2012 Top Business Directories in the UK

We have created a list of 60 + 1 business directories from the UK and analyzed them based on a number of criteria (PageRank, Alexa GB Traffic Rank, Sites in Google, number of monthly visitors). We have ranked them according to the collected Alexa data but this is not representative statistics.

The last column of the list indicates the change of Alexa Traffic Rank of those business directories that were analyzed last year and there are many other directories that have made it to the list in 2012 for the first time. As long as in 2011 we looked at 47 online directories, this year we have expanded our list to include a higher number of websites offering information on businesses.

Data collected on July 02, 2012

Website	Google PR	Alexa GB 2012	Sites in Google	Unique visitors per month, estimated by Google-ad planner	Alexa GB 2011	Alexa Rank in GB difference between 2011 and 2012
yell.com	7	117	41.400.000	3.5M	105	12 ↓
192.com	7	165	41.000.000	3.8M	133	32 ↓
freeindex.co.uk	5	353	2.160.000	630K	262	91 ↓
companycheck.co.uk	3	390	6.240.000	380K	N/A
thomsonlocal.com	7	610	5.440.000	510K	850	240 ↑
duedil.com	4	777	114000	170K	N/A
cylex-uk.co.uk	6	826	6.640.000	1.1M	1124	298 ↑
hotfrog.co.uk	5	849	8.370.000	570K	781	68 ↓
thebestof.co.uk	4	855	890000	390K	844	11 ↓
misterwhat.co.uk	4	1051	3.960.000	570K	963	88 ↓
companiesintheuk.co.uk	3	1183	5.420.000	430K	N/A
businessmagnet.co.uk	5	1291	177000	140K	776	515 ↓
cdrex.com	3	1437	11.700.000	430K	2732	1295 ↑
scoot.co.uk	6	1479	2.600.000	240K	N/A
applegate.co.uk	5	1488	1.970.000	290K	351	1137 ↓
mylocalservices.co.uk	3	1556	1.570.000	180K	1558	2 ↑
manta.com	6	1864	7.7500.000	11M	N/A
118.com	5	1812	7.810.000	350K	N/A
wheresbest.co.uk	3	2630	1.150.000	180K	3118	488 ↑
uksmallbusinessdirectory.co.uk	5	2905	189000	78K	2270	635 ↓
touchlocal.com	5	3005	1.280.000	100K	2250	755 ↓
accessplace.com	5	3137	194000	220K	2541	596 ↓
bizzy.co.uk	3	3179	8.960.000	180K	N/A
locallife.co.uk	5	3467	3.090.000	220K	3308	159 ↓
inuklocal.co.uk	2	3729	1.060.000	160K	3606	123 ↓
bizwiki.co.uk	5	4323	668000	120K	3055	1268 ↓
business-directory-uk.co.uk	5	4421	266	32K	2637	1784 ↓
city-listings.co.uk	3	5572	1.490.000	75K	7417	1845 ↑
citylocal.co.uk	4	5879	821000	39K	6573	694 ↑
enquira.co.uk	6	7419	533000	120K	N/A
thediscdirectory.co.uk	3	8954	1.510.000	63K	N/A
zibb.co.uk	4	9094	2.140.000	85K	N/A
searchme4.co.uk	4	9997	657000	39K	9895	102 ↓
companies-uk.co.uk	0	10081	1.750.000	59K	N/A
tuugo.co.uk	4	12317	2.210.000	23K	N/A
businessnetwork.co.uk	2	12356	870000	48K	7956	4400 ↓
approvedbusiness.co.uk	4	13104	116000	23K	10930	2174 ↓
uk-local-search.co.uk	5	15185	1.890.000	30K	8290	6895 ↓
bdexcel.com	0	15387	1.330.000	N/A	N/A
1stdirectory.com	4	15628	70	30K	4726	10902 ↓
wura.co.uk	4	15909	11100	N/A	17318	1409 ↑
townpages.com	4	16252	90700	27K	20076	3824 ↑
ogbit.com	3	16468	463000	N/A	8368	8100 ↓
opendi.co.uk	7	19325	1.180.000	32K	N/A
wwwi.co.uk	4	19872	189000	30K	9229	10643 ↓
ukdirectory.co.uk	5	20497	65400	17K	N/A
toplocallistings.co.uk	4	21351	16200	N/A	17427	3924 ↓
bizdirbusinessdirectory.co.uk	4	24647	2450	N/A	11089	13558 ↓
yalwa.co.uk	5	24842	206000	N/A	21199	3643 ↓
b2bindex.co.uk	4	26532	7160	N/A	13191	13341 ↓
zettai.net	4	27205	160000	47K	18120	9085 ↓
companieslist.co.uk	1	28145	1.720.000	12K	N/A
citikey.co.uk	4	28376	880000	32K	N/A
businessdirectory-uk.com	4	28461	5490	N/A	21247	7214 ↓
localsearch24.co.uk	4	30548	75700	11K	N/A
b2b-directory-uk.co.uk	4	38210	120	N/A	13374	24836 ↓
businesslist.co.uk	2	41934	180000	N/A	N/A
business.website-directory-uk.com	3	56520	4510	N/A	32018	24502 ↓
blinks.org.uk	2	74598	38900	N/A	N/A
kyotee.co.uk	4	76990	2.520.000	N/A	32983	44007 ↓
ukfreedirectory.com	2	115868	2.080.000	N/A	N/A

