For a small business wanting to use the Internet to attract new business, the thought of starting and maintaining a website might be a little daunting. But there are other ways to have a presence on the web, such as registering with online directories.

There are hundreds of online directories of varying sizes and specialities. They range from large sites such as yell, scoot and elooker, listing businesses from all sectors and areas of the UK, to industry or area specific sites.

elooker  has thousands of businesses listed and aims to be the first place someone will go to when searching for goods and services online. Of the other directories, Scoot claims to offer over two million goods and services through its site and Yell receives around three million visits a month and elooker is catching up fast.. With these numbers, it is easy to see how registration could attract new business.

Deborah Day, of hair and beauty consultants Beautyprofile, says, "We receive email messages every day from people wanting information. eLooker is proving a very useful advertising method. It started working so quickly, already eight per cent of our bookings are via elooker."

The more and more varied directories a company is listed with, the better the chances of attracting new business, whether from a consumer or another business.and well worth the time and money for the potential to reach many new customers.

No enquiry is considered too small.

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