Gathering backlinks seems to be the main focus of increasing PR, so there i go submitting my site to hundreds of directories, and now.. i've got more than 50 reciprocal links on my main site. How do other sites get 1000s of backlinks ? How do i get backlinks without having to link to other people ? Newbie to backlinking out here, so please help.. really appreciate ur replies.
one way of getting free backlinks is Forum posting, like what you did, you put your site in your sig. you can also do 3-way linking.
develop content for backlinks, articles, press releases, social bookmarking - don't get more reciprocals till your spread your link types completely
When I submit to directories I choose the regular link option instead of the reciprocal link option. That way I get back links without having to give one to the directory.