How long will my service take to be completed?

It depends on which service you hire OWT to do and our current workload at the time you hire us. The Complete Search Engine Optimization service is the most comprehensive and requires the most time to complete -- typically 30 to 45 days. Other individual services done on an a la carte basis may only take 15 days. If you have more urgent requirements, we may be able to take your project on at expedited rates.

In any case, our focus will always be on doing it right, not doing it quickly.

How soon after my site is optimized will I see results?

It depends on your current status with search engines and web directories. If your site is already being indexed by search engines, you could see results within a matter of weeks.

If your site is not yet listed by the major search engines and / or web directories, success will likely take longer (think months) while we wait for your site to be indexed.

Why should I hire OWT if you won't promise that my site will be listed at the top of the search engine results?

SEO companies that guarantee to put your site in the No. 1 position usually try to accomplish that in one of these ways:

• they don't tell you the search term you'll be ranked No. 1 for, and after they're done they brag about having your site listed No. 1 on a search for your COMPANY NAME! (Big deal.)
• they use any number of tricks or gimmicks that are nothing more than an attempt to fool the search engines -- these tricks may bring about short-term results, but in the end the search engines are always smarter and might ban these sites when the tricks are discovered (and they eventually will be discovered, usually by your competitor who will report you to the search engine).

Even though our promise doesn't include a No. 1 ranking for your web site, we do have a proven track record of search engine success which is filled with top ten rankings and includes several No. 1 rankings.

Can OWT give us advice to share with our Web Developer, or do you actually need to make the changes to our web site?

It's up to you. If advice is all you need, our Site Review and Report may be what you're looking for. We also offer various Search Engine Consulting options that stop short of physically making changes to your web site. It's likely, of course, that the advice we give will include changes to your site's content and/or design, so if you're not prepared to change your web site to make it more search engine friendly, there may not be much we can do to help!

Where do you submit our site?

Our submission services are generally geared more toward web directories such as the Open Directory and others which use human editors to process submissions. OWT is skilled in writing site descriptions that don't get rewritten by editors.

We are already listed in all the search engines, but we're not satisfied with our ranking. Can you help us? Do we need to resubmit our site?

Yes, we can probably help you; and no, you don't need to resubmit your site. (If you're not listed in the popular web directories, submission there is a must AFTER you've optimized your web site.)

If you're already listed in search engines, you should consider our Site Review and Report as a first step toward improving your visibility in search engines. Beyond that, most (if not all) of our other optimization services may be able to improve your web site and, in the process, improve your web site's position in search engines.

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