Is Best of the Web a good directory to pay to be listed on?

[djlittman]

We are currently paying to have a listing in the directory Best of the Web.  Should I be paying to renew our listing in this directory?

[KLLC]

Hello,

For Me, you can answer well to your question. My question is that have you noticed any drop in traffic and other changes for which you're thinking about this bakclink? I suggest you to renew your listing on that directory as this is well known directory and Google still not intimated on directory submission. They have against only one thing LOW QUALITY / SPAM CONTENT.

[Andropenis_Australia]

Be great to hear from more people with direct experience....

[Jacobe]

Hi

Great question. I was pondering on the same question for a few months and decided from what I've read on different sites to give it a go (often read BOTW helps trustrank). BOTW is a manual processed directory that looks for quality and relevane. In terms og Google this should be a good thing.

We have the link up now (look for iValue). The page sits on a PA 1 (for now) but DA 85! These figures make me believe it will be of value to our authority. Opensiteexplorer isn't showing the link yet but Google newest links (via Google Webmaster Links). So Google picked it up.

Our site is doing quite well lately but we've put a lot of effort in other fields so it's hard to say how strong this link adds. I think of it this way: "How much time should I invest to get a link from a DA 85 domain (knowing that linking domains strongly correlates to rankings)?" Probably a few hours So $ 149 was worth the investment to me. Future will tell how much exactly.

Hope this helps.

[Debdulal]

_I do not think so. But if your website is getting some visitors from this directory, then you may renew the listing and of course I do believe that Google do not take into account this paid listing kinda thing. So, it is your choice. _