are Directory Submission Safe with google penguin rules? I see lot of services out there offering link building methods and i'm afraid they might stick me on useless directories sites overseas.
It depends - a lot of free directories are pretty poor quality and wouldn't give you much (if any) SEO benefit even if they don't attract any penalties. In general web directory submissions are very weak nowadays, and not worth the time/money/effort, with the exception of a few highly regarded directories e.g. Yahoo. I would advise to look elsewhere for good quality links.
I have a fellow who i know is doing this seo stuff for my website and beside Directory Submission he has also a lot of different things in his linkbuilding packages so all his service is working against Panda&Penguin. Tested!
Still they are good as long as the site is reliable and the site is high PR and always submit to the right category.
thanks for the feedback. i will stick with yahoo and few others stay away from the rest. Sucks yahoo charges $299 year