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Excellent!  Thanks Ryan for the personal attention and the advice.  Just what I needed.  Jim

Don't do directory submissions if that's what you are talking about, especially if your site is new. Link building is important, but don't get fooled into thinking the more links from link directories is going to get your site ranking. A lot of them are straight out spammy sites anyway. Instead do some manual directory submissions using this: http://www.seomoz.org/directories  I would recommend to build one real link and one directory submission at a time. Focus on writing KICK ASS content and people will link to you. I have Universities link to me and I have nothing to do with education. But these Universities link because they find the information useful for there students. I suggest reading the Beginners Guide: http://www.seomoz.org/beginners-guide-to-seo/growing-popularity-and-links PS, I, along with everyone in this forum, have been waiting 2 years for DMOZ to index our sites. Submit and move on.