Why Search Engines Are Important
Achieving a high ranking on the search engines is the best advertising "bargain" on the Web today. The reason is simple: Millions of searches are done everyday. The web sites that appear near the top of those search results essentially get free advertising. The visitors coming to those sites are more likely to buy on since they were specifically searching for that product or service. Therefore, you have a lot of free advertising, with a potential high rate of return, maximizing your profits, while minimizing your risk.

Click here for a free search engine visibility analysis of your website.
Third-party research studies prove that ranking high in the search engine is the best form of web advertising.  Recent studies demonstrate that major search engines consistently attract more distinct visitors than any other sites on the web.  For example, Yahoo receives approximately 50 million hits a month. How can Alpine Web Designs help your site's visibility on the major search engines?

No Automated Submission Software
Automated submission services and software packages are largely blocked by the top search engines and cannot make intelligent decisions and judgment calls based on your site's best interests. Search engines know the difference between HAND SUBMISSIONS and ROBOTIC SUBMISSIONS. Beware! Our Search Engine Submissions are done by trained professionals, overseen by our dedicated Search Engine Techno-Geek.

<META> Tags
As part of our Search Engine Promotion Program, we also optimize, refine and create meta tags for your site. Meta tags are the behind-the-scene keywords and phrases that should be embedded in your pages to improve search engine placement and descriptions.

Search Engine Placement vs. Banner Ads
Banner ads have extremely low click-through rates (often less than 1%) and can cost as much as $5,000 - $20,000 per month on top sites. Search Engine placement costs MUCH less, and gets you on MORE top sites than a single banner ad placement.

Top Search Engines
Currently, the search engines we work with include: Yahoo, Infoseek, Alta Vista, Lycos, Hot Bot, Excite, Web Crawler, Northern Light, Inktomi, Direct Hit, AOL, and Netfind. Directories which use these search engines and are therefore affected include: Dogpile, Ask Jeeves, MSN Network, and Netscape. In addition, we keep track of new search engines as well so that your site is found in as many places as possible.

Who Uses The Search Engines?
95% of all web surfers. That's an audience you don't want to miss.

The Alpine Web Designs Search Engine Techno-Geek
Who is the Search Engine Techno-Geek? A figure of international mystery? A puzzle wrapped in an enigma? Alpine Web Designs' Search Engine Techno-Geek is a professionally trained individual who battles the search engines for your benefit every day. The Techno-Geek's job is to constantly research what works and what does not work to ensure our clients the best placement possible. Alpine Web Designs' commitment to search engine marketing means we've designated a Techno-Geek whose sole purpose is to conquer the search engines for you.

Can You Self-Promote?
There are patterns and things you could do which would actually harm your standing on the search engines. Even with all the information we provide about our service, there are many other things a Techno-Geek needs to know to be effective. Because Alpine Web Designs and the Search Engine Techno-Geek have so much experience and knowledge about the search engines' strange ways, patterns and quirks, you can avoid the pitfalls and save the time, money and resources it would take you to learn all our secrets!

Initial Web Site Submission and Indexing Verification: $ 1,195
Haven't budgeted for search engine marketing but don't want to disappear from the search engines? Our Search Engine Techno-Geek will make sure to keep your site listed somewhere on the top search engines by verifying each month that you ARE listed on the top search engines. If you have disappeared, we will resubmit one of your pages to that engine. While this isn't our powerful OPTIMIZED PAGE system this service will at least give you the hope of being found when people do keyword searches. You don't want to fall off the search engines completely (for they do regularly drop sites), especially when 95% of web surfers use those engines to find everything they need.

Basic Search Engine Promotion: $1,995
For the first three months, and then every other month after that for one full year, we run a report to see where your site is showing up when your particular keywords are used for a search (the 6 keywords or keyword phrases you choose for use in the program). If you are not showing up in the top ten, we find out who is showing up first and optimize your page for that Search Engine. We then upload this new page to your site and HAND-SUBMIT it to the search engines to be spidered. Anywhere from 2 weeks to 6 weeks after that, that page should appear on the search engine in the placement of the page we mimicked (or at least nearby). We'll also make sure you have meta tags on your site, which help with search engine spidering, and keep you abreast of other optimizations you might consider to help with your overall marketing. You also get our meta tag work, as well as our consulting.
Total of 7 optimized pages submitted to all the Major Search Engines and Directories

Silver Promotion Package: $ 2,575
While the Basic Promotion Package is enough to make sure you stay on the search engines and probably have a few strategic keyword phrases, the Silver Promotion offers more comprehensive coverage. For a little extra, we do our search engine magic every month, rather than every other month. This helps ensure that if the search engines are switching their patterns often, or if your competitors are fierce, you have a good chance of staying very visible on several, if not all, of the best search engines. You also get our meta tag work, as well as our consulting.
Total of 12 optimized pages submitted to all the Major Search Engines and Directories

Gold Promotion Package   $ 3,850
Includes all the services of the Silver Promotion Package but intensifies the program to accelerate the speed with which you arrive on the search engines, and makes doubly sure you stay there. We'll work on your keyword visibility on the search engines twice a month. This is the recommended package for web site owners in competitive categories who still need to watch their budget but also need to make an impact.
You also get our meta tag work, as well as our consulting.
Total of 24 optimized pages submitted to all the Major Search Engines and Directories

Platinum Promotion Package   $ 6,995
We'll work on your visibility once a week. A serious commitment to making sure you stay ahead of the pack in categories where competition is fast and furious, and your visibility means thousands of dollars to your bottom line.
You also get our meta tag work, as well as our consulting.
Total of 52 optimized pages submitted to all the Major Search Engines and Directories

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