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[sheepdog]

I just got off the phone with a telemarketer, (from the UK no less, sure hate to have his phone bill) trying to sell me a service that would GUARANTEE supposedly that I would be ranked on the first page of Google for 5 different key phrases. He gave me the spiel about how many hits per day those phrases recieved, and that I only had to pay $45 per phrase, I would have my own technician who would moniter everything and I could change the phrases whenever I wanted to and no long term contract or anything like that.

Sure, it all sounded great, but my question is, if they can do it, get me on page one of Google, why can't I get myself there? Just exactly what is it these companies do to get me to that number one page? My skeptical mind says it's just a con job and they really can't do it. But hey, somebody has to be on that first page, it sure would be nice if it was me!

[odlanor9]

You are right - someone has to be there for those specific keywords - might as well be you!

I would just be cautious as to how they are building those links for you, are they manually submitting them or is it a software? How relevant are the sites that they are linking from? Are they spammy? If so, google hates that and will penalize you for it.

Also, yes you can build them and probably do a better job yourself. That is how I first got started and it worked well for me, its a little time consuming but definitely worth the experience.

Also, how competitive was the keyword? How much commercialism could you get out of them? How much traffic did each keyword get? So many questions to ask when entering a market...

good luck!