Designer News

designernews.co

A design and website showcase. It describes itself as: “A daily edition of hand picked links for the design community: tool releases, AI shifts that change how products get built, sharp writing on craft, and…” It appears in 3 public lists of directories.

Grade C: little search trafficPricing not checked yetLink type not checked yet

Report card

Designer News gets little search traffic, whatever its DR says. Skip the paid tiers unless you know where its visitors come from.

CWeak

~35Domain Rating (estimate)

0.2Traffic multiplier (1–99 visits/mo)

7Directory Score

Search visits a month: about 1
Referring domains: 1.7k
Link type: Not checked yet
Pricing: Not checked yet
Spam check: Passed
Added: Oct 30, 2026

How the score works

Directory Score = DR × traffic multiplier. A directory keeps its full DR only if people find it on Google. Badges and link swaps can raise DR; they can't fake search traffic.

Search visits a month	Multiplier
100,000+	× 1.0
10,000–99,999	× 0.8
1,000–9,999	× 0.6
100–999	× 0.4
1–99 ← Designer News	× 0.2
None	× 0.0

Grades: A 40+, B 20–39, C under 20. DR is Ahrefs Domain Rating where we have it, otherwise a DataForSEO estimate; search visits are DataForSEO's monthly estimate, refreshed monthly.

We haven't checked Designer News's submission terms yet: it comes from public lists of directories. Directory Score 7/100 (grade C): about 1 search visits a month, DR ~35. A design and website showcase. It describes itself as: “A daily edition of hand picked links for the design community: tool releases, AI shifts that change how products get built, sharp writing on craft, and…” It appears in 3 public lists of directories.

Submission Details

Visit designernews.co, fill out the manual form submission, and wait for review. Review times vary.

Real Questions

Is submitting to Designer News worth the effort?

Probably not. Directory Score 7/100 (grade C): about 1 search visits a month, DR ~35. We haven't checked its link type or pricing yet, so look at a live listing before you pay for anything.

What happens after I submit?

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