Q. How long will it take for my site to be listed?
A. Some search engines will list your site within 48 hours to 1 week. Others such as Google can take 5 - 8 weeks. However, you should allow 2 months to start to see your results.

Q. How can you afford to offer such a service at such a low price and give a guarantee as well?
A. Because we know exactly what we are doing and we just do it, and because of this we have no reason to refund any of our clients we just keep them happy it’s as simple as that.

Q. If I purchase the First Page Guarantee will I be able to lock in my rate for subsequent years?
A: Yes. Whatever price you purchase the First Page Guarantee will allow you to renew your service of the First Page Guarantee at the same price of the original purchase. So even if our prices increase, your rate will not be affected.

Q. How do you choose the keywords/phrases?
A. We will check your keywords/phrases against those of your competitors to ensure you the best results. We also check them in real time against keywords people are really searching for using similar terms and phrases.

Q: What are key phrases?
A: Key phrases are descriptive words that people are going to be typing in to search engines like Google and Yahoo to search for websites. Examples of key phrases are: "Quick house sale UK" Or Quick house sale Spain"

Q. Can I change my keyphrases at a later date??
A. Unfortunatly not, It takes a lot of time and effort to get your site listed for the keyphrases you have provided us with, keyphrases can only be changed at the beginning of each 12 period of service.

Q. What if 200 companies that do the same thing all call you, can you work with all of them?
A: If 200 realtors call us from all over England, USA,and Canada, we probably will be able to take on all their requests, as their key phrases will be different than one another. For example, the key phrase for one realtor may be "London homes where for another realtor the key phrase would be "New York homes" and yet another realtor's key phrase would be "Los Angeles homes." However, if more than a few people all call with the same key phrases, then Advertise Now will either reject the case all together or provide the client with an alternative key phrase, as we do not want to present ourselves with a conflict of interest, since there are only 10 spots on the first page.

Q. How much extra business can I expect with first page guaranteed?
A. That varies depending on the type of industry you're in. But, to give you some idea, if you're currently ranked outside of the 1st two pages of any search engine then expect to see your traffic increase by 500% or more for that search engine. Then multiply that by all the additional top rankings on all the other search engines and you can get some kind of idea.

Q. Can I see some of your results before committing myself?
A. Yes, you can see real examples! we publish a selection of our client results on our website. Now, for the first time, site owners like yourself can instantly see what type of results you can expect before agreeing anything. And, you can check those results for yourself to ensure they're true! (If you prefer us not to publish your results just tell us and we won't.)

Q: What is the difference between natural results and sponsored results (pay-per-clicks)?
A. The big difference is that there are huge savings through natural results. Take a look at our table below for a price comparison; this gives you a rough idea of what you’re up against

*Hits per month are a hypothetical number. Hits per month can be higher or lower.
**Per click fee is only an assumption. Per click fee can be higher or lower.

Q: What is Search Engine Placement? How can they claim my website will be on the 1st page of Yahoo and MSN within 7days?
A: Search Engine Placement could mean different things to different people. In its true sense of the phrase it is the optimization of a website so that it is positioned higher in the natural web results of search engines. However, today it is mostly recognized as the purchasing of pay-per-click sponsored listings from companies such as Overture.com, currently called Yahoo Search Marketing. Some Search Engine Placement firms have set-up a system where they charge you a set fee, of say £100 per month, then sign you up with pay-per-click sponsored listings from Overture.com, which you can easily do yourself, and then use SOME of your £100 in the sponsored listing, and pocket the rest! In essence, if you were to sign-up with Overture.com yourself, you could be using all of your £100 for your ads, but when you hire such a Search Engine Placement company, they could spend say £50 of that £100 on your sponsored listings, and pocket the remaining £50. They can manage such a system by putting unsuspecting people on a round-robin system, where the keywords would appear on search engines for only a few hours per week! You could one day check for your keyword and find that it is not listed on the search engines as promised by the Search Engine Placement Company, and you of course will pick up the phone and call them to find out why! When someone picks up the phone at the Search Engine Placement Company you are going to say, "My keyword of XYZ is not appearing on Yahoo!" They are simply going to put you on hold "while they check on it" and increase your keyword's bid on the pay-per-click search engine Overture.com, and when it appears on Yahoo (it appears instantly on Yahoo), they will come back on the phone and say to you, "we checked, and your keyword is listed # 1 in Yahoo, go to Yahoo and try it yourself." Low and behold, you check and find your keyword on Yahoo in the #1 position, and you hang up the phone happy! However, in about 15 minutes, they take your keyword back down, and your website is nowhere to be found once again, because you have only given them £100, and they cannot afford to pay the exorbitant per click fees! So you see how this scam works? Here at Advertise Now we DO NOT use sponsored listings. All of our listings are part of the NATURAL or ORGANIC search engine listings!

