After Google panda updates which shocked whole billion websites, article directories is no more an effective to build backlink like a back days, if you want a quality backlink then you should better go for guest post, you can refer Google panda Updates for more information about it.
Still, Backlink plays the major role in Google page rank increase but only factor will not be enough. Factors likes Site Speed, the quality of post, site architecture are also count for that.

Some of brief points for Page rank increase and eventually increasing traffic are:-

1. Update 2 times a week atleast ( for new blog)

2. No duplicate post, its among the worst practice.

3. Active in Forums and post quality tips, 2 post/day/site (same niche)

4. Blog commenting ( make a habit of 3 comment/day/site, but please don't spam)

5. Try to submit a Guest post.

6. Write a quality post..( For details, just see on Google Panda SEO Tips, i have written a detailed on it.)

7. Check your site speed, it should less than 5sec at least, it is as importance as backlinks now a days. ( For list of Tools to check Site speed, have a look on it).

8. And lastly, Start concentrating in 2 or 3 Social bookmarking sites only ( Believe in quality not in quantity).

The above tips may sound common to hear but its the best and easy way to increase pagerank and get more traffic.

Google PR (Page Rank) is based on number of incoming links to your site. So you need to get more links pointing to your site.

Google PR depends upon the number of backlinks we build. Building links helps you to increase your PR.

Social networking sites and PPC marketing are best way to increase Google PR/

After Google panda update unique content and quality back links play important role for increasing page rank. Always update your webpage or blog with unique and relevant content and also try to build quality back link from various quality do follow site. Also take care about genuine content along with each back link in forum posting, blog commenting, article submission etc. so that's helps to increase page rank of website according to search engine algorithms.

Implement all off page seo techniques to earn dofollow high PR backlink by which you can Improve PR of your website.

It's depend on number of incoming backlinks or visitors into your site.  Directories sites are also helpful to increase page rank of any website. So do directory submission at a daily basis to increase PR.

by getting quality backlinks for site and including good unique quality content in site we can improve our site page rank.

Pr is determined by the number and quality of back-links to a website. Few Steps to Increase your Google Web page rank is Update your website every day by adding more original content. publishing your hyperlinks on search engine optimization directories is a great way to get free hyperlinks to your website.

To increase google page rank you have to make high pr back links. You can make high pr backlinks via directory submission, Bookmarking or forum posting.

Google page rank is an elusive term that most bloggers don't completely understand. In fact, there are probably few people in the world who completely understand it, because Google keeps the secrets of its page rank algorithm very guarded. Boosting your Google page rank isn't something you can do in a day. If it were, everyone would have a Google Page Rank of 10. Keep reading to learn a few of the tricks to increase your blog's Google page rank that are fairly easy to implement over time.
1. Get Incoming Links from High Quality Related Sites
2. Remember to Use SEO Techniques
3. Write Original Content
4. Don't Go Link Crazy
5. Write Great Content
How many links required to increase page rank: here

Thanks for the tips!I'm a beginner in SEO,so very information is very helpful for me.Cheers!

1 post daliy on your blog and create quality backlink

Using SEO tools we increase page rank in Google. So almost all websites owners use SEO services for increase page rank in Google.

with the help of seo you can increase the page rank of your website on google forum posting is the best method in seo to increase the pr. :

The higher the page rank of the site that links to you the better, but relevance is equally important. If you want to Increase Google Page Rank. So, You can Create many quality back link and Do Follow link in your website.

Increase Google page rank is not a one day activity or not a play of child. It takes more time to improve pagerank. If you want to increase it then you have need to do many thing. First of all you should do forum posting and blog commenting because both are much better for quality backlinks and those quality backlinks will help you in PR.

My website got page rank 1 form the last PR update. You need to get unique traffic in to the website. Also need to maintain the bounce rate of your website. Follow some link building techniques. These are the techniques which I followed to obtain page rank and it works well.

Create blog for your site and put posts daily. Build quality backlinks and put unique content on your website. These things will help to improve your website rankings.

Quote from: Kim_Smith on April 23, 2012, 02:37:32 AM
Google PR depends upon the number of backlinks we build. Building links helps you to increase your PR.

Dear, now strategy has changed,
PR depends only content and visitor of your site. If visitors are coming on your site and they are getting some informative on your site, then Google page rank will be increased itself. This is my own website http://www.seo-specialists.com.au I have never done any SEO activities on this site and it is 2 months old website. Today it,s page rank is 2 because it has quality content.

Get a good quality back link are useful to improve our page rank. Now SEO and SMO play a major roles to increase our website page rank and create a more traffic in our website. A unique content are helpful to rapidly increase our website page rank.

Getting back links from high page rank directories with do follow link attribute will help you to increase page rank of web page.

By getting quality backlinks you can increase your Google page rank as well. There are some link building methods to increase PR as forum posting, blog commenting, Article submission, Social book marking, directory submission and etc...

Well, there are main 5 ways to improve Google page ranking, get Inbound Hyperlinks from top quality relevant sites, create great content, don't go weblink insane and remember to Use SEO methods.

Quality Unique Content and building free relevant backlinks will help to increase PR for the website.

1.Quality of the content is the most important for increasing the Page Rank.
2.Built relevant back links.
3.Reduce the bounce rate using relevant unique content. These three steps will help to increase the Google Page Rank.

Create articles about your site, submit it in different sites.

Share your knowledge on different forums and get links to your blog. There are many forums which allows signature where you can add your link.

I think the Page rank can be increased by SEO

To increase your page rank you need to submit your site to the quality sites which google trusts.

The main thing is quality links, also build links on dofollow sites if  you want to increase page rank of your site, I would say.

Hello,

There are some steps to increase Google page rank are

1. Update your website every day by adding more unique content.

2. Provide inside linking to your website.

3. Build a sitemap for your website.

4. Trade your link with other web owners.

Using SEO tools we increase page rank in Google. So almost all websites owners use SEO services for increase page rank in Google.

you can increase your page rank by submitting to high page rank sites.

I have found quality info about to increase page rank of site but according to me, original and updated content is one of most promising feature to increase page rank after that, we can easily go with Link building. Link Building is one of most important off page feature which one is completely exceptional to increase traffic and page rank of site. Blog Commenting, Forum Posting, Guest Posting, Blog Posting, Press Release, Video Submission and Social bookmarking are some of authentic link building features.

As per new policy of Google, Google wants relevancy and quality with interesting contents so if you really want to get high PR for your site then keep these things on your mind.

to increase page rank, submitting to high quality sites and getting back links from the site.

You have to make sure that you are working on websites with high page rank related to your niche.

Increase your Google Page rank by doing forum posting, blog commenting, social bookmarking, directory submission, and article submission. It creates a good quality of backlink. These backlink helpful to get increase the website visitor to the website.

To increase the Google Page rank you need to do forum posting, blog commenting, social bookmarking, article submission and press release submission. It creates a good quality of backlink. It also helpful to get ranking over search engine website.

First of all,You should write unique and fresh content for your website.You should use different link building techniques like forum posting,blog commenting,social bookmarking,directory submission etc.

Agree with you aali. 

social netwroking sites and SEO is best to increase the page rank