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Submitting your site to a directory means it "usually" is reviewed by a human for relevance and quality then categorized based on the sites content. One of the benefits from a users point of view is that because of this human intervention, they will almost certainly receive relevant listings to there search query. Your benefit as a Webmaster is for the same reason, when someone clicks through from a directory to your site you can be certain (if categorized properly in the database) that your site contains information that person is looking for.