Directory Submission for Business Services

Worth it to Submit?

[rankfast]

I am planning to submit my business services company to

$299 Yahoo.com directory
$299 business.com directory
$249 botw.org directory

Its pretty expensive and I don't want to waste money. I believe that it is worth the money, but not 100% certain. I don't care about other directories, just these three.

Thanks

[rankfast]

Anybody?

[robzilla]

There have been numerous threads on the topic of whether or not it is worth the money to submit to these directories. All without consensus. You will get something out of your listing(s), no doubt. Will it be worth the money? Hard to say. Despite feeling slightly awkward about quoting myself, I'll repeat here what I said in a fairly recent (and interesting) thread on the Yahoo! Directory [webmasterworld.com] about some of the things you could consider before submitting:

How many other listings and other types of links (e.g. sponsored listings and category links) does it contain? How many levels deep is it from the directory homepage? How many clicks does it take to get from the Directory homepage to your category? Some categories are linked directly from the Directory homepage. Will this link give my site an edge over my competitors? Consider the fact that you can cancel your listing after a year if it turns out not to be worth the money. Also note that there may be some other benefits tied to a directory listing, like increased trust in the eyes of particular search engines, as mentioned before. Hard to track, but worth considering.