Q: I have a home-based business opportunity site; can you optimize it through your First Page Guaranteed search engine optimization service?
A: No, we will not optimize home-based business opportunity sites. In addition, we will not optimize any casino, sports betting, or adult sites.

Q: I noticed other companies are claiming they can list my site on the First page of search engines in a few days. Is this possible?
A: Companies that are claiming they can list web sites on the 1 st page of search engines in a few days are usually misleading people. Sometimes they are referring to listing web sites on the 1 st page of completely unheard of search engines, and other times they are referring to ranking on the 1 st page almost never used search keywords such as "best agent real estate help New York!" The easiest way to spot a bogus claim is by looking for the telephone number and address of that company. If they do not have a telephone number listed, and no address or just a PO Box listed on their site, chances are they are a fly-by-night outfit. No matter how professional the web site looks, do not be fooled. Some of these bogus companies even have a telephone number listed, but whenever you call all you ever get is an answering machine. We even noticed a company that owns several web sites, and is making it seem these web sites are owned by several different and competing companies, when in actuality, all the web sites are owned by the same individual! The lengths some of these people will go to...Finally, some of these companies that claim they can list websites in the top of search engines in a few days just for a small monthly, and sometimes even a weekly fee, are simply signing up people with pay-per-click search engines, and then putting unsuspecting people on a round-robin system, where the keywords would appear on search engines for only a few hours per week! Always do your homework before doing business with any company.

Q: I have noticed other web sites that are stating they have special contractual agreements with search engines, is this possible?
A: No search engine promotion company or search engine optimization/placement company has any type of special and/or exclusive agreement with search engines where they can place your web site higher than anyone else's web site. Other than having a pay-per-click relationship with a search engine such as Overture, which you can certainly sign-up for yourself directly with Overture, no company has any special connection or inside track with search engines. Please do not be misled by such statements.

 Q. What guarantee do you give? A. We guarantee to position your site on the first page on at least 3 of the most popular search engines and directories using the agreed keywords/phrases. If we fail to achieve this within 6 months from the date of contract, we will refund your money. As far as we are aware, no other company in the UK gives such a guarantee!

Q: Do you offer any type of free ranking report?
A: According to Google, using automated robots or software to do keyword ranking is in violation of their acceptable use policy, and is strongly frowned upon. Many of our competitors are sending out "free" ranking reports using automated ranking software. Please be careful in providing your website address to companies that are doing automated ranking searches. If you wish to know where your site ranks currently on a search engine, simply visit that particular search engine and type in your desired keyword(s) in that particular search engine's search box, and do a search. Although this may take longer if you have many keywords, it is well worth the wait.

Q: Can you guarantee visitors to my site?
A: If you read or hear of web sites that claim they can guarantee to deliver thousands, even hundreds of thousands of visitors to your site who are just anxiously waiting to purchase everything that you have to sell, please don't be fooled, and please don't waste your time or money on them. If they have hundreds of thousands of unique and "interested-in-your-product" visitors that they can deliver, why are they out there pitching their product to you? Are they not satisfied with their own hundreds of thousands of unique visitors that they can contact and pitch their product to? What we at Advertise Now can offer is a professional service, our First Page Guaranteed package. We would optimize your website for you, and guarantee to rank your website in the first page search results of major search engines. Having prominent ranking on search engines for relevant keywords, should increase traffic to your website. More traffic usually translates to more sales. Please click here for further details on our First Page Guaranteed package.

Q: I found several web sites that will do free search engine submission. How can they do that?
A: One of the oldest rules of business; you get what you pay for. Several of these "free" search engine submission companies have nothing more than old and out-of-date submission scripts that simply do not work. Others don't even have a contact telephone number listed anywhere on their site, because they know their service does not work. Yet others not only will not get your site listed on major search engines, but they will also ask you to put complicated codes and banner ads on your web site. Why else would they offer a "free" service if they have nothing to gain from their offer?

