Is submitting to directories useless?

oh yah, i guess dir linking is something i pass to my cousin to do...
pay him a certain amount of money,
teach him wat to look out for and ask him to submit like a certain amount per week?

this is cheap labour! heheh...

 

Links is links.

I wouldn't spend a huge amount of time or a huge amount of money on directory submissions, but neither would I ignore them. They're just one part of a successful marketing campaign.

 

I believe directory submissions work.

But in order for it to work better, place your submissions in the most appropriate deepest category. for LSI reasons, relevancy, and for better approval as well from the directory owner.

SEO is tons of factors. Some factors give a big boost, some give a little boost. But lets say you do 50 things that all give a little boost. Put these 50 little things together, they tend to be a good big factor.

And besides, it is not that expensive to do the submissions through other people here in DP unless you really want to do it yourself. And I have tried several of them here, Robin, Sunil, Al and so far they have all worked good.

 

It's totally useless believe me.
It's like some manifestations sportists do before a match or game, like for example tennis players changing rackets after every set or similar.

It's a total waste of time.
The best way to get better search results is to directly pay google to have your site in top 10. This can be done for as little as $500 but can be also $50.000. It's like advertising bids. If couple of sites with same content as yours pay more than you you will drop down.
But at least this is monthly so you could just increase your payment and still be on the very top!