the advantages of web directories submision

I have heard that Ther's a trend among Seo experts to lower the importance of inbound links and reciprocal placement in web directories.
Ok,I agree that content is the new king - there are more related content sitesnow a day that have a web directory/sites index with "add url" / "add site" options , with specified categories. A link pointing to a site from an index like that, can be strong and in fact relevant and indexed.
The thing is if you have submitted your link to a directory in a site that deals with travel and tourism, but due to the fact that your site deals with beer related issues you have placed it under food & beverage categories (as you should have). but most likely these categories on a travel & tourism site have a low rate of visitors and search engines pick up on that, and give rank accordingly.
On the other hand there are designated web directories were all the categories Cary the same ranking weight - as long as you don't use the same link description in all the directories (Google panelized a number of high placed ranking sites drooping them down as far as six places - for that reason) it is still one of the most reliable methods of site promoting-if Google has panelized sites for doing it wrong-probably ranks for doing it right.

I have added some good directories in the list below

It will be great to get some comments on them and their efficiency.
I have spent some time checking them out and they seam to be relevant

http://www.4ukshopping.co.uk/ - Our shop is listed in 4 UK Shopping
http://www.anaximanderdirectory.com/ - Anaximander Directory
http://www.gifts45.com - gifts45 gifts&shopping directory
http://www.dir4u.info/ - dir4U.info Web Directory
http://www.directoryspider.net/ - Directory Spider
http://www.000directory.com.ar/ - 000 Directory
http://www.0mg.us/ - 0MG! Web Directory :: SEO friendly web directory - hand selected for quality
http://www.123hitlinks.info/ - Web Directory Hit LInks
http://www.1abc.org/ - 1Abc Directory
http://www.1morelink.com/ - 1 More Link
http://www.2addlink.info/ - 2AddLink Web Link Directory
http://www.3windex.com/ - 3windex
http://www.4169.info/ - 4169 - Free Link Directory
http://474.sytes.net/ - Free Web Directory: Directory-474
http://www.4vpo.com/ - Vogue Premium Directory
http://www.5lbs.com/ - Cool Websites Directory
http://www.6686.org/ - 6686 links to your site!
http://www.777media.com/ - Seo friendly web directory
http://www.99kat.com/ - Web Directory 99kat
http://www.a1dir.com/ - A1dir
http://www.a2adir.info/ - SEO Friendly General Directory
http://www.a2zwebindex.com/ - a2z web index
http://www.accedeurl.info/ - Accede URL Directory
http://www.add2directories.com/ - Add 2 Directories
http://www.add-link-url.com/ - addlink- url.com
http://www.addmyurl.info/ - Featured Links $5 Get a Ton of BackLinks! Page Rank 2 & UP To Submit Your Site.
http://www.addnewlink.net/ - Add New Link - Add A Link
http://www.addsite-submitfree.com/ - Add Your Site for Free
http://www.addyourlinkfree.com/ - Add Your Link Free
http://www.addyourlinkfree.com/ - Add Your Link Free
http://www.agilelist.com/" title="Agile List Web Directory - Agile List Web Directory
http://www.aleryn.net/ - Aleryn Web Directory
http://www.alistdirectory.com/ - A List Directory
http://www.allurls.info/ - AllURLs
http://www.allurls.info/ - http://www.anaximanderdirectory.com/ - Anaximander Directory
http://www.appguides.com/ - AppGuides.com
http://www.arakne-links.com/ - Arakne-Links Directory
http://www.articleszones.com/directory - ArticlesZones Directory
http://www.askalink.com/ - Ask-A-Link Games: Play to win
http://www.awebdirectory.info/ - A Web Directory
http://www.az-links.info/ - AZ Links Directory
http://www.backlinkdir.com/ - Backlink Directory
http://www.backlink-directory.co.uk/ - Free & Paid Backlink Directory
http://www.bahiacar.com/ - Bahiacar.com
http://www.beedirectory.com/ - Web Directory
http://www.into-tech.co.uk/ - Are You INTO TECHnology?
http://www.into-tech.co.uk/ - Are You INTO TECHnology?
http://www.bigsurf.info/ - SEO Friendly Link & Article Directory
http://www.blackdhalia.com/ - Black Dhalia Internet Directory
http://www.blackdir.info/ - Blackdir Directory
http://www.blastooo.info/ - Blastooo - Web Directory
http://www.blin.biz/ - .blin.biz
http://www.blisswolff.com/resources - Blisswolff Resource Directory
"http://www.blisswolff.com/resources - Blisswolff Resource Directory
http://www.blpdirectory.info/ - BLP directory
http://www.bluedirectory.org/ - Blue Directory
http://www.bluedirectory.org/ - Blue Directory
http://www.bookwallet.org/ - BookWallet Free Web Directory
http://www.boomdirectory.com/ - Boomdirectory.com
http://www.boshuda.com/ - Boshuda Directory
http://www.broadbook.info/ - Broad Book Directory
http://www.businesswebdirectory.biz/" target="new - Business Web Directory .biz - Business Directory
http://www.bys.net/ - ByS.net-Internet Link Directory
http://www.cafioca.com/ - Cafioca Web Directory
http://www.categorizeddirectory.com/ - Categorized Directory - categorized human edited web site directory
http://www.ccsmex.com/ - CCSMEX Free Submission Web Directory
http://www.clarib.com/ - Clarib Web Directory
http://www.clickmybrick.com/ - Click my Brick Directory
http://www.cmepintl.com/ - CMEP Intl Directory
http://www.commiturl.info/ - Commit URL Directory
http://www.complyurl.info/ - Comply URL Directory
http://www.crazyleafdesign.com/webdirectory - CrazyLeaf FREE Web Directory
http://www.cresol.es/linkdirectory/ - Creative Solutions Link Directory
http://www.ctrldir.com/ - Ctrl Directory

That's a great collection of directory.. I'm sure this will help especially for mewbies..

thx
i will post some more , as soon as they pass the"screening" processes.
(some take weeks before a review is cleared)

these are great if these links allow deep linking

Yeah, deep linking is the best way to promote your site..

Well....it looks little familiar to me.......

But any ways, it may be useful for newbies but we should be careful while submitting a site to directories and submit our site o most relevant category........one thing more it has lots of repeatition in directory names, isn't it?

Nice list of directories...thanks anyway...Directory submission is very helpful in terms of PR but be sure to find those quality one...

It is helpful in PR but in bringing bunch of traffic I don't think so...

Good Post

Can you give us some deep link directories,it is very hard to find good
free deep link directories

wow .. wonderfull collection of directory