Haha, I'm going to make you visit my site for the rest: Finding Quality Web Directories I'm looking for input... Did I leave anything out? Thanks!
Useful Article, you point some interesting issues. I would also add 'Quality of Design' and brand awareness (have you heard or seen them before?)...
Ah crap. I forgot, we're supposed to be boycotting them, right? Good ones! I'm thinking about making a follow-up, as I've received quite a bit of feedback from this article... I'll add those on, thanks!
I agree, it is a flawed tool and works maybe 10% of the time and now it is a paid tool so it is not widely used. - also this one is a bit of a double edged-sword. It is nice to be on the front page of a category with only a handful of other sites sometimes. - There are lots of other keywords that are good for a directory to rank for so I am not sure this one makes sense.
Thats a nice article.. Also check for Google backlinks and confirm that atleast few category pages have some PR ( to rule out dropped domain)