DMOZ ...hmm I know its extremely hard to get into that one, but also that its reputation is being hurt by some of its moderators who are misusing their privileges to sell inclusions .
Well, the Best Directory would be directory with high quality content organized in Categories and exceptional editorial integrity that gives listed links high SERP visibility. fastreplies
@smithjoshep @whitespparow @williamslewis Can any of you to show me where OP is asking which is the best directory? fastreplies
As most of the previous posts confirmed, the best free directory is DMOZ. Google feeds from their information ... making a listing at DMOZ (IF you can get it) even more attractive. A few days ago I found this list. This specific page deals with free directories but elsewhere on their website they list paid and niche directories. Hope this helps. Sorry, wanted to add: I haven't gone through the entire list myself. So I cannot tell you if they all still exist and whether they are all still free.
Has anyone noticed just how many broken links there are in the Yahoo directory... it's actually quite shocking imo.