Which European paid directories are *worth* it?

[Tovey]

Here are the results of our summer/fall long test of European directories:

Did not return enough traffic to break even or make it worthy of the effort:

lycos.fr
AOl.fr/Exalead
lycos.it
lycos.de
bellnet.de
allesklar.de
t-online.de
fireball.de

Did return good traffic:

MSN.it (through Looksmart, too bad their relationship is ending)
Noamde - But can't make new submissions - see other thread on this: [webmasterworld.com...]

Which other ones has everyone found return more than enough traffic to justify their cost or effort in submitting?

[takagi]

European Search Engine Table [webmasterworld.com]

[heini]

In terms of direct traffic directories are generally not worth it. You have to be lucky to land in a heavily visited cat on top of the pile, or get promoted by an editor. There are exceptions of course. When Allesklar powered MSN.de you could strike gold with a good listing.

I do directory submissions to give sites a solid foundation with independant links. It tends to give sites staying power.

[Tor]

One directory that is really worth it is Kvasir [kvasir.no] in Norway. It is so popular among the users that it accounts for nearly 50% of the Norwegian traffic to all our domestic sites.