Rosalind - 2:02 pm on Jun 30, 2007 (gmt 0)

A good niche directory to be listed in is one that gives you a direct link without nofollow. So check for redirected links, nofollows, and other reasons that your link might not be counted by search engines. Although for a lot of niche directories search engines do not always constitute the majority of their non-submitting traffic, it does help.