There are several threads here on DP with PR, and several profiles with pretty good rank. Those will help!
You right. forum signatures are the best free advertising method. However, it is advisable to do advertisement other than forums because forum traffic is not the total traffic of all areas.
Don't focus solely on sig advertising. It works well, but just remember its only one method to get visitors and possibly a little link juice. I tend to post in forums when I need a break from the daily grind. Its nice to know that even on a break I'm advertising my sites
I'd say forum signature links are definitely one of the EASIEST and fastest ways to get traffic to your site. Not only that, but forums are a great way to find out what issues your niche is dealing with, so that you can solve their problems in blog posts, information products, etc.
this is good to know. but let me ask .. ... is it frowned upon to leave more... would the saturation serve as a red flag. even if you are leaving viable and honest posts? also ..was curious about the posts you leave. I have been following the conversations in these forums and leaving pertinent info back .. i guess you could say i'm doing it the right way.. ...but at the same time, the reading seems to take a while to be able to reply with intelligence. ..which, i guess, goes back to my original question. Is three posts, per forum the recomended amount? ..and thanks.
I wrote a pretty decent article on getting the most of signature advertising on forums. Some of may want to check it out? Signature Advertising 101
As long as you are posting sensibly and informative, no problem... about the posting guidelines, you may check my sig..
... your post is the main factor why people don't visit your signature... If you want to get traffic from forums, you should need tell people to visit your sig.. you just need to let them do it... Saying "please click my sig" is a desperate comment...
well it did not work for me though, I hardly get any traffic from my signature links, but still they are good source for backlinks.