A few that you should try and get your site listed in, are Open Directory (http://www.dmoz.org), Yahoo(
http://www.yahoo.com
), LookSmart (
http://www.looksmart.com
), Zeal (http://www.dmoz.org), Joeant (http://www.joeant.com) and Business.com (http://www.business.com), Discount-Search.com (http://www.discount-search.com) or any other business directory if you site doesn?t qualify for free submission.
And these directories and search engines are gold mines as linking partners, waiting and begging to be mined by an enterprising and prospecting webmaster. The most obvious Internet directory to start with, when beginning a comprehensive link search, is the well-known DMOZ directory. Its complete category and sub-category classification system makes it convenient for any website owner to find numerous sites within their area of business.
With DMOZ, there?s no need to contact them for link exchanges if you?re concerned about loss of visitor traffic to their sites. However, if you?re not listed in the DMOZ directory, you can still find the category where your site would probably be included. And the process remains the same for finding link partners, whether your site is listed or not.
Another directory that is good is The Yahoo! Directory which has many of the same sites in its list as DMOZ.
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