I started accumulating links around mid December when my site was launched. I also submitted articles with my link to around 14-16 article directories and participated in different forums with my link in the signature. I just checked my site about 25 minutes ago and see I went from no viewable PR to PR 4!! Bad news is I'm still not ranking for my keywords in Yahoo or Google right now, but I am placing around 19-20 on msnsearch. This is my first PR4, so I'm very pysched.
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