Torfaen Online - Getting your site listed on Online Directories

Getting your site listed on Directories and other websites

This guide is written primarily to help community groups in Torfaen. It is to help you get your link onto directories and other websites in order that you can increase the number of visitors to your site.

I've created a list of some directories I have found on the Net. Just go to their site by clicking on the links below. Some are UK wide, others Wales and Torfaen specific. You will find that some have submission boxes where you can input your website address wheras others you will have to email.

UK wide Directories

The Open Directory
http://dmoz.org/
Describes themselves as the largest human edited directory on the web. To add your site and advice on submitting your URL (webaddress) go to http://dmoz.org/add.html.
Submitting your site to the Open Directory will also get you listed on partner sites such as AOL Search, DirectHit, HotBot, Google and Lycos.

UK Villages
http://www.ukvillages.co.uk/torfaen.htm
A UK wide website which acts as a community notice board. You can add any information about your group or organization for free. Go to the relevant region (i.e. Torfaen, Abersychan), click on add a group or society and enter the relevant information.

Brit Info
http://www.britinfo.net/
A network of sites that promote exchanges of information across Britain.
On the home page you can search for your community, e.g. Pontypool and Cwmbran. Then from the menu menu on the left go to Community/Directory/Charities and Voluntary Organisation and click the “add your free link”. It’s quite a long winded process to add your link but you will eventually get there.

Search Uno
http://www.searchuno.co.uk/
Under the section for Wales on the Home Page, go to the More Wales link. Then click on the sub category Torfaen. You will notice you can be more specific and add it to the sub categories of Abersychan and Blaenavon, Pontypool or Cwmbran. Click add your link for free to submit your website.

Towns Online
http://www.towns-online.co.uk/en/
Click on Torfaen and then add details of your website. I think it’s a fairly new website and perhaps not well used at present as there are not many links included. It’s free though so still worth adding your link to.

Wales on the Web
http://www.walesontheweb.org/
The gateway to internet resources relating to Wales. A very useful resource with a section dedicated to the voluntary sector. Click on the voluntary sector link from the home page and then go to Suggest a resource link in the menu near the top of the page.

This is Wales.net
http://www.thisiswales.net/community/
Email your group to the Wales Community Pages. At present there is only a Cwmbran link but you could suggest them adding a Pontypool or Blaenavon link, for example.

South Wales Index
http://www.southwalesindex.co.uk/
Add your site for free to this online Directory for Wales. It has a category specifically for Torfaen which is further split into sub categories. Click on the Submit a site on the left hand side of the page to add your details.

Wales Pages
http://wales.great-british-pages.co.uk
Find the appropriate category from the list and then click add a site. You will need to register with them before you can add your link.

Search Wales
http://www.searchwales.com
Add your link to this site by filling in the online form found from the home page. Pontypool currently has only one entry so you can help put Pontypool on the map.

Cwmbran Guide
http://www.cwmbranguide.co.uk
Click on the relevant link on the left hand menu (e.g. Clubs and Organisations, churches).There is a link which takes you to an online form. Add your name and email address into the form making sure to add the name of your group, address, and tel no (if you want) and also your website address into the comments box.

Torfaen Youth Centre
http://www.torfaen.plus.com/
If you think your sites relevant to young people email them to ask them to add your link to their site

Cwmbran Centre for Young People
http://www.ccyp.org.uk/
Another site you can add your link to if it is relevant to young people

Local Life, Torfaen.
http://www.locallife.co.uk/torfaen/community.asp.
Your local guide to sites on the Internet. To add your site to their local guide click on the Community Tab. Go to Clubs/Groups and Organisations, click on the sub categories appropriate for your group and then add your link by filling in the online form.

Virtual Cwmbran
http://www.virtualcwmbran.com/
On the contents menu go to Cwmbran Guide and then click on the relevant ward. There is a Serving the Community section where you could add your details. Email webmaster@virtualcwmbran.com with your link.

2C.co.uk
http://www.2cuk.net/local/pontypool/index2.htm
Add your link for free on this local website containing all aspects of life in and around Pontypool. Click on Suggest a website and follow the instructions.