Has anyone ever tried paying to get their site at the top of the list for Search Engine results?

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Has anyone ever tried paying to get their site at the top of the list for Search Engine results?

I have always been very leary about this, especially with outside companies that claim they can do this. I wonder how an outside company can control how Google ranks sites? How can they make Google and other Search Engines rank my site higher.

If you have ever tried doing this, what kind of results did you have?

Thanks.
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  • Don't bother paying. Spend some time and learn SEO yourself. Start small in low competitive keywords and move up as you become more and more confident.

    People go about making SEO this mystical thing when in actuality it isn't. In fact, SEO is one of the few internet marketing techniques that has a working AND viable blueprint. The only thing that gets in people's way is themselves.
  • Don't do it. Most of the time, you'll end up getting sandboxed or blacklisted by Google. Build backlinks slowly and naturally.
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    • I agree take your time and the results will come. On the other hand, if you have the money and are marketing something that is in demand it might be worth a try.
    • Don't pay for something that can do you more harm than good.

      Work on building your backlinks and SEO yourself and you'll reap the rewards in the end.

      Barb
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  • All the good search engines worth sending you traffic, will never charge you money! that includes google, yahoo, msn and more...
    so i suggest you not to spend money! Period.
  • I've heard of someone doing this, yeah, it didn't turn out very good. It broke them, litterally and figurativly. This person had to give up a lot of money on very little result. I agree with everyone else. Stick to seo stuff. Find some really great keywords and go with them. This works better than anything I've seen so far.

    Don't pay for something that you can do just as easily and make more money for other areas of marketing.

    LINDA
  • Thanks Michael. And thanks to everyone else too, for their very usefule and informative comments. I really appreciate it. Keep 'em coming.
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    • Well i had never ever paid anyone for the site to be at the top of the list for search engine.

      will advice you too dont have to pay also...

      i appreciate what Michael advice would do for all the warriors.
  • Yes I have and it was a total waste of money. I paid $300 for that campaign and only got 2 sales.

    Besides, no one can 'guarantee' you'll get top placement unless you find keywords that have absolutely no competition. And even then, you can easily get placement just by writing a couple of Ezine articles.
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