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Much appreciated! I had actually already submitted a request to DMOZ to have that changed, but obviously it hasn't been done yet. If that's not resolved soon, we'll add the meta tag. Thanks again.

Thanks for the responses. I know I could have gotten the link by now. It's not a question of time but of money, but let's not get too sidetracked by that. I've paid for Yahoo, etc., directory listings and have seen some benefit, especially for new sites that I am trying to get on the map in terms of SEO. We're getting hung up on a diversion (the fact that I'm paying for the directory listing). People pay to join BBB, Chamber of Commerce, Yahoo, Business.com, etc., because the sites are authoritative directory listings. Most of them wouldn't do it without the link because they know the link carries SEO value. I would submit this isn't the same thing as paying an Indian SEO for a link from his buddy's spammy site. If you disagree, fine.  But maybe we could hold of the "don't by links" refrain for a little while. I know that some folks have been drinking the Google Kool-aid for so long that they can't think about this sort of thing logically. I'm not doing anything black hat here.  So let's forget about the paid part.  What I want to know is this: What is a worthwhile link? Assume it takes me 4 hours to get every single link and I don't pay a dime for any of them. What links are worth targeting and which aren't? Thanks again for your thoughts. Any additional comments would be appreciated.  I am new to the SEOmoz tools (still in the evaluation period) and am trying to find out if they will help me with link-building.

I'll also add this - if the link and it's surrounding text are NOT directly related in a laser-focus manner to the content topical focus of the article itself, it's not even an ideal link from a "pure" SEO perspective, even if it's high up in the content area. Which just reinforces the whole "don't get lost on this being such a big deal" concept.

I have my blog set up so that I can easily get traffic data and revenue on categories, recent posts, and permalink pages. All decisions on what to index, what to promote and where to place my effort are based upon that data.

Thanks for the responses.  Is there a way to run queries on OSE?  I understand how to use OSE to check out competitors links, but what if I want to do a ["submit site" + keyword] type inquiry.  Those are the result that I need help sorting through.  Can this be done through OSE?