I dont think you'll have much of a problem with that site WebDev. Its an excellent resource and highly relevant.
With Google its about time & trust. They'll try and get a feel for your site and determine where it belongs in the ranks. A reason why you'll see a lot of bouncing up & down in the positions when a site is new. As your site will get older the better it will perform within Google and hold a steady position. Your content and inbound links are going to determine exactly where the site belongs in the results.
Keep updating you site with new content. Keep all your outbound links highly relevant to your topic and if you use any affiliate links use nofollow on them.
I would also start browsing around PHP blogs and people who blog about scripting. Keep up with their posts and make comments every couple of days. When the bloggers get to know you and your site they'll probably end up linking to you from a blog post.
Building links isn't easy and its no longer about how many you can get, its all down to quality and relevance.
If you are looking at Google as a main source for traffic then its all about time, in my opinion. From the looks of it your site is going through the normal cycle of Google ranking that we all experience. You can pick-up the pace by getting some high quality links in, the challenge is finding them.
You making anything from those Auction Ads? I would have personally have gone for advertising PHP tutorial books etc - keeping it 100% relevant. Try using Amazon's affiliate program too.
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