Many directories supplement their lists with feeds from search engines like Google places, the main method of getting you with a search directory is tell them about your site, also called submit your site. You can submit your site to web directories by hand, or there are programs that do the work for you. If you are looking for free and paid directories, you can check these lists to find web directories for you:

• top.seo-links.org
• web-directories.ws
• seocompany.ca
• strongestlinks
• best-web-directories.com
• info.vilesilencer.com
• directorycritic.com
• webseodesign.com
• ask-dir.com

Many small web directories focus on a particular niche. Simply because they are small, does not resolve those. If you want the targeted traffic that was already in search of a site or a product like yours, these small directories are where to find them. But on the other end of the spectrum, there is a wide variety of Web directories covering almost every subject under the sun. Probably the best known of these large directories is actually DMOZ, which calls itself the largest on the Web and is constructed and maintained by a vast global community of volunteer editors. Yahoo Directory is another well-known Web directory. Although Yahoo! Is best known as a search engine, they are also a directory where you can submit your site for inclusion and make more traffic and backlinks to your site.