Does linking to highPR sites w/no follow help from a SEO perspective?Especially if your getting little traffic from it?
Do you mean linking to the high pr websites from your website or getting a link from the high pr website to your website? If you are talking about a link on your own website, no that will not help. If you are talking about a link to your website, since it is nofollow it won't help Google rankings. It will help rankings on other search engines though.
No-follow links from good sites can also drive traffic to your site, which is always good. Also, think about the links your users will want to see on your site and offer them as no-followed on your site. Creating a better user experience will keep them coming back.
Try to build links with high PR sites,this will give you quality back links.Do follow or No follow will not make any difference.
If you can get a high PR backlink go for it! Those sites are high traffic sites typically and traffic is important to your business. Further the link will help you rank in the search engines. By all means go for it.