“Q: Hey, as long as we’re talking about directories, can you talk about the role of directories, some of whom charge for a reviewer to evaluate them?
A: I’ll try to give a few rules of thumb to think about when looking at a directory. When considering submitting to a directory, I’d ask questions like:
- Does the directory reject urls? If every url passes a review, the directory gets closer to just a list of links or a free-for-all link site.
- What is the quality of urls in the directory? Suppose a site rejects 25% of submissions, but the urls that are accepted/listed are still quite low-quality or spammy. That doesn’t speak well to the quality of the directory.
- If there is a fee, what’s the purpose of the fee? For a high-quality directory, the fee is primarily for the time/effort for someone to do a genuine evaluation of a url or site. ”

Wouldn’t the Clush Directory be involved in passing links that in a manner that Google frowns on? Am I worrying about this too much?

Here is the link to the entire article:
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/how-to-report-paid-links/

Ps: Great blog I learned very interresting stuff here

Rocker - Thanks for your comment.

Puneet - 100 outgoing links for a directory is okay; it’s not counted as a link farm. I am submitting all my web web sites to this directory…over time…I have a bunch!