Maybe you submit but never get aproved or you submit to low quality free directories... i have also many thousands of them showining up on webmtools.
Actually getting BL from directory is very difficult. Google not indexing all the pages of any site. only little pages. So the link u added in directory goes to some internel pages that google not found or indexed.
Yes it DOES I see plenty of links from directories in my google webmasters LINKS count I see directory links, bid directory link and social bookmarking links ALL LINKS COUNT.
Google always go for quality directory traffic , their are thousand of directories and they can't go with each one .
Google doesn't like directories these days. ay be good directories are ok but should stay away from poor directories
Directory links still seem to work I hope when they do stop crediting these links it will not be done retrospectively
Have you tried Yahoo? They seem to list more backlinks. I've never trusted the Google backlink checker because Yahoo always shows more links for my sites. Yahoo will give you a truer reflection of the links you have coming in. Whether Google gives them all value, well, that's another story! Who knows? Dan
Most of my sites are stilling showing back links from high PR, reputable directories like Joe Ant and DMOZ. The lesser quality directory sites that haven't been around all that long look to be ignored by Google. In terms of back links counted by Google, I've never really had any real success submitting to hundreds of directories. Just my .02 cents worth.
It`s a bit harder to get listed in DMOZ. Sites usually need to be 3 - 6 months old. Most of the directories are useless in means of traffic, but they do show up in google`s webmaster tools.