Before, directory submissions were the rage, with new site owners trying their very best to make their site presentable to the All Mighty DMOZ. (Even the Yicrosoft Directory is not listed in DMOZ yet.) The value of submitting to directories were both to help new sites get in the Google Index quicker, as well as increase link popularity.
However, today in the eyes of SEO, directories have lost a lot of value, with so many bad directories emerging from the bunch. Directories these days require a submission fee to a directory that may not pass any link popularity and drive zero traffic. Make sure if you are paying a directory submission fee, you are getting some value out of it..
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