006
- Indexed Pages in Google: 1,850
- Backlinks in Yahoo: 44.301
- PageRank: 5
- Link Status: Dofollow
- Quantcast Ranking: No data
- Submission rules: Free to submit to.
The submission rules read: “If you are submitting a portfolio, design firm, or resource site, please select the most appropriate category and do not use “Best Design Showcase”. We will select the best to be placed in that category. You may however submit client sites or sites you think do have the best design to be placed in “Best Design Showcase”. Not all sites will be approved. Only well designed or sites with useful resources will be considered.”
4. Web-Development.com
- Year Site Created:1997
- Indexed Pages in Google: 11,400
- Backlinks in Yahoo: 1,639
- PageRank: 5
- Link Status: Dofollow
- Quantcast Ranking: No data
- Submission rules: Free to submit to but a reciprocal is required. From the submission page:
Web-Development.com is a directory of Web design companies. We ONLY add Web design company websites to our directory. In the future we plan to add additional categories for related companies such as Web hosting companies and domain name registrars, but at this time we are only accepting submissions for Web design companies.
5. American Association of Webmasters Directory
- Year Site Created: 2002
- Indexed Pages in Google: 1,670
- Backlinks in Yahoo: 30,433
- PageRank: 5
- Link Status: Dofollow
- Quantcast Ranking: No data
- Submission rules: Free to submit to but a reciprocal is required.
6. UK Webmaster World Directory
- Year Site Created: 2003
- Indexed Pages in Google: 302
- Backlinks in Yahoo: 3,457
- PageRank: 3
- Link Status: Dofollow
- Quantcast Ranking: No data
- Submission rules: Links are either paid or a reciprocal. Open to non-UK submissions.
7. UK Webmaster Directory
- Year Site Created: 2008
- Indexed Pages in Google: 73
- Backlinks in Yahoo: 469
- PageRank: 4
- Link Status: Dofollow
- Quantcast Ranking: No data
- Submission rules: Free but reciprocal is required. For UK only.
8. Web Design • Designers Directory
- Year Site Created: 2005
- Indexed Pages in Google: 2,229
- Backlinks in Yahoo: 163,889
- PageRank: 6
- Link Status: Dofollow
- Quantcast Ranking: 130,167
- Submission rules: Free and no reciprocal is required. US only.
9. Webmasters Lookup
- Year Site Created: 2005
- Indexed Pages in Google: 237
- Backlinks in Yahoo: 4,236
- PageRank: 4
- Link Status: Dofollow
- Quantcast Ranking: No data
- Submission rules: Free to submit to. This site is intended as a means for web designers to display their experience and portfolio to potential clients. Deep links are allowed.
10. The Web Design Directory UK
The Web Design Directory UK is a new venture and is totally free.
- Year Site Created: 2002
- Indexed Pages in Google: 77
- Backlinks in Yahoo: 14.388
- PageRank: 5
- Link Status: Dofollow
- Quantcast Ranking: No data
- Submission rules: Free to submit to for UK web designers but a reciprocal is required. States on the submission form that it could take up to three months before they approve your entry.
11. DesignDir.net
- Year Site Created: 2003
- Indexed Pages in Google: 625
- Backlinks in Yahoo: 14,359
- PageRank: 4
- Link Status: Dofollow
- Quantcast Ranking: No data
- Submission rules: Paid or free if a reciprocal link. This directory covers not just web design but also related industries.
12. DirectoryDesigner.am
- Year Site Created: 2003
- Indexed Pages in Google: 480
- Backlinks in Yahoo: 12,224
- PageRank: 5
- Link Status: Dofollow
- Quantcast Ranking: No data
- Submission rules: Please read the submission guidelines before you submit. It is free but a reciprocal is advised.
And last but not least is my own directory for web designers and webmasters here: http://www.suburban-glory.com/directory.html. It is free to submit to.
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Posted 171 days ago 52A very useful list. Very good directory list for web design niches.
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Posted 177 days ago 50Yes, really helpful thank you so much for sharing they have good Alexa traffic as well.
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Posted 216 days ago 49Thank you for posting, nice collection :)
Jared
Posted 220 days ago 48Thanks for the tips! I will be sure to give them a try. BTW, the rules to the Dexigner directory is dead.
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Posted 249 days ago 4712 Web Design Directories To Improve Your SEO – A great resource.Thanks for the share.
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Posted 254 days ago 46I have browsed the Directories listed here. They are great source for SEO. Thanks!
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Posted 270 days ago 45are these Free for submissions?
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Posted 274 days ago 44Great article.
Super resource!
Thanks!
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Posted 278 days ago 43great and fantastic
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Posted 177 days ago 51I love your site.. awesome
Grace Alexa
Posted 448 days ago 42Free to submit to for UK web designers but a reciprocal is required
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Posted 462 days ago 41Very interesting topic, I enjoyed reading your blog and you have some really good tips I can use Thanks.http://www.webseoarticles.net
Andy
Posted 465 days ago 40excellent list really great and detailed information. will come in handy as I’m always looking at ways to get better at designing. thanks andy
Jess
Posted 526 days ago 39Good list of links – still a big believer of DMOZ; however, be prepared to wait ages to get SEO recognition on the directory. *sigh
Question though, does posting a North American link on a UK directory help with SEO though?
Derek
Posted 536 days ago 38Great list thanks for posting!
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Posted 581 days ago 37gr8 , i need more information about advertising programs
harprit
Posted 594 days ago 36nice collection and very helpful
Thanks
HTX
Posted 594 days ago 35Great stuff. Waiting for a longer list even!
Kinedo
Posted 602 days ago 34Excellent collection.
Marian Bucur
Posted 611 days ago 33it is a very interesting article.keep it up.Thank you very much
Sumeet Shroff
Posted 613 days ago 31I use above directory for my site submission. some work very good…but some site shows some error
1. http://www.ukwebmasterworld.net (Sorry but the link submission is temporary suspended.)
2. http://webdesigners-directory.com/ ( Server problem when i add my site)
But overall 10 sites are very good, thanks for this list…did you have anymore good web design directory……so please give me.
Dainis Graveris
Posted 613 days ago 32Yes, I checked them myself – some unfortunately aren’t working for now, but such web directories are very good for SEO, that’s why there isn’t a lot of them around there..though :)
Nick
Posted 636 days ago 30Nice collection buddy. Will use them…
Do you know of any more?
Jeremy Ashburn
Posted 644 days ago 29Excellent web design tips. I love looking at great designs and wallpapers on my second monitor while working on my own blog. I just wrote something on my blog about using Flickr to get desktop wallpaper images. Alot of us know that you can download images from flickr but that can take awhile because you have to do one by one. I recently found a program called Downloadr. It downloads whole groups of images from Flickr very fast! It allows you to sort images by tags, date ranges, and interestingness. I use it all the time to download a whole batch of images.
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Andy
Posted 647 days ago 28Nice list, perfect for what I was looking for. Thanks for sharing.
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Posted 715 days ago 27This is really a very good article
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Ray
Posted 736 days ago 26This is a great list for anyone looking to expand into the web design industry. Relevancy is always a big undertaking at first, but this resource definitely makes the first few important steps a lot easier. Great post!
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