Directory:
Which Directories

Submission fee:
Free and paid

About:
This directory introduces other popular free, paid, niche, articles and regional directories with their page rank beside it. This is very convenient for every webmaster because they need not spend hours scouring the internet looking for a directory that is suitable for them.

They also go an extra mile to teach us about several factors as to how to choose a directory for submission, the dos and don’ts of submission etc.

These guidelines can be valuable for those that are to new directories submission.

Pros:
Since this list of directories is downloaded by hundreds of website owners, getting listed is a must for high quality exposure.

Cons:
None.

Directory:
Best of the web

Made by:
Brian Prince

Submission fee:
$69.95 annually recurring review fee
$149.95 one-time review fee

About:
Since 1994 when this directory was launched, Best of the Web retained its solid commitment to quality and thus became the number one favorite of internet users worldwide.
Commercial site owners appreciate Best of the Web’s authoritative stature and dedication to responsive service.

The editors of Best of the Web, adhere to the some very strict criteria and ensure that it contains substantive unique content, navigates in a user-friendly manner, contains no broken links or pictures, is up and running 24/7, and conforms to universally accepted web standards.

Pros:
With just 3 days approval time and considering its top popularity, expect a boost in traffic within a week.

Cons:
The big price tag can be the only reason for not getting listed.

Directory:
Massive Links

Made by:
Fabio Cuffaro

Submission fee:
$19.95 minimum

About: The directory is set up for people to actually use the directory as an alternative to search engines. By avoiding advertisements of third parties, the visitors are not tempted to leave the website resulting in quality traffic to those who have listed in this directory.

The directory is committed to provide high quality listings only.

Pros: Alexa traffic rank: 39182 Google page rank: 6 Seomoz page strength: 4
Considering such excellent credentials, the listing fee is worth submitting your website.

Cons: Apart from usual banned categories such as adult, racism etc, sites selling prescription drugs that do not have a brick and mortar location where people can actually come to buy their drugs are not permitted

Directory:
Info Vilesilencer

Made by: Dan

Submission fee: Free

About: No directory owner can afford to ignore the importance of this website. If your directory is approved you can be assured of near instant and permanent traffic.

Your directory will be listed in a special ‘spotlight directory’ if you have made at least 50 posts in their forum and inserted their SEO friendly button in your web directory and must have been listed on their directory.

Pros: Since there will be a weekly update of their approved directory list, you can expect a steady flow of visitors daily.

Cons: Your directory must have a free listing category with no strings attached to remain in their list.

Directory: Directory Critic

Made by: Damien Mase

Submission Fee: Free

About: Respected and popular among directory owners for its massive free, paid and reciprocal web directory lists. Their tracking system allows users to keep track of the directories that they have submitted their sites to, on their lists.
A visitor can easily see how many indexed pages and backlinks a directory has, in the three major search engines by clicking the “view details” link beside each directory

Pros: Fast approval. Instant traffic. If your design is good, it will be listed under critics choice.

Cons: Only search engine friendly directories will be approved.

Directory: Dmoz.org

Made by: Group of volunteer editors

Submission Fee: Free

About: The largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory, maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors. The general directory everyone wants to gets piece of listing. A lot of search engine, most namely Google, use Dmoz as its reference directory. In which, gives Dmoz an enormous advantage over other directory. It is a common seo myth that dmoz-included website normally rank higher than other websites that do not listed dmoz.

Dmoz is also the ‘most talked about’ directory in any webmaster forum, largely due to its editorial process. A website has to be submitted in the ‘most-appropriate’ category along with many submission guidelines. In addition to that, a website can take from few weeks to few years (or, never) to be included. The inefficiency is largely due to its voluntary editors.

Pros: Successful listing will give enormous boost to search engine ranking.

Cons: Strict editorial. Not every average joe knows how to submit their site correctly. And it can take few weeks to few years to be listed.