Finding the best paid web directories is no easy job. Choosing where to invest up to $300 per submission will mean you’d want your money back in any way shape or form. Deciding is a hard thing to do and many provide different opinions. I have selected 5 which I have researched and seen to be as the top 5 paid web directories, based on the quality of the links, approval time, organization, user aestheticism and search engine rankings.
dir.yahoo.com
Owned by world known search engine, Yahoo, Yahoo Directory is one of the best paid directories on the net. With its main visitors from USA, Yahoo Directory proves to be a major competitor. Being the paid version of DMOZ, Yahoo Directory has become a part of many major websites. This is a must for big time webmasters.
botw.org
Being one of the first ever web directories, many sites have learned from the successes of Best of the Web (BOTW). Founded in 1994, it has risen to great heights despite being paid and strictly moderated. All sites found at BOTW are quality sites and gives BOTW a good reputation. This really is the Best of the Web.
dirbull.com
With SEO friendly and highly indexed internal pages, you can’t go pass Dirbull. With a modern and peaceful look, Dirbull provides users with high quality websites with high PageRanks. Dirbull has great website organization without too many sub categories and this makes it easy for users to search for websites.
business.com
The largest business directory on the web, Business.com proves to be a great resource for business owners. Being a part of Business.com ensures your business to be located amongst many other great businesses. It is the largest paid directory on the web, being visited a tremendous 6 million times per month. This is a perfect way of getting your business noticed.
joeant.com
JoeAnt offers “to list the best sites for a wide variety of topics giving our users the most relevant results for their searches”. Joeant really does live up to its goal and provides users with quality sites. Changes that occurred in 2002 “included a fully spiderable index, faster results in searches, and better tools for our editors”.
Of course researching yourself is recommended. If you feel that the above sites are too costly, you can always check out these free web directories.