Originally Posted by hausarzt

My experience:

For a new site, the only way to get backlinks is to buy them.
You don't have to buy much backlinks in the beginning. Focus on a few ones, that will push your site forward.
Do some research before buying backlinks. Expensive ones might not help you, if the backlinking site does not have any value.
I bought a few links for three figures, which did not do anything, while some 30 bucks deals pushed my site really forward.

Focus on keywords with low competition. Yeah, we all want to rank for "porn tube". But this is impossible unless you spend zillions of bucks. Go for keywords, which are easy to rank for. It's better go rank for a keyword with "only" 3k monthly searches, than not raking for a keyword with 400k monthly searches.

After you gained some links and your site ranks for a bunch of keywords, your DA and PA will go up and other webmasters will be willing to trade.