Hi there, if I plan to invest some money to buy high PR directory featured link is that useful? will gain high PR and backlink in next Google update? thanks
Not worth it, Directory Links are not much of a value these days.. I say not do it. my words, SameerHosting.com
I know from experience of buying directory featured links and even just regular links in directories and they do not do you much good at all. I have waisted money on other projects with directories, now you just need to get links from relevant websites in your niche. Would be better off buying links on blogrolls etc of relevant blogs to your niche.
Google is not to fond of linkfarms, which directories pretty much are. Those things are usually pretty much a distraction to the user. Just ask yourself: If you want to find a site on X what would you do? First find a directory and click through it's navigation or try to directly find the site via a search engine. Don't get me wrong, directories do have a value for driving visitors to your site, but you should really ask yourself how many visitors you need to see a ROI on those $XXX and if those directories can supply that amount.
if you want traffic from your links, then you need to buy links on related sites with traffic. however, sites having quality traffic that converts will not usually sell links so that someone else can make money from their traffic. or the best option is to keep building backlinks to increase your SERP ranking so that you can get organic traffic in the future
I would invest in a backlink from an actual site related to our niche. Google don't like directories lately.