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“The quantity, quality, and relevance of links count towards your rating,” according to the Google Webmaster Guidelines.

George

Re: DMOZ - I submitted two sites to DMOZ several months ago, both very similar, one was accepted almost immediately, the other - who knows.

@Stocken Real Estate - I agree, a little basic and not enough resources

@West Corvina Attorney - Wow your commment was better than the post:)

It would have been nice to discuss the directories you would have recommended and why. Nice article though. I just want to add the following:

I agree with Backlink that Yahoo and Dmoz are considered to be high quality and trustworthy by Google.

Both Dmoz and Yahoo have editors that screen out requests. The Yahoo directory cost $299.00 to be evaluated. If it accepted, there is a recurring annual fee of $299.00 every year thereafter.

The only downside to the Yahoo Directory is that the editors may put a different title to the one you really wanted. Why does this matter?

The directory title will often overide your page title and could affect your ranking in the SERPs. Thus for example if your name was Dr. Bob Jones, a cosmetic surgeon that does breast implants. (I am making this up.) Your page title is Los Angeles Cosmetic Surgery. But the Editors at Yahoo may list this site as Dr. Bob Jones, M.D. Thus perhaps inadvertently, your ranking in the SERPs for the keyword Los Angeles Cosmetic Surgery may go down because of your directory title of Dr. Bob Jones, M.D.in the Yahoo Directory. Who the heck is going to type in “Dr. Bob Jones, M.D.” if you never heard of the guy. Thus your ranking for “Los Angeles Cosmetic Surgery” may go down because of the way your title is listed in the Yahoo Directory.

However, many people feel there is still value to a listing in the Yahoo Directory because Google considers trustworthy. The editors of Yahoo will respond within 7 days to notify you if your submission was accepted. You can add your site here. https://ecom.yahoo.com/dir/submit/intro/

The DMOZ directory is hard to get in. Some people have never gotten in. Many report they have gotten only one of their sites in. It is considered trustworthy because of the editorial review process. The link is http://www.dmoz.org/add.html

As far as the other directories, Google gives greater trust value to directories that do have a review process for submission.

For directories that simply accept everyone for simply paying a fee, they are viewed with less weight by Google for the simple reason as it appears the directory is just selling PR.

George