Do Directories work for SEO?

Here's a follow-up post explaining more about how to identify good quality directories:

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/the-wisdom-folly-of-directory-link-building

Here's another quote from Matt Cutts in a post about buying links:

Matt Cutts wrote:
Q: Hey, as long as we’re talking about directories, can you talk about the role of directories, some of whom charge for a reviewer to evaluate them?

A: I’ll try to give a few rules of thumb to think about when looking at a directory. When considering submitting to a directory, I’d ask questions like:

• Does the directory reject urls? If every url passes a review, the directory gets closer to just a list of links or a free-for-all link site.
• What is the quality of urls in the directory? Suppose a site rejects 25% of submissions, but the urls that are accepted/listed are still quite low-quality or spammy. That doesn’t speak well to the quality of the directory.
• If there is a fee, what’s the purpose of the fee? For a high-quality directory, the fee is primarily for the time/effort for someone to do a genuine evaluation of a url or site.

Those are a few factors I’d consider. If you put on your user hat and ask “Does this seem like a high-quality directory to me?” you can usually get a pretty good sense as well, or ask a few friends for their take on a particular directory.

I would also say that if you or your client knows anything about the topic you should know where the good directories are for that topic.

Directories are good one way link... If the directories is a quality directory it will bring traffic to sites included in the said directory.. Example the Yahoo, Yahoo is a quality directory....

Here's another great post from SEOmoz on this topic:

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/what-makes-a-good-web-directory-and-why-google-penalized-dozens-of-bad-ones

Hi,
Directories works alot for seo but it takes lot of time.
Important points regarding Directory Submission:

Site submission to free niche directories.
Always submit your site in a related site directory.

Yep! Directories do help in drawing traffic. SEO wise - it helps also in your PR building

May I point out that MrCat runs a paid directory site. Of course he thinks they work.

For those of you who do think that directories work (beyond basic indexing, and excepting the very high quality directories that are made for humans), I invite you to refute the points made in Mr. Fishkin's posts (particularly the one about the directories that were banned).

Directories can make website link popular and get top ranking in search engine.But you can't expect too much traffic from a directory just a little bit contribution to the improvement of your sites placement in SE.

Directories Play an important role in one way links.submit the your link in free directories.