Blog directories can serve as a simple promotional tool for every blogger and website.  Although no Directory, desptie some claims, will bring you thousands of visitors, the linking value, potential rankings and other benefits are important.  Below are 40 free, paid and human-edited directories to help you get started. 



Large Directories

Technorati - One of the largest directories and blog sharing and ranking sites.

Icerocket.com - Icerocket offers inclusion in its feed based/linking directory along with a free blog tracker service.

Blogged.com - Quickly becoming a large directory, sharing and reading community, yet not so large that a smaller blog will be overlooked.


Human-Edited Directories

Dmoz – The most popular and largest site directory. All sites must be submitted and approved by human editors.

Mahalo – A human edited search site with easy navigation and well-funded to continue to grow.

Best of the Web – Very popular directory, with strict submission guidelines and requires payment.

Pegasus Directory - Smaller directory offering free listings and human edited


Free Directories

Blog-Search.com – Directory of over 15,000 blogs and offers two free tips newsletters.

Blogarama.com – Over 151,000 blogs and growing at constant rate. Site offers stats and visitors can leave a review.

BlogBunch.com – Simple and straightforward site with numerous categories.

BlogCatalog.com – A blog directory with an interactive feel allowing direct interaction between bloggers.

BlogExplosion.com – Directory with more than 100,000 blogs that allows users to review your blog.

Blogflux.com – Over 157,000 blogs in their system. Offers directory, stats and other free tools.

Blogdigger.com - An RSS based directory offering free site submission.
Bloggingfusion.com - A small, free blog directory of 3,000 blogs.  However, the directory is selective and allows comprehensive listing details and reviews.

Bloggernity.com – Blog directory of more than 50,000 sites.

Bloghints.com - Smaller but growing directory ranking high on search engines.
BlogHop.com – Directory has more than  32,000 blogs and uses a tagging system for blog searching.

BlogHub.com – A directory of over 72,000 blogs from 35,000 members and offers a social community for bloggers.

BlogListing.net – Free submission, some articles and featured listing opps.

BlogRankings.com – A few thousand blogs, categorized with updated post searches of recently pinged sites.

BlogToplist.com – A free submission directory that ranks based upon number of visitors and/or click outs.

Blogville.us - New directory but ranked high in search results and gaining attention.

Britblog.com – A directory of British blogs but under construction in late 2009.

Findingblog.com – Smaller directory with free submission.

GeekySpeaky.com - A small blog directory of 400-500 sites.

GetBlogs.com – Over 11,000 blogs split into categories.

GlobeOfBlogs.com – Over 66,000 global blogs.

IBlogBusiness.com – A directory of a couple thousand business blogs.

LSBlogs.com – A directory of blogs and blog-related sites.

MyBlog2U.com – Free submission directory with a couple thousand sites.

JoeAnt.com – Directory indexing by location and category.

Topblogging.com - Directory ranking sites upon hits and in/out.

Top of Blogs - Old style directory based upon hits including inclusion of subscriber base.

QuickBlogDirectory.com – An upstart directory with few listings requiring only a reciprocal text link.

WeBlogAlot.com – Allows you to add your RSS feed or a ping.


Paid Directories

AliveDirectory.com – All submissions are manually checked, offers annual and permanent pricing options.

AvivaDirectory.com – A smallish directory at only a little over 750 blogs, but well organized and easy to look at.

Bloggeries.com –  A directory and resource center for bloggers, they have reasonable fees and provide a community just for bloggers.

BlogUniverse.com – A low cost submission site with 23,000 listings.

Business.com – A directory for sites in just about every industry, a highly searched domain name, but a fee to be listed.