We have been working on our list of free directories from all angles.  The list is in better shape than it has been in years.  I owe much of the credit to the unknown user that went through all the way to the PR0 sites and reported all the problems. We go through the free directories quite often but we rarely make it past the PR2s.

We also:

• updated PageRank on all directories (Google has been doing some changes to individual sites)
• got rid of all the dead directories (on the entire list of 11,000)
• add a bunch of new high PR free directories
• recorded some of the higher PR free directories that are approving submissions.