Both directories and social bookmarking play a important role bringing traffic to your site,directories are time consuming but social bookmarking and social media will bring a quick result..also consider forum posting.
Social bookmarking sites are better traffic and serp pulling than directory submission, this i learned in my experience.
Directory Submission : Directory submission is simply filling of your websites detail in online web directory. Online directory submission is a process which includes identification of proper category and filing the website or webpage detail in particular related category and get it approved by directory editor. It is not merely a data entry process it involve the decision of choosing a proper category which can be carried only by intelligent directory submitter. Social Bookmarking : Social bookmarking is a method for Internet users to organize, store, manage and search for bookmarks of resources online. Many online bookmark management services have launched since 1996; Delicious, founded in 2003, popularized the terms "social bookmarking" and "tagging". Tagging is a significant feature of social bookmarking systems, enabling users to organize their bookmarks in flexible ways and develop shared vocabularies known as folksonomies.
No need for a description MR.Wikipedia - Directory VS social bookmarking suggests that the OP is asking for advice on the two or if you bothered to read he actually says: In very poor English - I think that he asked; which one is more important of the two? for increasing visibility with Google Search Results.
I think both are good for website. as what I have experienced that Directory Submission helps to Increase PR and Bookmarking to gain traffic from social sites. Both have different values. I prefer both as Google Loves Link Juice and as many links from different platforms, it enhances more presence in Google. : )
Dear if are compare between Social bookmarking or directory submission then I will recommended for Social bookmarking coz It's provide do-follow link minimum of time while directory submission is take more than time compare to sbm for approval. cheers
I think for getting good backlinks both are doing great work ! Directory gives you only home page submission while Social bookmaking covers inner pages submission also so both work good
directories that are human edited may take some time to approve and cost a bit of money for the privilege but they are also the ones that have helped to boost rankings and even crawl rate of the category pages that the directory submissions have linked to
Hi in my opinion both are best way to promote your websites in Directory submission submit your link and after few month your link approved and bookmarking your link fastest approved so both factors is the best for me.
Absolutely directories carry more weight than social bookmarking. It is important to choose a quality directory site. For many sites with low competition, this may be enough to put them in the top of SERP.