Moniker posted:

The problem with link sharing is that (from what I've been told) it doesn't really help unless the sites are closely related in content. I've tried trading links with a few guys on here and no one seemed interested. I can't see how having 12 people with 12 incoming and outgoing links could hurt our SERPs but maybe it would.

The best bet is to offer to guest post on other, more related blogs in exchange for a link plugging your blog at the bottom. Another good idea is write a solid 550 word article and submit it to ezine articles, and a ton of other article databases. A list of them located here After you submit those, work on answering some questions on Yahoo answers. You can't add anchor text, but it's still back links to your site.

I've had my site up for less than a month and I'm finally starting to show up on Google. I am on the third page for my targeted keyword right now and slowly working my way up. It's great. It's a ton of work, but it's paying off.

Unrelated to your post:
Also I am in the process of buying my first dog, so I decided to document it with a website. I targeted a search that doesn't have much competition and ended up buying Top Ten Smartest Dogs.com I think this one is better than the Kitchen Appliance blog because it's actually something that I like writing about and it's almost unlimited content because dogs are hard work!