With every new site I launch I tell my clients of the benefits of getting signing up to and getting listed on these directories. As well as generating a few valuable inbound links to keep Google happy you’ll potentially generate quite a new bit of new traffic and ultimately business. And best of all it’s free and will only take a few minutes of your time setting up your various profiles.

Here is my personal shortlist -

Free Index
http://www.freeindex.co.uk

Touch Local
http://www.touchlocal.com

Qype
http://www.qype.co.uk

BT Tradespace
http://www.bttradespace.com/

Thomsonlocal
http://www.thomsonlocal.com/

Yell
http://www.yell.com/

Kyotee
http://kyotee.co.uk/

Scoot
http://www.scoot.co.uk/

UK Small Business Directory
http://www.uksmallbusinessdirectory.co.uk/

Business Line
http://www.businesslinedirectory.com/

Some of these such as Yell may contact you to sell you their commercial packages but unless you have the cash then simply tell them you’re not interested.

If you have any tried and tested directories then please let me know.

This site has been out of action for a couple of years now due to one reason or another, I won’t bore you with the details. Ok, I think i will. Here goes – I left full-time employment to go freelance and set up my own business Pixel Air, I packed up and from the smoke in London to green pastures of Cheshire with my girlfriend Beverley and we then got married a few months after moving and then shortly afterwards our labrador puppy arrived on the scene – Olive . So it’s been a very busy couple of years indeed and more than enough reason to explain the thick layer of dust that has accumulated on my domain.

As of today I have blown away the cobwebs and wiped away the dust to reveal a new, shiny and to be regularly updated  alexpeterson.com. Hopefully you’ll find something of common interest and amusment in what’s to follow so I hope you remember to come back soon.

At the time of writing I was using a theme called Work-a-holic from Graph Paper Press. Being the OCD perfectionist designer that I am you may notice the design changing and hopefully improving once I get around to designing something a little more bespoke.