Increasing Your PR Rating.

We all know how important linking is in obtaining a good PR, and that one-way links are the best. It is fairly easy obtaining a reciprocal link (where you exchange your link with another site) and a lot harder to achieve a one-way link (where another website links with yours without requiring a reciprocal link). Most SEO experts agree that Google holds one-way links as highly important and will usually give a site with lots of one-way links a higher PR. The reasoning behind this is that if a lot of sites are linking to one particular site then that site must be pretty important and hence warrants a higher PR.
How do you get these prized and highly sought after links? One such way is joining forums. Of course the best forums to join would be the ones with a high PR as well as those with a high member base. Once you have joined the forum the first thing you have to do is to adjust your signature, which is found in your profile. When doing this remember that The Elusive Pot of Gold looks a lot better than http://www.theelusivepotofgold.com/ Check out my signature at The Pot of Gold Forum to see what I mean. Now every time you post in a forum your link/links is displayed at the bottom of your post. Simple, is it not?


Forum Etiquette

The first thing to remember once you have joined is that you are in someone else domain, his or her "virtual home" so do not abuse the privilege. Most forums have rules, please read and follow them at all times.
As far as posting goes you may take note of the following guidelines.

Make your questions (and responses) as clear and intelligible as possible. Watch your spelling and punctuation and refrain from using "online chat" lingo and abbreviations as these tend to look less professional and may confuse many users not used to the net or whose primary language is not English

Your post should have a relevant subject, as this is the first thing someone will see. "Runtime Error 429 ActiveX component can't create object" will attract more viewers than”Please Help" title.

Don't post in a forum where you don't have something constructive to say, this is not polite and is a waste of their time as well as your own.

Don't just go posting without first giving a lot of thought to what you about to say. Remember your posting is a door way to your site. If you write a lot of garbage no one is going to visit your site. You may gain a better PR but you have just thrown away a huge potential customer base. If you post something intelligent or are able to solve someone’s problem you will be amazed how many visitors this will send your way

Remember to be polite at all times.

Follow these rules and you will enjoy posting and with luck your PR will rise and your site will get a lot more hits.
I host two forums one at the The Pot of Gold Forum
another at the
The Games Palace Forum
and a forum which pays you to post can be found at
eGoldStreet