It's depend on from directory to directory. Sometime is very useful if you read carefully their submission policy. There are many directories which are accept your link quickly only if it is paid or...

"I have just checked a website backlinks in google and altavista. The google has shown me about 50 pages and altavista has shown me only 20 pages." Really? Please share with us the website what you...

Login to your dashboard and click on the Layout Link. If you are already managing your blog, then click on the Template Tab.
Click on the Edit Html Sub-tab for Templates.

Now do a search for...

Directory Submission? It's useful if you send your link into a quality directory, but there are several old none quality directories which are out of Google cahce . . . I need hardly say it's a big...

I totally agree with you! I'm a travel directory owner and I hate when I get many junks automatic submissions.

I'm quite sure the Google will hide the large amount of your back links.
If you would like explore your all back links AltaVista is your friend ;)

The time consumption is a very good sample and it can show to you the black side of the SEO works. If you build up your clients' business with SEO according to your best workmanship maybe you will be...

Maybe a free web hosting company put an advertising on your site which is negatively but it's not the really problem! The really problem is in the name of the used domain. If you are on a free host...

If you place your sitemap between
<sitemap_location> </sitemap_location> command is perfect for the all search engines.

"How can i find out if those are going to be worth anything to google." There is not any solution for this. That's the secret of Google, yet ;)

However I can tell you how you can explore the links...