Trying repeatedly to get backlinks, but I have no backlinks yet.?

[Jake]

Spamming Answers doesn't really pay off for some trying to use it for SEO, since the links are NoFollow and your account and those posts are all subject to be deleted if out of hand.

Some links don't get reported by the tools they don't examine every page on the web. Link values vary considerably, the page rank of the page it resides on and the number of other outgoing links are big factors. In body links like in a guest post article are way more valuable than blog comments or sidebar blogroll links.

Here's a little tool that helps search out relevant sites where you can leave comments or forum posts, mix your backlink sources to maintain a 'natural' profile.

http://dropmylink.com/