Why is it that every one of these paid vs bid threads always ends up talking about google? You guys are so brain washed into running your websites based on what you "think" google wants you to do with your site.
i have never bought a bid directory listing. there are enough good paid ones that yuo dont need the bid directories
If there's any truth to that, it would seem that links from those directories are not as good SEO-wise; they could be useless for SEO but would not hurt your site, only your budget. Again, I doubt anyone but Google knows for sure.