A niche directory is a good place to list your site, if you can find one that is relevant. Not only will it provide a more authoritative backlink but it may also send you some traffic, since it will be frequented by others in that niche.

This is especially true for ‘directories of directories’ - what better place is there to find visitors who are prepared to submit to directories?!

It is worthwhile writing a description specifically aimed at attracting others in the niche when submitting to a specialised directory. In the directories niche for example, you might include more technical information that directory owners will appreciate such as mentioning the age of the domain or the PageRank of the site.

Web Directory List is a well designed bid for position directory offering listings for other web directories. An great extra feature is that it offers 5 deep links on a detail page, something that I’ve not seen in bidding directories before.

It will be interesting to see if more bidding directories appear in other niches. It could be that the only people who will pay to be in the top position are webmasters in the SEO and online promotion niche.