I run a retro candy website, www.zootcandy.com, and I get bombarded with ads and phonecalls from companies telling me they can improve my rankings. I use Overture, Findwhat, and Looksmart and they help quite a bit.
Using these services eats up your ad budget very fast but what else can you do? This is the way search engines make their money now and those free listing areas are getting muscled out whether you like it or not. It's only going to increase.
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I was making a comment on paid placement in general.
I run a retro candy website, www.zootcandy.com, and I get bombarded with ads and phonecalls from companies telling me they can improve my rankings. I use Overture, Findwhat, and Looksmart and they help quite a bit.
Using these services eats up your ad budget very fast but what else can you do? This is the way search engines make their money now and those free listing areas are getting muscled out whether you like it or not. It's only going to increase.