[Bloggeries]

Hi Adam,

Don't despair!!

1) Page rank is updated ~4 times a year so if your blog is new there is really no way you COULD have a page rank so that's a good thing if you're a PR0.

2) Just keep "networking". Link to other places you like, hopefully some will link to you. If you find a good blog similar to yours do a blogroll exchange. Write content that will induce others in your niche to link to you.

3) Submit to a few blog directories.

4) Participate in forums like this; meet others and increase your exposure.

If you do those simple things you'll get a PR1-3 next update. Don't sweat it until then and remember to just naturally acclimatize your blog into the web.

As a word of caution: If you DO submit to directories. Only submit to niche ones or blog ones as well blogging is a larger niche and your a blog... Also put your priority on quality. Getting listed in 5 quality blog directories will do infinitely more then say getting 100 listings in crappy link farm like wanna be directories.

Furthermore if someone ever offers you a software submission tool for directories... RUN.

Finally when submitting try and make sure your description is descriptive but unique from other ones.

I hope this helps. Basically if you make good content for your readers and build a blog for them google and other search engines will recognize.

Last last final note; never do anything "just for page rank" you'll end up with no page rank probably and regret it. Whenever doing link building ask yourself "If this was manually reviewed would it be legit?"

Best of luck, I'm sure you'll do fine though all you need is time and enthusiasm.