Hello,

In a thread entitled "Show me your directory!" on SitePoint
(http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=251258), the
SitePoint members present their web directories along with the listing
fees (if any) and directory requirements.

The number of such directories is impressive but... while I understand
why webmasters would want to have a such a directory (they hope to
benefit from the traffic they generate), it puzzles me why some
people/companies are willing to pay to appear in them (I'm not
speaking about free directories here).

Site-sift (http://www.site-sift.com/), for example, offers paid
submissions ranging from $24.95 to $100.00. What do you get for that
kind of money? Is it traffic? (do people actually visit web
directories??) Is it an increased Google PageRank?

Thank you.