Business Directories GB list 2013

As in previous years, we did some research to pinpoint some of the most important business directories in GB. The list didn't change much considering the number of these directories, but in some cases there are dramatic changes in the Alexa Traffic Rank compared to our statistics for 2012: some websites managed to stay on top, while others suffered a significant fall in traffic. Our list contains 63 business directories for GB.

Website	Google PR	Alexa GB 2013	Sites in Google	Unique visitors per month, estimated by Google-ad planner	Alexa GB 2012	Alexa Rank in GB difference between 2012 and 2013
yell.com	7	126	23 700 000	N/A	117	9 ↓
192.com	7	158	61 400 000	9M	165	7 ↑
companycheck.co.uk	4	669	3 970 000	N/A	390	279 ↓
duedil.com	5	730	11500000	N/A	777	47 ↑
freeindex.co.uk	5	743	666 000	460K	353	390 ↓
cylex-uk.co.uk	6	908	7 000 000	1.5M	826	82 ↓
thomsonlocal.com	7	1205	5 280 000	N/A	610	595 ↓
companiesintheuk.co.uk	3	1357	7 820 000	790K	1183	174 ↓
applegate.co.uk	5	2103	2 020 000	N/A	1488	615 ↓
hotfrog.co.uk	5	2246	3 070 000	400K	849	1397 ↓
scoot.co.uk	6	2286	2 190 000	200K	1479	807 ↓
misterwhat.co.uk	5	2303	3 490 000	780K	1051	1252 ↓
thebestof.co.uk	4	2470	300 000	N/A	855	1615 ↓
manta.com	6	2812	40 900 000	320K	1864	948 ↓
mylocalservices.co.uk	3	3060	776 000	280K	1556	1504 ↓
touchlocal.com	5	3331	764 000	120K	3005	326 ↓
businessmagnet.co.uk	5	3901	153 000	N/A	1291	2610 ↓
118.com	5	4023	2 760 000	64K	1812	2211 ↓
inuklocal.co.uk	1	4368	823 000	210K	3729	639 ↓
opendi.co.uk	8	4505	1 550 000	320K	19325	14820 ↑
companieslist.co.uk	2	4993	3 650 000	250K	28145	23152 ↑
accessplace.com	6	5097	144 000	N/A	3137	1960 ↓
wheresbest.co.uk	2	5434	504 000	250K	2630	2804 ↓
locallife.co.uk	5	5766	1 800 000	260K	3467	2299 ↓
cdrex.com	3	6582	4 730 000	170K	1437	5145 ↓
business-directory-uk.co.uk	5	6677	388	N/A	4421	2256 ↓
uksmallbusinessdirectory.co.uk	5	7000	501 000	15K	2905	4095 ↓
bizwiki.co.uk	1	7691	525 000	N/A	4323	3368 ↓
city-listings.co.uk	3	10070	1 370 000	100K	5572	4498 ↓
citylocal.co.uk	4	10192	525 000	N/A	5879	4313 ↓
bizzy.co.uk	3	10534	2 770 000	75K	3179	7355 ↓
yalwa.co.uk	5	10963	580 000	51K	24842	13879 ↑
yfs.co.uk	4	12439	29 000	N/A	N/A	N/A
enquira.co.uk	6	13689	383 000	130K	7419	6270 ↓
1stdirectory.com	3	13928	205	N/A	15628	1700 ↑
uk-local-search.co.uk	4	14059	5 400 000	32K	15185	1126 ↑
thediscdirectory.co.uk	3	17473	1 160 000	78K	8954	8519 ↓
searchme4.co.uk	4	17940	387 000	N/A	9997	7943 ↓
b2b-directory-uk.co.uk	4	18900	123	N/A	38210	19310 ↑
approvedbusiness.co.uk	3	23324	1 090 000	N/A	13104	10220 ↓
companies-uk.co.uk	0	23601	10 400 000	52K	10081	13520 ↓
wwwi.co.uk	4	24309	66 500	N/A	19872	4437 ↓
ukdirectory.co.uk	5	25477	628 000	N/A	20497	4980 ↓
tuugo.co.uk	4	27966	3 840 000	24K	12317	15649 ↓
businessnetwork.co.uk	2	28284	350 000	29K	12356	15928 ↓
bizdirbusinessdirectory.co.uk	4	31454	2 790	N/A	24647	6807 ↓
b2bindex.co.uk	4	32507	6 660	N/A	26532	5975 ↓
townpages.com	4	35392	156 000	N/A	16252	19140 ↓
zettai.net	4	39055	117 000	32K	27205	11850 ↓
citikey.co.uk	3	44459	440 000	48K	28376	16233 ↓
ukbusinessdirectoryltd.co.uk	0	45277	19 200	N/A	N/A	N/A
business.website-directory-uk.com	2	46948	5 460	N/A	56520	9572 ↑
zibb.co.uk	4	50187	467 000	16K	9094	41093 ↓
localsearch24.co.uk	4	60147	898 000	N/A	30548	29599 ↓
businesslist.co.uk	2	60788	228 000	N/A	41934	18854 ↓
toplocallistings.co.uk	3	65181	13 700	N/A	21351	43830 ↓
bdexcel.com	2	72281	7 630 000	18K	15387	56894 ↓
businessdirectory-uk.com	3	80927	3 800	N/A	28461	52466 ↓
ukfreedirectory.com	2	112172	4 860 000	N/A	115868	3696 ↑
blinks.org.uk	3	122099	14 200	N/A	74598	47501 ↓
wura.co.uk	4	141059	11 900	N/A	15909	125150 ↓
ogbit.com	2	N/A	14 100	N/A	16468	N/A
kyotee.co.uk	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	76990	N/A

