I would say it depends on the individuel webdir how it is setup etc. many times you wont and I haven't seen prove of any penalty from Google due to this.
Yes, it certainly affects the credibility of the site and gets penalized by Google and other search engines. The best option is not to go for such short term traffic stuffs and instead the webmasters have to concentrate on long term gradual development of the site.
Google will penalize for things that appear look like duplications. spiders are smarter then they used to be, they then drop you to the bottom like a rock
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