search engine optimization services

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Does anyone have experience with using an optimization service? Did you see a rise in visitors and business?[nbsp][nbsp]Was your listing actually moved near the top of the results?[nbsp][nbsp]Also, if you think it's worth doing, any companies you would recommend for doing this?

thanks!

[JoeRT]

They all look like snake oil salesmen to me.[nbsp][nbsp]:P

I don't know if it was just perfect timing or what, but what appeared to really help my sites was Web Position Gold.[nbsp][nbsp]I ran my sites through it and within a month I was noticing a significant improvement in not only position but just getting listed on some search engines that I never found my sites on before.[nbsp][nbsp]I'd say it's definately worth a try.

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Joe Torsitano
www.weatherforyou.com (http://www.weatherforyou.com)

[tedloh]

I can say, to my disappointment, that Web Position Gold is what got me kicked off of Altavista the first time.
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Ted (Chief Do-It-All)
Got2Bet.com - The Net's Winner's Circle
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ted@tygresystems.com

[chrisheng]

Lately, apparently Google has started targeting sites who use the reporter function of Web Position Gold. (That is, the function that allows you to check your ranking.)

Chris.

[JoeRT]

I've never used the Reporter function because I had heard it was causing problems.[nbsp][nbsp]I just use it for optimizing pages and keeping track of my submissions.[nbsp][nbsp]Like I say, about a month after I used it I started showing up on search engines I never had before, including Yahoo, and moved up quite a bit on others.[nbsp][nbsp]And that was after a year and a half of just submitting without running my sites through Web Position Gold.

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Joe Torsitano
www.weatherforyou.com (http://www.weatherforyou.com)