Thanks for your advice on submtting to directories. I was wondering how effective it would be. It is good to know that it can help with page rank, some.
I absolutely agree, they set the necessary foundation for every domain I develop. One you can organize into category relative to your niche, and two its free and theres thousands of them. Even though Google does not give PR rank for them, they still play a huge roll in putting a link to your site in more places, therefore effecting how many impressions your site receives.
Directories don't think they can help you much in PR increase but they can definetelly help you with your SERPs combine them with other methods of link building ie articles, bookmarks etc
Directory submission didn't work for me. Like a year ago I submitted one link to over 50 directorys manualy! The result? 0 visitors. There was some but I think that it was the admins who checked our the site for approvment.
Directory submission is a must. Just be carefull not to bomb a couple of thousand in a few days. It may actually harm not help
i think Google not show directory's backlinks now, only high PR directory shown, So you can not get high PR with directory submission only