Backlink Advice (PLEASE)

I?m pretty new to SEO and back linking etc., I?ve already burned through a few hundred dollars on these type of backlinks:

Social Bookmarking Link
Press Release
Article Submission
Profile Link
Blog Comments
Social Media
Wiki Links (on random sites not related to wiki lol)

After one month my website?s results on MajesticSeo are the following:

572 Backlinks
NoFollow 463
Referring Domains 148
Referring IP addresses: 64
Referring Class Cs: 58
Indexed URL?s: 11

I have two questions

1. Which links actually count towards Google ranking my pages and keywords, is it just Indexed URL?s?
2. How can I get better Backlinks from real websites in Articles using my keywords on strong sites in the same Niche as me?

I?ve read many stories of people ranking number one for their keywords using all the crappy links I listed in the first part of my post.

Register on higher PR forums. You will need to manually post and leave your real information, site url, anchor text. You do not even have to post and this will remain. Many comments fall off after 10 posts. Add SEO Quake if you use mozilla Firefox and look at your competition. You will be surprised. Quality over quantity.

Factors which affect ranking are
1.Do follow links
2.Links from related niche
3.Links from high quality site

In my opinion, every kind of link affects your rank. You need ******** and nofollow just like you need low PR and high PR backlinks.

It's all about diversity. The strongest links will be contextual (Web 2.0, Wiki, Articles) but I like to use them all.

I'm not sure I understand what you are asking iny our second question.