How effective is RSS feeds submission, links from Blog Directories?

[Amjath]

I am wondering how effective rss feed submission (to RSS aggregators) is in terms of getting traffic and backlinks?

Also, how about getting listed in blog directories?

Do these tactics work anymore post Panda update ?

Thanks,

Supriya.

[DanDeceuster]

These techniques work just fine. Panda may have hurt the quality of these aggregators and directories, but they still pass link juice. I would probably not pay for it, but there are a lot of free ones, and if you have a blog you might as well submit to them as it is quick and easy.

[Amjath]

Thanks Daniel!

Is there any resource that provides a list of good aggregators and blog directories?

[KeriMorgret]

Just wanted to leave a quick note saying that SEOmoz has upgraded our Link Directory! You can view a post Cyrus wrote with more information about the directory update and link building via directories at http://www.seomoz.org/blog/seo-link-directory-best-practices. While this is about directories in general and not just blog directories, I thought it'd help.

[Amjath]

Thanks Keri!

[ben-lloyd]

TopRank has maintained this list for a while: http://www.toprankblog.com/rss-blog-directories/

[pasware]

Looks like there's something wrong with the link. Is this project still going on?

[KeriMorgret]

Moz is no longer maintaining the directory project, but it will be relaunched by a third party in the near future. We'll update that post when it's relaunched.