Originally Posted by Kevsh

I went a bit along this route a few months back but in a slightly devious, black-hat kind of way ... I'll just say that many templated blog sites have great PR and no, I didn't spam them, but you can "contribute" to the themes, discussions and sites withoug coming off as a spammer. No personally-created theme required ...

Anyhow, Mr.Chio's tip is a great one and looks like it worked, congrats!