Creating Free Website Scripts
Are You familiar with PHP programming language? Why don't You develop Your own free (open-source) PHP script or a simple WordPress plugin and share it with other webmasters? Make sure You add Your website's link somewhere inside the script. Submit the script to large script directories like HotScripts.com and start getting thousands of backlinks from other people's blogs.
Making Free Website Templates
Do you know how to make your own free website templates? Go to WordPress.org, find some free WordPress themes, download them and use them to create your own free WordPress themes. Add your own link to theme's footer and submit the theme back to WordPress.org and some Free WP Theme directories. When someone installs your free WP theme, your link will appear at the bottom of his website and you will get a backlink. If you submit the theme to 10-20 most popular theme directories, you will get thousands of downloads and, of course, thousands of backlinks to Your website.
Software Development
This is a technique I use to get high PR backlinks without having to do any manual submission. First, you have to create a new piece of software to distribute. Don't worry, programming knowledge is not required to do this. There are hundreds of blogs and programs on the net that make it easy for you to create screensavers or browser toolbars (Conduit.com or Screensaver Factory 4 Enterprise). Next You need to download a freeware called PadGen.
This app will let you generate a.PAD file for Your new software. You run this program and fill it with information about your software. Make sure you add Your homepage URL to this file. You're almost done - you have your software and a valid PAD file. Now, go to Google and search for "submit pad file". You will find hundreds of shareware blogs that allow you to submit Your.PAD file to. You paste in the URL to your pad file and click submit. Shareware blogs will read Your.PAD file and index Your software in their directories. They will also find your website's URL inside the.PAD file and put it on Your software's page on their website. There are many software directories with high PR so, you could get some high-quality backlinks and tons of instant traffic.