Wow, NOFOLLOW on a directory. That is just shameful. Those doing that give the entire directory industry a black eye.
Personally I don't get that much traffic from directories either. I look for powerful sites that SE's will put weight on the link from it. Some directories give me more traffic than others but like Kivinar said I use them for SERP's so your choice of anchor text is paramount. Unfortunately I kinda rushed into it and have lots of anchors doing nothing for me... Time to email a few dir owners in the near future.
