For people like more numbers, iBizDir has a PR 5 on the homepage and I am sure it will have many categories with a good pagerank. $34 as review fee for permanent listings and $68 for featured listings looks reasonable.

The directory has many business related articles in the Business Guides section. Initially I thought they have combined an article directory or they review some of the business submitted to their directory. But they actually post good informative reference articles in this section. I would call it a blog but the owners probably think it’s a guide and not a blog.

Here is what I like about the directory:

Joomla being used as a directory platform.

Slick RSS showing latest business news from Yahoo News RSS.

Articles for business owners so that directory is not just a ’submitters heaven’. Actual visitors looking for information will also come to the directory.

Regional listings

Loan calculator and currency converters. They can be really useful for business owners.

Details page has telephone number, address and a quick link to Google maps.

SEO Friendly URLs and unique titles and meta tags for each category page.

Proactively adding business / websites to their directory. All top level categories have one or two authority sites like about.com listed.
There are the things that can be improved:

I found many empty categories. They have filled top level categories themselves but I believe they should try and fill inner categories too.

Each category has a different suggest site page, which is very similar (duplicate content) and is being given 2 dofollow links from the category page. That’s a major PR leak

About page is also given a dofollow link.

Very small privacy policy (that could actually be a positive point for some)

Conclusion

Except the PR leaks it looks like a solid business directory that should add good value to a business owner submitting their websites.