After we have submitted your website to the search engines and directories it will take between one day and eight weeks for your website to be added to their indexes, depending on the search engine. Some smaller search engines will take only a few days to index your page. However, most of the other larger search engines will take several weeks. Such a delay between the date of submission and the date of indexing is due to the extremely high number of submissions (sometimes tens of thousands) that the most popular engines receive each day. Please be advised that we only submit your website to the search engines and cannot guarantee that they will include your website in their indexes. If you want to ensure guaranteed inclusion of your website into search engine indexes, we recommend our Paid Inclusion programs such as Yahoo! Direct Submit (inclusion into Yahoo!, AltaVista, About, Excite and more) and Featured Keyword Listing program. Q: How often should I resubmit my website? A: Each of the major search engine have their protocols and schedule for how often a web page may be re-submitted. It is recommended that you maintain your web pages listing with the search engines- current. We recommend that you submit each page separately in accordance to the Search Engine schedule. So when the search engine refreshes its database you don't get your listing dropped. Also be sure your page content has been updated. You can do this by ordering our Search Engine management, Direct Submit, and Trusted Feed. You are then assured that your website is resubmitted regularly. Q: What is the difference between a search engine and a directory? A: The fundamental difference between search engines and directories is that search engines utilize spiders/crawlers to gather information about websites (e.g. Google), whereas directories are usually human edited and require a human to input this information during the submission process (e.g. Directory Registration). Q: What is Paid Inclusion? A: Paid Inclusion is a submission service where you pay a fee to a search engine and then that search engine guarantees that your website will be included in its index. Paid Inclusion programs will also ensure that your website is indexed very fast and crawled on regular basis. For example, Direct Submit will provide you with a 4 business day index inclusion and 48 hour page refresh. Q: Do you submit to Yahoo!? A: Our Directory Registration submission service submits your Web page to Yahoo! directory. If you would like guaranteed inclusion into the Yahoo! index then you have the option of using our Direct Submit paid inclusion service. Q: What online advertising services do you offer? A: We offer Banner Advertising services. This include displaying a banner you have provided us with or the one that we have created for you, through out our network websites. This include network of highly visited website and include guaranteed traffic. More… Q: What file type and size should my banner be? A: If you are providing us with your own banner, the banner has too meet the following specifications: GIF or JPG files only. Dimensions: Width - 468, Height - 60 pixels. File size: Images must be less than 10k in size. Q: Where do banners get displayed and how do the displays work? A: If you purchase a banner from us, your banner will be displayed and rotated on various pages through out our network websites. You determine the number of visitors to your website based on the program you choose. More… Q: Can you create a banner for my website? A: We have over 5 years experience in commercial banner design and can offer you an affordable solution for small business banner design. We will turn your requirements and ideas into highly effective, animated banners. You obtain full ownership over the banner we create for you. This means you can use it where, when and as often as you want! More… Q: What are the advantages of purchasing one of your solutions? A: Our solutions have been designed to provide you with great savings as well as the best combination of services that will boost your online business. There is a solution for any type of website or business, See product listing... Q: What is included in Keyword Initiator and who is it suitable for? A: The Keyword Initiator includes: Keyword Analysis Featured Keyword Listing Search Engine Management We have combined two of our most popular services to create an outstanding combo. Keyword Initiator makes sure your search engine marketing is on the right track from the start. You get the right combination of analysis and submission services to lay the foundations of your search engine success. Q: What is included in E-Business Vitals? A: E-Business Vitals includes: Keyword Analysis Search Engine Readiness Report Link2Clicks Featured Keyword Listing Search Engine Management E-Business Vitals is perfect for commercial and professional Websites. We have brought together our essential business search services to create an ideal business solution. Over time, all of your pages are optimized and submitted to search engines, starting with the ones that are the most important for you. Q: What is included in E-Business Optimizer? A: The