I've found a couple helpful pages recently I want to share with those trying to boost their ranking.

The first one helps you find how many incoming (or back links) a web site has on the various search directory. You can find it at http://www.freewebsubmission.com/link-popularity.html. This way you don't have to go to several sites to find your link popularity.

The other site I found shows some of the largest directories online that you can submit your site to. It's called The Strongest Links. It shows you what pages have high Google ranking, if there's a charge for it, and if a reciprocal link is required. I've just started using this site.

One bonus link I'm going to show you doesn't have anything to do with linking strategy, but could keep you from getting spam. If your email address is up on a page with being encoded, there's a good chance an automated spambot will come through and harvest your email address, making you vulnerable to being on a bunch of spam lists. If your email address is encoded then the spambots can't pick it up. I've using a page on Proles.net that puts your email address into code that you can paste into your page. It looks like a normal email address but it can't be picked up by the spambot. Thanks, Proles.