What Gridly is
Gridly is a free, human-built web directory — right now 794 websites placed by hand into 22 sections. It works the way the early web directories did: real people file each site under the right topic, so you browse a clear grid of categories instead of guessing the exact words a search engine wants to hear.
How we review listings
A person looks at every submission before it goes on the grid. We confirm the site is real, loads, and sits in a sensible section, and we lift a short description from the page itself so each entry honestly reflects what the site does. Malware, deceptive pages, and thin doorway sites are turned away.
Outbound links carry rel="nofollow" — Gridly is a directory for readers, not a place to buy ranking signals. Keeping the grid tidy by hand is exactly what stops it sliding into link spam.
Free, and staying that way
Putting your website on Gridly costs nothing. There is no premium tier, no rush-review charge, and no upsell waiting at the end. The grid fills up because genuine owners add genuine sites.
Who runs it
Gridly is looked after by a small editorial team that reviews submissions and tends the sections. Spot a listing that is broken, outdated, or in the wrong block? Tell us and we will sort it.
Put your site on the grid
If you run a legitimate website, you can add it to Gridly in well under a minute — pick a section, drop in your URL, and we will take care of the description.