hi sniperhiga,
your keyword is the most competitive keyword world wide. and google take this in consideration.
- more your onpage can help you
- wikipedia is important
- edu and gov then most of seo comapy have links from them
- social bookmarking
- check these two tools and study your competitors:
http://www.backlink-checker.de/
http://www.seomoz.org/tools/page-strength.php