In today's date which is the best directory?? initially people had a lot of trust in DMOZ but these days the craze has gone down.. so in current phase which directory is genuine and is on top among all??
I really wish I could tell you which one it is but I've no idea what you're looking for in your search for the best, and I also wonder if a day will ever come when members would start sensible threads in this section again! Read the sticky at the top of the section...please.
not sure about directories,.... but am really sick of UG(ly) boots,... they keeps spamming all over, this seems just another attempt! M.
DMOZ is still the best directory by attendance and many other CEOs criterias. But do not forget about other great directories: lii.org; dir.yahoo.com; vlib.org; botw.org and others (full list - TOP 10 Directories). If you are only interested in free quality directories - see this free directories list.
It's DMOZ, many other directories use their index, so your site will be submitted to maybe 20 other dirs.
I worked for an SEO firm for 3+ years and the sites we always recommended paying for submissions were Yahoo ($299 annual), Google ($199 annual-formerly, not sure what it is now!) and Business.com $299/one-time fee. There were niche directories that we would also submit to for individual industries the clients were in.
There are thousands of free and paid directories available in online market but I think the directory which timely updated, indexed and cached by Google are more valuable.