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[nikjing]

I am really tired to submit my new site to free directories. Submission to almost 250 dirs takes me 3 days. Few of them I get approval, some declined, some promise "review as soon as possible", others say "we are very busy, it takes about 4-6 weeks to review your website" etc. I think that every of you experienced with that. So please advice for newbie: How to do? Three days and I am fed up with doing this. Automated submission? Paid submission? link exchange ?(Sorry, bugget is limited, I cannot pay for this)