I have a client who claims he knows a guy that can make his website first on google. Is there a way to do so? I know you can pay to make it come up on the side bar, but are there any tricks out there to make it rank higher?

Hello friends, if a website is launched fresh, How long does it takes to google or any search engine to rank a website in top 10?
This is after submitting the site to bookmarking sites, search engines, creating direct links etc….

How can an internet novice find the page rank for a site they developed? Is there a site where I can simply go and type the address of the site and find the rank?

Would a popular and lively forum added to a website improve its ranking with Google and other engines? What is the best forum to add to a website if you want to ensure that all postings are monitored? OK, two questions but hopefully someone here knows the answer to at least one. Many thanks!

There is so much info on the web and every website has different advice on SEO. I work at a web design company named JT IMAGES, INC. http://www.jtimages.com and would like to know the most effective way to get top ranking on the 2 main search engines.

I have a small blog with the google ranking of 5. When I use an online calulator: http://websiteoutlook.com/ it says my blog is only worth only $65! how does this work? The sites value has gone down, yet my rating has remained the same for some time.
Just wondering how they both work – thanks.
Molly