Q: How much traffic will I get by promoting my site with you?
A: We are a search engine optimization firm. We guarantee to list your site on major search engines. Unfortunately, we have no way of knowing how much traffic you will receive. It all depends on your offering and your targeted key phrases. You can get as little as 1 visitor to your site, or as many as 10,000 visitors per month!

Q: I understand about search engines, but how much traffic do classified ads and link lists (link sites) usually generate?
A: We submit and guarantee to list web sites on most major search engines such as Google, Yahoo, AOL , MSN , Hotbot, BBC , About, Overture, Iwon, Infoseek, Netscape, Altavista, and Lycos. These search engines generate more than 95% of traffic on the Internet. Although we gladly submit to link lists as well, usually link lists will not generate much traffic, if any. However, you will never receive any spam or junk e-mail as a result of our submission to link lists as we suppress your e-mail address, so it does not hurt to submit to link lists. Link lists may serve a purpose in possibly increasing link popularity with certain search engines. Link lists may drop accepted or listed sites at anytime from their database to make room for new submissions.

Q: Do rankings on search engines change or fluctuate?
A: Yes. Search engines change their ranking algorithm all the time. A web site can be ranked as high as #1 today, and tomorrow be listed as low as #1,000. It is even entirely possible for a search engine to completely remove a web site that was once submitted and accepted in the search engine's database. Search engines can remove web sites for several reasons, such as duplicate listings of the same site (mirror sites), or the web site being down. That is why we highly recommend our First Page Guaranteed plan where we manage and maintain your sites rankings on the first page of major search engines.

Q: How often is my web site refreshed or re-indexed with the search engines?
A: Most search engines like Yahoo, Google, AOL , Altavista, Lycos, Hotbot, Infoseek, and Iwon will take approximately 2-6 weeks to re-index their databases, and thus approximately 2-6 weeks to refresh your web site.

Q: What is a link site and what is a classifieds site?
A: Link sites and classifieds are really one of the same. Most link sites are served by shared servers that provide a link directory (or FFA ) service to their customers. Advertise Now counts the number of link sites hosted by each shared service in the submission count. We rely on the claims made by each of the shared services as a basis for the number of link sites they post submissions for, as we have no way of verifying their claims.

Q: I will need an invoice from you. When will I receive an invoice?
A: We will send you an invoice via email upon request.

Q: Why should I submit my web site through your company?
A: We invite you to shop around and compare our prices, products, and services to those offered by other companies. You will notice, that we typically offer more products, better pricing, and have more experience than most in properly listing and optimizing web sites for search engines. In your comparison, you will also notice some companies have literally tried to imitate our web site. A lot of these companies that are trying to imitate us, do not even have a telephone number listed anywhere on their site. In some instances, they do not even have a physical address listed anywhere on their site. Typically, these are startup companies that do not have the technical know-how, or the expertise in properly submitting web sites to search engines. In the end, the choice is yours. However, we are confident that if you shop around you will eventually choose Advertise Now to professionally manage your search engine promotion needs. Would you trust your web site to a company that has been in business for a shorter period of time than you have owned your web site? Of Course not! If you had a bad experience with another search engine promotion company, simply contact them and ask for a refund. Then give us a call on 0870 24 26 247 to discuss all your search engine listing and search engine optimization needs.

Q: Do you accept non-credit card payments?
A: We process all payments through Pay Pal, they enable you to pay in a number of ways including directly from your bank account.

Q. Do you use any DIRTY TRICKS to get my site ranked highly?
A. No, most so called dirty tricks no longer work anyway and even if you did get away with it for a short while, someone WILL notice and your site will then be banned! So, it just isn't worth it!

Q. I've been contacted by a company who will submit my site to more than 10,000 search engines for less than  £10.00!
A. Yes, we get those calls too! Firstly, there aren't 10,000 search engines. At any given time there are about 14 search engines and these are used by 99% of all internet users. The other 9,986 are made up of Meta crawlers and link farms which are useless to you. Secondly, submitting is the easy part of our work. The clever bit is the work we do to make sure you are included in the search engines that matter.

Q. I've thought of a question you don't have here!
A. just contact us, (the details are here), we will be happy to help!