I have decided to publish my long awaited
top 20 web directories list based on various criteria like

* Age
* Page Rank (PR)
* Site Quality & Design
* SEO friendly pages
* Google Backlinks
* Google Indexed Pages

The following web directories are rated as top 20 directories without any bias or any self-promotion. I did get good feedback from the directory owners community at digitalpoint.

1. Yahoo Directory (Paid) – http://www.dir.yahoo.com

2. DMOZ Open Directory Project (free) – http://www.dmoz.org

3. Business.com (Paid) – http://www.business.com

4. BOTW Best of the …

Among the years of my experience as webmaster and internet marketeer, the following directories are the most popular ones among webmasters and some these directories have already established themselves and has been out there right from the inception of the Web. Alive & Aviva are the most recently popular directories in the WWW.

1. Yahoo Directory (Paid) – http://www.dir.yahoo.com

2. DMOZ Open Directory Project – http://www.dmoz.org

3.  Business.com (Paid) – http://www.business.com

4. BOTW Best of the Web (Paid) – http://www.botw.org

5. Uncover The Net (Paid) …

You know that you have to submit your site to directories but what makes a paid inclusion site worth the cost of submission?

There are a range of opinions on paid inclusion directories. Some people think they are simply money grabbing while others know it takes time, effort and money to build a quality directory.

Most paid directories are spam free

Most spammers don’t want to pay to have their site listed in a directory. They would rather stick to comment & forum …