I managed to get the homepage of my website to the first page of google with a high competition keyword free quality backlinks in less than 4 weeks. How do i do this?  I created about 1000 high quality backlinks and put in many hours.  I say about 30% forum signatures, 30% blog comments, 30% directory submission and 10% social bookmarking.  I am ranking between 6-10.  I am going to continue to work hard to get to number 1 spot.  I will follow up in a couple of weeks to see if I made any progress.