Basically, is the PR worth it for non PR-selling sites? In my situation.. Please assume that almost no targeted traffic(or traffic at all) will be sent to my site by promotion in directories. I'm not trying to promote a directory site so my own PR doesn't matter... actual targeted traffic is what matters in this case. How and why would it be worth it to get or possibly buy directory links? I have a highly SEO optimized site that's brand new and want to get as much TRAFFIC to it as possible from the Search engines using the terms each page is optimized for. Will the benefit of PR from directories help me at all to rank higher in the SE's? This site basically has a banner on the top of every page that is very related to the whole website's content that I want people to click on. The website is art related if that helps. -AB
It's not PR but links with right titles what makes site rank. Since Art categories on most directories are very low populated (well..of course depends what kind of art, and which directory), I would suggest to just go for free submit, except for some extra good directories. I would buy links from on-topic sites and art niche directories, but that's just me.