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Some directories are like FFA links or so called spam free directories, they accept all kind of links, they even don't make sure that the link is submitted to the right category and they only click the approve button, these sites are more likely to be considered as FFA links and usually they have no page rank and no position in search engines, they usually get semi or complete ban in the long term if they keep going with this criteria.
Of course getting a huge amount of back links from such directories will do no good for your website.
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FFA or "Free For All Websites" are merely bulletin boards where one may get a free listing for their web site. The term does not include the directory format. I submit to what's called "general directories", which may be what you're talking about. The good submitting companies will weed out the crap and maintain a good list, generally around 2000/3000 directories out of a possible 8 or 9 thousand or more. The number of submittals that I get kicked back for wrong category is around 3 per thousand, or .003%. Of course if you use a crap company you will get crap submissions. (been there - done that) Even though it is rumored that G. has devalued general directories, they still work well. As I have posted before: You won't be penalized for any links that are pointed to your site. If that was possible all you would have to do is submit a bunch of "bad neighborhood" links to a competitor's site and you would get your competitor penalized. Generally all that will happen is the links won't count.