I believe that these directories are hoping that you'll pay them so that they'll give a speedy service.

And my directory is a great exemption to that. Im guaranteeing my visitor a 24 hours inclusion. Im online for a minimum of 2 in a day validating links

I did believed in directory submissions in past. But now I generally prefer the content links compared to the directory links.

I am not totally suggesting that the directory links are of no value. But then it depends on the directory which is providing the links.

very true!!
I submitted to almost 100 directories yesturday and only 3 have visited my site to review the site!!

Lets see how many come in the following days??

I have two directories. One gests about 5 submissions a week. I just went in and approved or deleted the 3 submissions that were waiting for me.

The other directory gets 100-200 submissions a day. I go in at least once a day to work on them but I still have over 700 that are pending. If you submit to small directories that are still growning or if the editors have lots of time your site will get reviewed right away. If you submit to large directories where they get many submissions and the editor is lazy (like me) it may take weeks or months to get listed.

The thing to keep in mind that even if it takes months to get listed, it is generally worth the wait, since the larger directories have more content and better PR.

Do you think such ( free ) link building helps for traffic and link from such low PR sites do help in SEO. ?

The two most important human edited directories known to mankind are Yahoo and the Open Directory Project . Both have there pit falls. To be listed in Yahoo ( https://ecom.yahoo.com/dir/express/intro/ ) cost $299.00. Is it worth it? Yes; but you should wait until your site is making a profit of $200.00 a month or more, then put some of that money back into your site. The Open Directory Project can take months on months just to get a answer because of the back log of submissions. However, you need to do your best to try and get listed. The following is what I have done in the past few months, and the results have been, well good. Will this work for you? There are too many factors in search engines to state that. But it has worked for me. First I setup a small free directory service at http://www. waldentechnology.com . I offer free listings and offer link back code at the site. I then went to online web master forums and announced the service. The feed back has been good. I have gotten two high ranking sites to link back to me because of this directory.

All the directory these days claim that they have a free listing as well....but if we submit our website to these free listings it take around 4-6 months for them to be approved and many of them even after the long wait dont see the light of the day!!

The thing with free listings is that they take a lot of time before links can be approved. If you want speedier publishing of links, you can pay for the submission. Link directories are good sources of backlinks and traffic.

I also want to be submitted to the directory, but I do not know what they are for the agency audited so slow!