* Data collected on June 11, 2013

Nearby public transportation and Routing feature in the CYLEX Business Directory

In one of our previous posts we've told you about the box on the company presentation pages displaying nearby public transit stops. Now we've connected it to the map, so a click on one of the transit stops will show it on the map above. 

By this very simple, yet significant feature, you can plan your route a lot easier and what's more, another box is providing info concerning the nearest car parks (distance and parking costs are also provided). Just as in case of the public transit stops, when clicking on one of the car parks, it is displayed on the map.

While the old design contained only a box of similar companies based on the keyword + location combination, when examining the presentation page of a company, you'll see there is a list of Nearby stores, that is a list of the closest locations of a multi-branch company.

If you are interested in other nearby companies that are similar to the one you've found in CYLEX Business Directory, you can find them on the bottom of the presentation page, with the distance provided:

In order to visit one of these companies, just click on the name of the company and you are directed to its presentation page to find more details about it. Our new features contain a street finder so that finding your way to the store / fast food can be a lot easier.

You can also widen your Branch locator search by setting a search radius around a given location with the radius slider: you'll find it in the search bar near the city.

Discover and make the best out of these feature and in case you'd like to share your experiences, use our CYLEX UK facebook page or fill in our feedback form on our Business Directory. Your opinion matters!

CYLEX UK new feature: the Branch Locator

Are you looking for the closest location of your favorite chain restaurant or store? We have polished the design of our landing page a bit and at the same time have implemented new features in order to make it easier for users to seach our business directory. In the footer part of CYLEX Business Directory United Kingdom there is a Branch locator with the most important branches around the top cities in the UK.

The branches are organized into categories and by choosing a category, the most important multi-branch businesses of that category are displayed on the citymap. Basic information of the branches are shown (company name, address, opening hours.). When hovering above the Opening Hours part (current day's opening hours), the opening hours table is displayed in  the whole. Details & Opening Hours link directs you to the presentation page of the selected company.

Interested in all the branches representing the selected category? You'll find them moving your mouse over All branches from this category.

You can also widen your search by picking a city, let's say London: in this case the page displays the list of all the main categories, nearby branches (nearest locations of branches and distance), popular stores in the city and a statistics box informing you about the number of Store chains / Branches in the city you have selected.