Using online directories

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Matt has been scaring allot of SEO's with his talk about fighting link buyers. I am personally not experiencing any serious issues with it and cannot see how Directories will become a problem in future. We still use directories, but are very specific with which directories we list with. I would rather pay for submission at a directory than give a reciprocal link. Directory links are normally well themed.

I am currently studying the two latest patents that Google applied for in April and so far I cannot see any issues with directories.