Submitting to Directories: Usefull or Useless?

Hi, does anybody know that submitting to directories like blogcatalog, dmoz, etc is actually usefull or not?
And what I mean is in the term of giving backlink. Does that directories give us backlink or not? Because some people said that directories are categorized as link farm and Google hates it.

Please help me!!

Also give me some URL of good and valid directories that you know

 

I've never done it and I'm doing fine.

That being said, it obviously works for some. Or directories wouldn't be charging outrageous prices for a single link.

The best thing to do is test it yourself. If you don't have a budget, there are many free directories to submit your website to. Just don't do any other SEO for a month or so, and see what happens.

 

Sure, it is useful if the directory is do follow and quality directory. At minimum, you can get some traffic from it if you manage it right.

 

For Me Directories Submission is Useful. Submit Your Site in High PR and Quality Directories.

 

I am doing directory submissions for 3-4 years and it is very useful.

 

OK, then can you give me some URL of this High PR and Quality Directories?
The free ones of course

 

I think if you're submited to relevant directory. It'll work..

 

blog catalog is very good. to get few back links and it`s also shows on google results !

dmoz - you dont have a chance to be included

 

i agree with you

 

yes... blogcatlog is very good.. because it crawled very quickly.. so whatever u submit there become visible very soon in google results..

And.. "YES" for your original question.. Directory submission is helpful..

 

It is useful, as your site becomes more visible.

 

submit your all links (all URLs) to digg.com, mixx.com, diplinks.com, and other sites which links directly to your webpage. this way you will get back-links.

 

I submitted to many free directories.. but almost not approved and some approved but no BL.. So if u success with directories plz share the dir names

 

Exactly what I meant. I did some research myself. I made a new blog and submitted to many FREE directories and didn't do any other SEO techniques. True that directories divert few traffic and my blog got indexed in google faster, buat after 2 months my PR still 0. Maybe because in free directories we need to give reciprocal link and most of the direcories are considered as link farm by google.

So, anybody have a luck with FREE directories please share some URL to us

 

I didn't know blogcatalog, thanks!
I've been a webmaster for 11 years, but I only started a blog 2 weeks ago.

 

Good at first to get indexed - but I notice from Webmaster tools that not many of them show up.

 

You can't go wrong with yahoo directory or botw.org IMHO.

 

Just make sure that the directory is general or specific to your niche. If you get a link from an completely unrelated website it may hurt your sites rankings.

 

for me submitting to Free directories is pretty useless, what i got in return is some email scams while i subscribe their newsletter when submitting.

directories not love me!