Is paid Manual Directory Submission OutSourcing useful?

[Nicholas Hughes]

I am now submitting the free directories manually for my new website, but it is slow.
And today I find the paid Manual Directory Submission OutSourcing on a website. The cost is:

100 PR5 Directory Submissions USD $5
200 PR5 - PR0 Directory Submissions USD $10
300 PR5 - PR0 Directory Submissions USD $15
400 PR5 - PR0 Directory Submissions USD $20
500 PR5 - PR0 Directory Submissions USD $30
1000 PR5 - PR0 Directory Submissions USD $45
2000 PR5 - PR0 Directory Submission USD $100

2000 Directory Submission Service
•Price: $100.00 USD
•Directories: 2000
•Anchor Text: Unlimited
•Reporting: XLS Sheet
•Turn Around: 15 Days
•Link Information: Requested After Payment

My questions are:
1. Is it believable?
2. It looks like so cheap. Is it really manual? I am worrying about if they submit by auto-software.
3. About the anchor link mentioned about, what is its meaning?

Thanks in advance!

[MikeF421]

I would bet they are using software, not that it makes a difference. Honestly, whether it is done manually or by sofware, you are still getting the same result. It doesn't make a difference.

I wouldn't spend any money on it though because other than DMoz and the Yahoo directory, the directories are pretty much useless.

[Nicholas Hughes]

others than DMoz and the Yahoo directory are useless? In some other posts, I have seen somebody say that just to make sure to promote to the high PR free directory, it will has more or less help.

What should I do now? Should I stop submitting the free directories and put most efforts on the blog, forum and social networking? Thanks for the help.

[MikeF421]

Submitting to "high PR directories" is virtually useless.

Here's why. It doesn't matter what the PR of the domain is. Your listing is going to show up on a PR n/a or PR 0 page.

Now if it is a directory about your niche... like you are doing something about healthy living and you find a fitness directory or something similar, the relevancy can count for something.

I wouldn't waste time submitting a site to hundreds or thousands of directories though hoping to get any SEO benefit out of it. There is no SEO benefit to it.