What types of directories are seen as sources of paid links?

To do with the getting people to know your site, what are the best places on the net to promote and market a website? Does Google appreciate linking on social network sites?

There is no harm is submitting to any no. of directories but also there is no use.

Stop wasting time on submitting your site to any directory you come across.

At the same time, there isn't much harm submitting to free direcotries, especially when you can get free services like Directory Maximizer to submit for you at a nominal cost. There are a few directories on their list that are very selective about the sites they list (so they could be good links). Yes, there are other directories as well that accept just about anything, but is there any harm? I've seen sites that rank just by having links from directories, how does that work?

Very useful info, thanks :)

i am still would like to see more explanation (or can you give me some references ) about how google treat web directories. Are they vital? How much a good directory can help my SEO?

Cheers.

2:06 When mentioning links, I think you should put them in the video description or annotation.

There are definitely websites of low quality in yahoo directory but you guys still support it as its from one of the biggest brands. That's it.

alles eine Frage der Auslegung - Der Begriff "Paid Links" ist damit offiziell aufgenommen in den edlen Kreis, besonders dehnbarer Definitionen.