Over the years there has been a lot of buzz to submit you website or blog link to high Page Rank (PR) directories like DMOZ or Yahoo web directories. By submitting the link to these web directories it was also easy to get your website indexed in search engines. Earlier it was also a Google guideline to webmasters:
Submit your site to relevant directories such as the Open Directory Project and Yahoo!, as well as to other industry-specific expert sites.
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With the ever increase of websites, Blogs, forums, communities etc. on internet, the real aim of the website owners now a days is to be at the top in the Search Engines. Or in simple terms every site wants to be the best in Search Rankings of the top search engines like Google, Yahoo, MSN Live Search, Alexa, AOL etc. But for many SEO or Search Engine Optimization is still a buzz word.