How long should you wait to be listed after submitting?

[KG Gary]

Originally Posted by SheepGuy

IMO if someone is a year or even two months behind on submissions they're just not serious about this business.

It's a shitty feeling thinking that you've been faithfully linking and submitting for ages before you realise it's a waste of time, but if you know that they are behind and you've been assured that you'll get listed eventually then I don't see a problem with waiting for the later boost in traffic.