This is an example of what happens when a person starts to do business on the internet. You have decided on your web site. The graphics look fantastic, you have decided on the text, the pages have been designed by a professional web designer, you have been on the internet for several months and you are only getting a few visitors - those people you have told about your site and your existing clients ... even though you have used a free auto site submission process ... Why? 

New website owners tend to use this method and are puzzled as to why they are unable to find their site even after several months. The reason is, if it were that simple then every site who submitted their details would be listed in the top 100 searches and obviously that is just impossible.

Unless your web pages are accepted by Major search engine you may as well NOT be on the internet looking for new clients. It is a recognized fact that up to 80% of new visitors to your site will come via search engines ... no matter what 'hard copy and local' advertising you do.

If you host with our preferred hosting firm you can auto-submit your site using the submission link provided. This is basic submission to several search engines. It has no guarantee of rankings, your site will be listed however it may take up to 6 months or more to appear. This is because many Search engines vary the updating of their databases from 14 days to 180 days so patience is necessary while your site lists.

You can list your site yourself direct with several major search engines like Yahoo (AUD$495) and NineMSN (AUD$495) and so on. Your site will probably be listed within 7 days. This fee ensures you are listed. It also means if you wish to list with just 2 major engines it will cost around $1000, a significant amount. It does not however guarantee that your site will be found doing particular searches, it is only a guarantee that the site will be listed along with tens of millions of others in their database.

The ANSWER. To engage the services of a Professional Search Engine Marketing firm that will spend the time coding specific sections of your site specifically for search engines and then carefully submit that information to the Top Search Engines and they will follow up the listings and endeavour to make improvements. Because the Internet is a dynamic medium changes are constantly necessary to achieve and then maintain your listings. Once you realize that the top 1000 Global firms spend tens of  thousands of dollars a year on Professional Site Optimisation and Ongoing Search Engine Marketing and Submission you can understand why you should invest at least a few hundred dollars each year for your own site.

The packages listed below depend on a number of factors however our most popular Gold Package covers opimisation, initial submission and 12 months submission and monitoring. This is a practical, inexpensive way to start a new internet venture and costs less cost than a single joining fee for one of the major search engines.

Via our parent company SEM specialists have organised for many websites, even those with a simple design and a limited market, to rank highly on major search engines. Take a look at a sample of the results they have achieved. Click the word 'listing' next to the search engine to see the result listing.  

Google is recognised as the top search engine with Yahoo and others following suit. If you are not listed there you may as well not be listed anywhere.

With these statistics in mind it is an INVESTMENT in your on-line success to ensure that your site is professionally optimised and professionally marketed to search engines. It can be difficult for web site owners to understand that the cost of PSEM (Professional Search Engine Marketing) is, in many cases, far more important than spending money on fancy graphics and the often times significant cost of web design. 

The first part of SEM is the information and research needed to combine effectively with YOUR marketing plan.

Search Engine Marketing Process

• Market investigation for keywords/phrases

• Code pages where necessary

• Initial submission to selected major search engines

• Monthly submission for 12 months

• Modify pages where necessary to achieve rankings

• Resubmission

• Maintain ranking