[stewartt]

Directory submission help to improve one way back link and give u some traffic to your web site.

It's really help u to increase PR also.

[s42]

Originally Posted by TrafficVault

Adding to directories is a great first step. You might not see much activity as a referring site- but you'll get some link juice.

It can help rankings, which will help traffic.

I totally agree. One link won't help much but the sum of them will definitely help. Everything counts. For starters, AdWido has a nice place for you to try submitting sites to as well as some other services.

[vinmann]

It is one way of getting links. Don't focus your full time on it. Go for only free submission without reciprocal link. In a reasonable time you can get approval from some good directories.

[Goldnote]

Directories hold little weight these days. They're not what they use to be. Now they're a dime a dozen, poorly managed not to mention here today and gone tomorrow. The traffic is almost all from newbie webmaster's. When is the last time you wanted to find a site and used a directory instead of a search engine? Probably like me, never. There is only a handful of good directories out there.
But if you get bored one day and want to submit to some it won't hurt.

[lovely09]

Directory submission helps in listing your site and possibly have its exposure but it should not stop there.You can do it with other marketing ways.More combination of strategies is much good in getting your target.

[Jenie0109]

just don't use any automated tool

[sck4784]

Directory submission is very effective in Primary phase of SEO.

[sck4784]

But remember use main keywords/key phrase as an anchor text in directory submission.

[Jenie0109]

Originally Posted by sck4784

But remember use main keywords/key phrase as an anchor text in directory submission.

and the most important thing is put your site on the right category of a certain directory

[PhilHogan]

Originally Posted by Markme

from experience... it kind of is a waste of time.
your better off getting quality links to your website from sites with related content as im pretty sure google will rate thoughs links higher.

I agree. Backlinks from sites such are directories have lost lots of value over the last year. A good rule of thumb is this:

The more difficult to get a backlink, the more valuable it will ultimately be to a matrix like google pagerank.

Cheers

Phil

[georgie]

Directory submission is still effective thought it takes a while to get results. It usually takes two to three months before the administrator or webmaster approves your URL.

[Jenie0109]

but if cant wait that long, then you're on with the paid option

[jingles]

Yes m agree that directory submission is very effective for creating the popularity of site.

[aszelan]

Hi im new here

I think is realy impornet
If you like to be on first pages SE submisions is one of the part good SEO and impornet too
But first you need buind you web to be visible by SEO on specific key work
Read my posts

[Jenie0109]

directory isnt effective much but at least it helps