Which directories should I join?

I have started to submit my site to a lot of the free directories but now I was thinking of buying some links in directories, but I not sure which ones. I have been told that google doesn't trust certain directories, since they are now doing some kind of trust rank. I want to find out which direcotries have help other people.

Molly

Hello,

You can find the whole list of good paid directories on http://seocompany.ca

http://www.webuildpages.com/directory/

I think Bob has a great list @ http://seocompany.ca

I would look at getting into uncoverthenet.com Shawn runs a great directory. I have many if not ALL of our sites listd in there.

You can check few more directories;
http://dmoz.org/
http://dir.yahoo.com/
http://zeal.com/

If you go about this efficiently, the ones that "help" will generously outweigh the ones that don't.

A directory listing is not likely to hurt your ranking, even if the directory in question seems to have fallen from grace.

On the other hand: since there are so many 13-in-a-dozen dirs nowadays, you can't expect them all to be of great value.

Still, I like to submit to the free ones (like those listed on the pages the previous posters pointed out).

I suggest you don't use the same title and dscription over and over again. Use an excel sheet or maybe roboform to coordinate your dir submissions....

Try Zeal, JoeAnt, GoGuides, and Gimpsy. They have all been around awhile and seem well-respected. Might try MSN's bCentral too. I own a directory as well (listed in profile).

Here are search engine friendly ones:

www.3dollarauto.com/
www.funender.com/free_link_directory/
www.addyoursitefreesubmit.com/

Yahoo $299.00
Uncover the Net $39.00
Site Sift $24.95
Business.com $99.00
WhatUSeek $50.00
Best of the Web $39.95
ThisIsOurYear $20.00
Small Business Dir $50.00
Joeant $40.00
Gimpsy $40.00
AbiLogic $14.95
GoGuides.org $40.00
WoW Directory $20.00
123world $49.00
CannyLink $19.95
BigAll $9.95
Qango $50.00
Tygo $19.95
SevenSeek Directory $40.00
SEOMA $15.00
Family Friendly Sites $49.95
InCrawler $24.95
One Big Directory $27.00
InfoListings Directory $9.95
Azoos $69.95
Web Beacon $40.00
Ableseek $40.00
Web 10 $49.00
Octopedia $25.00
Seekon Web Directory $29.00
Skaffe.com $40.00
01Web Directory $49.00
Web World $25.00
World Site Index $7.05
Click4Choice $20.00
Massivelinks $10.00
Anthony Parsons $20.00
Human Edited Directory $14.00
Yeandi $20.00
DirectoryWorld $10.00
ABizDirectory $10.00
LinkoPedia.com $10.00
SOCEngine $10.00
SunSteam Search $25.00
192 Directory $80.00
Sootle Web Directory $19.99
AroundTheWeb $15.00
Allestra $39.00
Katakombe $49.95
Ozami $40.00
Cluboo $15.00
Search Turtle $5.00
DukerSearch $9.99
Master Site $20.00
Aviva $49.00
SiteSnoop.com $10.00
Topical Beach $20.00
FetchDog $30.00
Performance Corporate $19.99
Smarty Links $15.95
Skatoo $15.00

these are all worthwhile.

Here are two good directory lists -

www.strongestlinks.com/directories.php
Strongest Links - Directories

www.strongestlinks.com/specific_directories.php?sortcolumn=PRa
Strongest Links - Regional or subject-specific Directories