Can you guarantee all search engines will list my site? Can you guarantee me a top  position?

We will submit your site to a great number of resources, but we can not make them index your page. Many will personally visit your web page and will make a subjective decision concerning inclusion. Normally, about 95% of our submissions are successful.

If you order any of our "annual" promotional services, we provide suggestions for improving your search engine position. However, your actual position is determined by a number of factors, some of which are out of our control - such as:

• the amount of competition you face - there may be thousands (or millions) of web pages with similar products

• your domain name (URL) - keywords in the address are influential

• the number of relevant links inbound to your site. Our submissions will help your link popularity but you may have competitors who have spent years building 1000's of links

• competition who "buy" a keyword position - see below

For more details about the "realities of search engine positioning, please visit  www.artcraftmarketing.com/searchenginereality.htm

We will not employ dubious means to "trick" search engines such as hidden text, key word spam, doorway pages, etc. These represent tremendous ways to have your site banned completely from important indexes. 

There are firms who will guarantee a top 10 position. They generally charge $300-$500 per term per search engine. 

You may also "buy" your keyword position. Yahoo, Google, and others allow you to bid on select terms. The cost varies depending upon demand, but most charge between $.50 to $3.00 per term each time your site is displayed. Participants  could (and do) spend hundreds or thousands of dollars monthly on these programs. 

Special note about "pay for inclusion" resources - some of our packages include registration with PFI search engines. This means your site should be quickly indexed by select popular search engines (normally within one week) This does not guarantee specific position for any particular search term.    return to top

Do you use email or spam to promote my web site?

NO! We detest spam. We send no unsolicited emails to anyone, nor do we provide your email address to anyone other than target submission sites which require it for registration. To protect your privacy, we use a secondary email address for many of your submissions. This dramatically cuts down the amount of junk mail you could encounter.   return to top

Do you send out reports? Can I see a complete list of the submission sites?

We use a wide variety of resources when making your submissions. We also manually submit your site to many locations, including the craft related. There is no one report we could generate to reflect all the submissions made. The time required to prepare such a report would be cost prohibitive, and we prefer not to increase our prices to compensate.

We have spent literally hundreds of hours compiling our list of craft-related resources to which we submit your site. Our competitors would just love get their hands on it as it provides us with a tremendous competitive edge - no one else provides such a targeted marketing system. For that reason, we consider the list of craft sites proprietary. However, you will receive confirmation messages from a number of the craft related locations when we make your submissions.   return to top

I see website marketing services on the web - why should I chose you?

Please see the information provided on out "Why Us" page. return to top

Why should I select the enhanced annual submission plan over the standard?

The enhanced package provides for:

• Registration with resources which require a fee for listing - we pay the fee for you
• Submissions to 100,000+ locations (versus 20,000)
• Preferred listing in the Top 100 Craft Sites Report and 100 Gift Shops
• 10,000 banner exposure on the Arts & Crafts Banner Network (versus 5,000)
• A more prominent display on our very popular link directories, including banner display and higher page placement. 
• Plugboard and avatar advertising
• New! Inclusion of your link on high Google PageRank pages which boosts your own PageRank 
  
  There are many other differences, but the bottom line is that we give preferential treatment to clients willing to spend twice as much - it only makes sense, and is the way we would want to be treated.  

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I use a shared ISP (Geocities, AOL, Hypermart, Ebay, etc). Can you still promote my site?

Yes we can - however - some search engines do not like shared addresses and may not readily index them. Because of our extensive experience, we are often successful in getting your site indexed when other submission services fail. return to top

What are the requirements for banner, avatar, and plug graphics?

Upon receipt of your order, we will send an email explaining what we need in graphics. Essentially, banners should be 468 X60 pixels and less than 30,000 bytes. Avatars should be 125 X 125 pixels. Plugs should be 88 X 31 pixels. Graphics must be in either jpg or gif formats. You do not need to have the graphics available before ordering any of our promotional packages.  We can also provide you resources and services who can make graphics for you, if needed. For much more information concerning graphics, please visit our Graphics Info Page.    return to top

Can I renew my submission plan? [Annual and Enhanced only]

Yes, you will be given the option of renewing at the end of your promotion period, normally at a special "customer loyalty" price. A large percentage of our clients renew to keep the traffic coming. return to top

Please contact us should you have additional questions.

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