How our website directory works

We help readers find the right business website and understand what they can do there. A listing is a starting point for an enquiry, not an endorsement, quality rating or confirmation of a trade licence.

How we select websites

We choose websites that fit a directory category, describe relevant UAE services and provide enough information for a useful profile. Some candidates come from the DXB Local business database. UAE Websites and DXB Local are operated by the same team.

Before adding a profile, we read the provider’s website and write our own summary of its services and enquiry options. We leave out destinations we cannot assess, unrelated websites and pages showing obvious spam. A website check does not establish that a business is licensed or that its claims are independently verified.

Check dates appear on individual profiles. Services, coverage and booking terms can change after that date. Confirm them with the provider before paying.

Links and commercial relationships

Our directory links take you directly to the listed website. We do not require a return link. Businesses cannot pay for inclusion or a better position in this pilot. The cleaning comparison is alphabetical, not a league table.

Business website, Maps and social-profile links use nofollow. Selected links to DXB Local, which is operated by the same team, are ordinary followed links. We do not add a DXB Local link to every business profile. Maps links can come from the matching database record; social profiles are included only when their connection to the business has been checked. Internal navigation is unchanged.

If paid placements are introduced later, they must be visibly labelled and their links marked sponsored. User-contributed links must be moderated and marked ugc. Those attributes can be combined with nofollow. We do not promise ranking benefits to listed businesses.

Google explains these distinctions in its outbound-link guidance. Link attributes do not replace useful content or careful selection.

Corrections and expansion

Use our contact page to see the available correction channel. We do not currently provide automatic publication of business submissions.

We will expand category by category, with distinct descriptions and useful comparisons. We will not create a separate page for every database row or repeat the same listings across large numbers of near-identical area pages.