Thanks for all the great tips. I like the idea about blogging about wanting to be on top to get some more attention and therefore also putting my name on the H1 tag. Like I said before, I think I'm close because one time, I was #1 for a couple of days. I cant add my link to the sig yet.
I also submitted my site on DMOZ, as far as I know, all the sites I've submitted to DMOZ has NEVER been added to their directory. Does anyone know for sure that they update their directory? It's a stupid question, they obviously do but they say 2 weeks to several months, I remember submitting my site back 2 years ago. Did not find it there.
there's a lot of ways to have quality backlinks for your site just let the internet world know that your site is about "Tony Cai", use it as your anchor text
My money says that before the week is out, THIS THREAD will be #1 for "Tony Cai," beating both you and this UPenn guy. Wagers, anyone?
Maybe #3 but not #1. Qryztufre puts DP at #6 with my sites all beating it out... However, my name is a bit less then common. Tony Cai may have some other troubles. Results 1 - 10 of about 1,010,000 for Tony Cai. (0.04 seconds) That is a lot of tony's to beat! Then again, I searched within results and found that... Results 1 - 10 of about 337,000 for Tony Cai digital point. (0.11 seconds) Maybe this thread has potential