May 24th, 2011 
the Chubby Team 
Your startup website / web application is ready to be used by the world. So while your friends and family use it and hopefully tell everyone they know about it and while you wait to hear back from bloggers/journalists who you hope will write about it and catapult you to “cewebrity” status, there are a ton of places you can go to submit your startup for free today. And so you don’t have to go trekking around the web to find them, we’ve included details on all of them below to make your life just a bit easier.
Before we get to the mega-list, why should you submit to one of these web directories? Besides the obvious, why not, there are four main reasons:
- They’re Free – None of these cost any money. They’re free and that price works in all startup budgets.
- Acquire Users – Some of these sites have active communities of people interested in new technologies, web applications so if getting in front of that audience would be beneficial for you, you have users to gain.
- Generate Publicity – Several are tied to popular or semi-popular blogs so there is a chance you could get picked up and get exposure on those blogs.
- Enhance SEO – Many of these sites are high pagerank sites so by getting a link on these sites, they’re indirectly sharing their “Google juice” with you making your site more credible and improving your standing with search engines and assisting you on the often important and elusive Search Engine Optimization front.
So now that you’re convinced, here is the entire list of web directories, databases and blogs you should submit your startup to. Of course, if there are others you’d recommend, add them in the comments and we’ll update this post over time.
- Springwise is increasingly getting exposure and has a database of ideas which is interesting to look through. Through the use of spotters, they have built a huge collection of ideas and companies. See if you can get your company featured in their list of cool things their readership should know about. Check it out here.
- Mo isn’t a traditional directory, but it does have lots of great reviews of other ideas that can come in handy. Mo has both new high tech start ups as well as innovations in older industries. Find out more here about getting coverage on Mo.
- Killer Startups is one of the first databases for start ups and it has a daily feed of hundreds of the most recently listed. Submit your idea here.
- ChubbyBrain – Yes you can submit your info to us and we feature some of the top startups as well. To do so, you need to go through our Funding Recommendation Engine which you can sign up for here.
- Startup Meme is a tech blog with a focus on everything face book. You can submit your startup here.
- Wwwhatsnew is a Spanish language web app website. Its great for those catering to the Latin American markets. Find out more here.
- MakeUseOf has a small directory for several different departments. Its best for those wishing to reach a specific artistic, or platform audience. Sign up here.
- MoMB bills its self as the museum of modern betas. It offers a great way to get hosted on an interesting artistic project. More information here.
- DzineBlog offers a great way to list any start up focused on design. More information here.
- Paggu, similar to Mo, has a interview-format to present start ups. Find out more here.
- Robin Speziale offers a lot of great pieces of advice, as well as provides a place for start ups to get noticed. Read about it here.
- Submit Startup is an aggregator of start up information. It pulls information from Killer Startups, and Startup Booster. More information here.
- YouNoodle offers a chance for the public to check out the start up scene and leave comments, tips and encouragement! Find out more here.
- Evolvr uses twitter to update a list of start ups. It’s the new version of LovelyPages. Check them out here or at @evolvr.
- Generation-y Startup is a great blog style start up directory. Check it out!
- TechPluto is a start up directory focused for entrepreneurs in India. Check it out here.
- Minisprout offers several different platform categories, which is great for any start up involved on different devices. For more information.
- Startuplift allows an opportunity for people to give feedback on start ups and get paid for it! Sign up here.
- Startup Booster is a great directory if your start up helps other start ups. Sign up here.
- DYI Startup News takes a twitter approach to start up news – it only allows 240 characters per post. Sign up here.
- Startupsearch is a smaller website but it allows for easy tracking of many companies. Sign up here.
- Mppr maps every start up and also provides information on where other start ups are located. Check it out here.
- Appvita is a newer platform, and since it isn’t heavily populated it might offer a great chance to get noticed. Check it out here.
- Zippa provides a great ranking system to see how your start up ranks against others in terms of popularity. Check it out here.
- Web 2.0 is one of the most popular sites on the newest webapps. Find out more information here.
- Feed My App provides several different platform services and uses tags to help identify start ups. Sign up here.
- GreatwebApps is a simpler directory with a diverse collection of companies. Check it out here.
- Go2web20 is one of the most popular for web apps since it allows almost no restrictions to post. Sign up here.
- SimpleSpark says it “focuses on web apps that are easy to use for everyone.” More information here.
- App Useful is one of the most popular app sites. Getting published isn’t that easy though. Sign up here.
- CrunchBase is popular since any start up can self list on Crunch Base and is part of TechCrunch. With a great amount of traffic and a high influential pagerank, Crunchbase is a great place to get a link. Click here for more information.
- VentureBeat Profiles is VentureBeat’s version of TechCrunch’s Crunchbase and bills itself as the best way to research new start ups. VentureBeat acquired the site formerly known as TradeVibes to create VentureBeat profiles. You can submit yourself here.
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You should add http://www.freshstartups.org to that list.
Hi there,
I am the founder of StartUpLift. Wanted to thank you for including us in the list.
Just wanted to correct a link typo [#18 on the list]. Current link gives a 404 error. Here are our links:
Homepage: http://startuplift.com
Submit Your Startup: http://startuplift.com/submit-your-startup/
Thanks!
Pranaya
Founder, StartUpLift
Thanks Pranaya. Fixed the link. Keep up the great work for the startup community.
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Hi,
You can submit your blog in http://blorner.com as well. It is free blogs directory with hundreds of blogs.
Thank you.
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