I Use Reciprocal Manager! easy to setup, easy to use, for more info click the link on my site $69 bucks for unlimited use on unlimited domains check out my directory http://www.supportcave.com/partners/index.php
I have only used Arelis but it is VERY friendly. Makes .html pages from your template with file names like category-name-subcategory-name.html . Prolly not as good for over 10 sites, still useful in that situation but can become tedious to update the same record across multiple sites with different category names. But for the money, I highly recommend the product.
Catfish, Any idea what the Arelis system runs and how lonk it will take to set it up since I will need to have links by state?
SDRE, Arelis is a client side tool. You download and install it on your computer. You can have multiple domains with the business edition. It is a one time fee of $299, but well worth the money. Some programs/businesses will charge that much per month. One of my techs recommended it to our company and we've been pleased ever since.
I use Reciprocal Manager for all of my sites. It's very easy to set up, very economical, and loaded with features. Also, the Search Engines are spidering and indexing the pages without problem.
What about deep PR value? Any advantage there (not saying Arelis is beter, really curious and want to know).
I'm not sure I understand what you're asking. Here is the Directory on my ResaleBroker site. My home page is PR5. My main Directory page is PR4. Most, if not all, of the directory pages are PR3.
One small question guys!! If my domain name (http://xx.yy.com) redirects to other URL (http://aa.com/bb/index.html) ... what should be the link exchange URL, I shall give the domain name or html page URL?
You should do a 301 redirect (if that is permanent) from http://xx.yy.com to other http://aa.com/bb/index.html and start getting links to the second. And if I were you I would skip that extra directory(/bb) if possible.