I am not sure why it bothers me … and I can see the rational for paying big bucks for it … it’s all about ROI … but if you really cared you would have hired someone to build your website correctly … and write original content …
ofcourse there are going to be already saturated markets … and then maybe that will be harder to break into … even so just build your website correctly…
The three things i have found help tremendously
1. semantic code is _key)
2. headers (H1,H2..) are your friends
3. url structure is also your friend “?q=54&g=tt” will get you no where
Then of course there are links to you and from you … so build some good relationships …
This website is just my personal play ground but when i look on google sitemaps or google analytics i am very happy with where i rank … and i didn’t pay anyone …
some google samples on this site …
- 1 out of 1,000,000 (css+gallery+roundup) view »
- 1 out of 1,720,000 (beth+page+black+course+pictures) view »
- 1 out of 315,000 (statues+mount+auburn) view »
- 1 out of 408,000 (jamaican+slippers) view »
- 1 out of 462,000 (henna+little+girl) view »
- 1 out of 859,000 (decorative+rope+photo) view »
- 2 out of 2,340,000 (little+girl+jamaica) view »
- 2 out of 2,610,000 (css+link+style+in+flash) view »
- 4 out of 2,180,000 (boston+street+cleaning) view »
- 6 out of 1,400,00 (magnetic+bullet) view »
- 6 out of 545,000 (mootools+slide) view »
- 7 out of 1,030,000 (mirage+sexy) view »
- 8 out of 1,700,000 (javascript+slide+puzzle) view »
- 9 out of 55,7000 (bethpage+black+course+pictures) view »
- 10 out of 136,000,000 (girl+house) view »
- 11 out of 2,880,000 (image+fade+in) view »
- 12 out of 1,940,000 (javascript+fade) view »
- 13 out of 1,750,000 (javascript+fade+text) view »
- 13 out of 2,340,000 (css+galleries) view »
- 14 out of 2.370,000 (meet+the+greens) view »
- 15 out of 1,410,000 (jamaican+postcard) view »
- 22 out of 1,160,000 (photo+of+a+jamaican+beach) view »
- 28 out of 25,200,000 (css+gallery) view »
- 42 out of 8,960,000 (tiny+url) view »