Directory Links- Irrelevant Category ok?

[elemints]

I checked out a monthly report for a successful linking campaign in which the website optimized was ranked #1 G for a few hundred good keywords. After analyzing the links, which averaged about 100 a month, I noticed that a large percentage were posted in completely irrelevant categories.
I always read that we should post in an appropriate category. Is this a strategy or a lazy seo? Possibly of no consequence? The majority of these directories claim to be human edited...What's up with that?:confused:

[bujoi23]

I read that you should only post in relevant categories...

[elemints]

I read that you should only post in relevant categories...
Like I said, I read that too...:confused: Does anyone have any experience with this?

[dpsubi1]

may be you can try contacting the directory owners and move your links to proper category.

however, it will not hurt much.

[elemints]

may be you can try contacting the directory owners and move your links to proper category.

They are not my links, rather a friends. I am learning every which way I can...
Besides, there are thousands of links like this.
My ? is whether this is an seo who doesn't want to take the extra 10 seconds to find the right category, may have run out of free directories to submit to, a strategy to get his anchor text (some directories won't let you post the category name as the link's title), or some other move. Does anyone know :confused:about this?

[balukutty]

If you post in relevant categories, u will get links back

[elemints]

If you post in relevant categories, u will get links back
So if I submit my tag to a free directory, I will get links back? How so?