buckworks - 4:12 pm on Jul 5, 2006 (gmt 0)

Link development has to start someplace, and submitting to quality directories is ground that should be covered sooner or later. But I think such submissions will help you more when they're balanced by links from other types of sites.

When people report disappointing results from directory submissions, a little probing often reveals that they weren't doing much else to cultivate links.

Submit to directories that satisfy your "signals of quality" check, but make sure you're doing other things to cultivate links as well.