More and more people are coming on the web and more of them are making websites, which means they'll want to be listed someplace and one of those places that will most likely take them are web directories.
I think its a good thing however so saying i think probably about 25% or something (rough estimate) usually fail within the first 3 months. This happens because the person is new to directories, doesn't realise the amount of work required etc. I can count the number of times ive been submitting using the info vilesilencer list to find the domain doesnt resolve, an account suspend notice appears or there is simply a holding page...