Online Business Directories in 2011

From time to time we get down to see what kind of online business directories are out there, draw a table and analyze statistics a bit. If we take a look at our non-representative list of business directories posted in 2010 , you'll see important changes regarding the numbers.

While in 2010 we listed 28 nationwide and general directories, this year we have analyzed 47 online business directories. The directories presented are ranked according to Alexa and it's not necessarily accurate.

Website	Google PR	Alexa GB	Sites in Google	Unique visitors per month, estimated by Google-ad planner	Alexa GB 2010
www.yell.com	7	105	31.100.000	3.8M	95	-10
www.192.com	7	133	42300000	3.2M	290	157
www.freeindex.co.uk	5	262	1.160.000	570K	229	-33
www.applegate.co.uk	5	351	4920000	270K
www.businessmagnet.co.uk	5	776	220000	110K
www.hotfrog.co.uk	5	781	10200000	420K	335	-446
www.upmystreet.com	5	816	7.130.000	620K	710	-106
www.thebestof.co.uk	4	844	1070000	350K	811	-33
www.thomsonlocal.com	7	850	3450000	350K
www.misterwhat.co.uk	4	963	4170000	620K
www.cylex-uk.co.uk	6	1124	5030000	560K	572	-552
www.mylocalservices.co.uk	3	1558	1.810.000	150K	1999	441
www.touchlocal.com	6	2250	2.500.000	120K	1141	-1109
www.uksmallbusinessdirectory.co.uk	5	2270	1060000	53K	1457	-813
www.accessplace.com	5	2541	491000	260K	1168	-1373
www.business-directory-uk.co.uk	5	2637	189	18K
www.cdrex.com	2	2732	6790000.00	430K
www.bizwiki.co.uk	5	3055	949000	180K	1756	-1299
www.wheresbest.co.uk	3	3118	1.190.000	160K	2001	-1117
www.locallife.co.uk	4	3308	3020000	160K	2390	-918
www.inuklocal.co.uk	3	3606	1.180.000	180K	8570	4964
www.1stdirectory.com	4	4726	1780	53K	8924	4198
www.citylocal.co.uk	4	6573	711000	32K
www.city-listings.co.uk	3	7417	1.080.000	57K	7640	223
www.businessnetwork.co.uk	2	7956	2620000	39K	32841	24885
www.uk-local-search.co.uk	5	8290	2.720.000	36K	11730	3440
www.ogbit.com	3	8368	580000	NA
www.wwwi.co.uk	4	9229	10800	11K
www.searchme4.co.uk	4	9895	1160000	32K
www.welovelocal.com	4	10187	291000	84K	2511	-7676
www.approvedbusiness.co.uk	4	10930	292000	20K
www.bizdirbusinessdirectory.co.uk	4	11089	1580	NA
www.b2bindex.co.uk	4	13191	6430	NA
www.b2b-directory-uk.co.uk	3	13374	126	NA
www.wura.co.uk	4	17318	9820	NA
www.toplocallistings.co.uk	4	17427	11000	NA
www.zettai.net	4	18120	160000	44K	2873	-15247
www.townpages.com	4	20076	152000	29K	8404	-11672
www.yalwa.co.uk	4	21199	103000	8.4K
www.businessdirectory-uk.com	5	21247	615	NA
Www.business.website-directory-uk.com	2	32018	3490	NA
www.kyotee.co.uk	4	32983	131000	NA

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