do you submit to reciprocal directories?

[JustOneUK]

I need to get out and submit my sites to a few more directories, do you guys bother at all? and what do you think about reciprocal linking?

James

[TWD-Tony]

The value of the reciprocal link is dead now according to the SEO world... There is no harm in getting good quality links from other sites and directories but I wouldn't go filling your pages full of useless links just so that you can have a link back.
Just make sure you do your link building slowly - Google is known to devalue a site if it suddenly gains a massive ammount of links, do things slowly and "naturally" and you will see better results.
Also make sure that your links are from good quality site's - and that these site's are relevant to your content.

Tony

[peterjhale]

The ultimate link is on a page describing your target keywords and your link with those keywords within that page.

Really, this is the original sense of linking.

A page about widgets with the writer recommending some sites

So if you have a site about diet and you get a link from a car site it's not going to be worth a lot

** clarity: this is how google works now - it won't be long until MSN and Y! follow

[Pinkie Toe]

People say the reciprocal link value is dead in the seo realm, however, for people that use directories it may be a good idea just as a way to gain natural traffic. Anyway, its always a good idea to check the page rank of any page before you post your link.

[Camelot]

I have a one reciprocal link

[LeadGenerators]

I think the rule of the game now is keep your links relevant and make sure the sites you link to are high quality. I wouldn't get too hung up about page rank any more either; that metric is now seriously deprecated. you can figure it out for yourself if a site is worth your time.

i agree that slow and steady wins the game...