Hi All I have commented on lots of blogs, submitted loads of articles in last month. However, when I check backlinks on SEO Spy Glass (from SEO Powersuites) none of them can be found. However, they are do-follow, they have been submitted and of excellent quality with links to my site...Why are they not showing....? Weirdly, SEO Spy Glass cannot read backinks from Google search, just Blekko, and Yahoo etc...
Maybe the Google Crawlers didn't index the pages where you added your site. Just be patient. Have you bought Spy Glass or you downloaded the free version? You can PM me if you want to discuss the matter any further.
Links are a low value, high volume asset. You don't have time to bother analytical tools and gadgets. What you do want to watch are your serp's. We stick to link directories when building links. They are the only legitimate resource where you can mess with anchor text, build your key word profile and you will never run out of options. There are more free directories than you can ever hope to get through and the only problem is finding those that do approve submissions and are going to last. You then want to start building a list of sites that charge to review but which don't charge for position or PR. This takes time and experience. You are trying to track a moving target and don't have time to be analysing and computing variables you have no control over. This is 50% common sense and 50% hard labour.