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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

I guess you can be thankful for the one you managed to get : )

Great simple list of tips.  Much appreciated, Lewis!

Thanks, Barry!  That last paragraph is rich and very helpful.  Google won't likely look at an individual case like this because they are trying to fix this kind of problem by tweaking algorithms...  Makes perfect sense.  I'll likely make the report but set my expectation levels low. Thanks to everyone for the great, quick feedback on my question!