Beacause Google directory uses the DMOZ listings, and "Link Popularity" and "Popularity of Links" is factored into Google's Page Rank, a listing in Dmoz automatically increases it's Google's ranking a couple of pages.
I have noticed this in several of my sites, the latest being a "George Harrison Pictures Movies Biography" site, that went from #27 to #9 for "George Harrison Pictures"
the VERY day it appeared in Google's updated directory listing (which is about one to two months behind ODP's new additions. This was based only on the DMOZ listing because the site was brand new and had no other links.
I have noticed this in several of my sites, the latest being a "George Harrison Pictures Movies Biography" site, that went from #27 to #9 for "George Harrison Pictures"
the VERY day it appeared in Google's updated directory listing (which is about one to two months behind ODP's new additions. This was based only on the DMOZ listing because the site was brand new and had no other links.