Online Directories for Link Building

OPD - Open Directory Project - Free, editor run, submission takes 6-24 months

Yahoo! Directory - Free to non-commercial sites (up to 12 month wait), Commercial sites - $299/year

Business Week Directory - Does not pass direct link, hides lower pages from SEs, $3,000-$30,000 to be listed

Starting Point - Not SE friendly... directory pages cannot be cached by search engines

BlueFind Web Directory - $49.95 for listing or $100 for sponsored listing - top of category position

Microsoft Small Business Directory - $49 per year - multiple links, includes separate directory page with info about your site - listing in up to 3 categories

Jayde B2B Search Engine - No extra requirements

Best of The Web - Top of category - $30/month | Free - non-commercial sites | $30 one-time fee normal commercial listings

Zeal - Non-commercial sites only - commercial sites must pay through Looksmart's PPC program (non-direct) links. Must become an editor and take a test to add sites.

Elib Shopping Directory - Reciprocal link or 50Euro payment required

Business.com - Pay-per-click for featured sites, or $99 per year for regular listings

Go Guides - $39.99 to submit - includes a listing with Links2Go PPC search engine. Can also volunteer as an editor

SevenSeek Web Directory - $40 - Standard listing, $100 - featured at top of category

Lifestyle UK Directory - UK based sites only, many options including paid - 25 or 50 GBP, recip link & free - reviewing times and features vary

DC Pages - $50 or reciprocal link, must meet criteria including being located in DC, Maryland or Virginia only

Exact Seek - Multiple options - several paid, but very confusing, free sites are indexed by a spider - confirmation through email. Many pages are not indexed by GG

SuperPages Canada - Must have Canadian address, very long process - many paid options and one free option

WhatUSeek Netwwork - 2 Day review - $50, 8 week review - $25 + $17 annually - human-reviewed

LinksGiving - $24 for 1 year submission

AnyBrowser Webmaster Resources - Must be webmaster tools or tutorials

BizWeb - Submit was broken when checked on 10/29/04

wwwRiot - Free (6-24 weeks for review), $9.95 for Express 3-Day Review

Earth Station - Submit sites by email, only accepts valuable content sites - judged by webmaster

Gimpsy - Free - 4 months+ for reviews | Paid - 7 days to review, $40

Great Nexus - 4 options, $60/year in top listings, $20 one-time fee in normal, Recip link - below paid, Standard (non-spiderable)

Illumirate - Free 1-6 months to list | Become an Editor - Take a test, etc. and list your own site(s)

Quango - 21 Day Review - $50 | Free - No time frame offerred

Search The Web - no requirements

Web World - Free listings & paid - Paid listings get reviewed in 7 days, appear at top of listings - cost $25

WoW Search Engine - Multiple options - Free (2-6 week wait), no anchor text | Express - $20, reviewed within 24 hours | Sponsored - $40 Highlighted top of catgory placement

America's Best - Professionally designed sites only - must offer product/service nationwide, reviewed by editors - $9.99 per submission

Bobcat B2B Guide - Sites that provide a reciprocal link get priority, but aren't required

Biz Directory - $40 - normal listing | $100 - sponsored listing, listed in all categories above your specific one

Online Marts Shopping Deals - Premium - Top of Category $29/month | Regular - $39 on time fee | Free - requires recip link

Business Seek - 6 months - $10, 12 months $19 to sponsor top category | Free regular listings, recip not req'd except for directories & search engines

Index - Unlimited - Basic - Free (Requires Reciprocal Link) | Express - $29 reviewed in 2 days | Sponsored - top placement, 2 days $99

This Is Our Year - $20 lifetime submission, every 10th site free according to terms | Reciprocal links offered - must contact through email

In Crawler - Free - review times not listed, sites shown below premium listings | Premium - $25, sites listed at top, reviewed in 3 days

Books Music Video - Reciprocal Link Req'd - site must be related to books, music or video

Clear Lead Inc. - Free, no req's

Webmaster's Channel - No req's

Sun Stream Search - $75 - Permanent, 3 links | $45 - Permanent, 1 link | $25 - 1 year, 1 link

Linkopedia - $10 per submission - listings do not expire

CannyLink - $20 per submission

Chiff Guide - Submit through an email form - free, but discriminating about the quality of sites accepted

PsychNet UK - Mental Health Sites only

Search Tortoise - $5 - reviewed in 3-4 weeks | $20 - reviewed in 3 business days

Anthony Parsons Directory - Recip link - no guarantee of review | $19.50 - 72 hour review, top of sub-cat with snapshot | $40 - main category sponsor, 72 hour review, only 1 per category

Clickey - Free - register through email to add a site

Site Snoop - Submissions through mail (yes mail, not e-mail) only. Must enclose a check for $10 as well

Agada - US Directory - No req's