E-Business Optimizer includes: Keyword Analysis Search Engine Readiness Report Code Optimization Featured Keyword Listing Search Engine Management Direct Submit Link2Clicks The E-Business Optimizer works best for busy business owners looking for a comprehensive solution and any website owner needing peace of mind in regards to their Internet marketing. Q: What is included in Traffic Booster? A: The Traffic Booster includes: Banner Design Banner Advertising Visibility Featured Keyword Listing Link2Clicks Traffic Booster is recommended for Website owners who want to diversify their traffic sources and Web marketers who want to target untapped Internet user segments. Q: What is Link2Clicks? A: Link2Clicks is an easy way to get guaranteed, qualified traffic to your website. We have various levels of plans to suit your needs. Q: How Does Link2Clicks Work? A: You only need to provide us with your website address and select the guaranteed annual visitors you wish to receive from our Link2Clicks plans and our trained sales staff will do the following Create a professional advertisement including title and description for your website. Select the keywords that fit your website. Upload your advertisement to all the major pay per click search engines including Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask Jeeves, AOL and many more. Monitor these listings so that you may receive your guaranteed annual qualified traffic. Q: Why should I use Link2Clicks and not buy clicks directly from search engines? A: The average click price is reported to be around 60c, is continuously rising, and many keywords on the search engines fetch over $5 per click. With Link2Clicks you will only pay one flat monthly fee regardless of your category and the monthly price will stay the same throughout your annual plan, making it the perfect set and forget solution for search engine qualified guaranteed traffic. Your ad will be professionally created, including the keywords which your qualified traffic will come from, thus giving you the power of having your own type of ad agency creating and monitoring your campaign. Account setup on different search engines is also complicated and time consuming and often requires training to learn, as well as continuous daily click price monitoring. This could waste you over 10 hours per month and cost you in time you could be billing your customers, making Link2Clicks an economical solution. How much is your time worth? Q: What is a Qualified Visitor? A: A qualified visitor is one which is directed to your site as they have been searching for the subject matter which you are offering and hence would be more inclined to convert to a paid customer. This has been done by the bidding of up to 20 keyword terms which have been sent via your email report. With Link2Clicks you can also target specific local areas. This means your ads will only appear for customers searching within the area you have selected. This is particularly useful for small businesses which have a very localized customer base. Geo-targeting helps ensure your traffic is not only targeted by specific, relevant keywords, but by geographic location as well. Q: Can I only geo-target customers in my city? A: You have the option of geo-targeting in your city, county/state or nationwide. You can even specify your business opening hours, so that your ads are shown in those times, to only receive queries when you are open to take them! Q: How does the guarantee work? A: Link2Clicks plans will aim to deliver you their respective visitors over a 12 month period. In rare situations where there is limited demand for your web site category and we cannot deliver you the traffic within the 12 months, your campaign will continue to run at no extra charge until all guaranteed visitors are delivered. Q: How will my ad look? A: Link2Clicks will submit your advertisement to various search engines such as Google and Yahoo! To see an example of how your advertisement will look like, please click here. The ads on the right hand side are in the sponsored links area and this is where your sites’ advertisement will also appear. Q: What reporting do I receive? A: You will be emailed an initial Link2Clicks email within 10 days of your order, which will give you the details of your advertisement text for the search engines and the keywords for which you will be found. You will then receive an email every month, detailing the amount of clicks which you have had delivered during that period. Q: I don’t like my ad/keywords. How can I change them? A: Please note that an experienced technician has selected these on your behalf and even though changes are not recommended, these details can be updated on your behalf. You can by contacting us at any time using the Live Chat button bottom of the left menu located on this page! Alternatively, visit the contact us - click here. Q: I don’t see my advertisement anywhere A: Because bids are adjusted on a continuous basis, your ad will only be displayed when you have not received your paced monthly clicks for that period. You may want to try searching for some of the longer keyword phrases which have been selected by our technicians on Google/Yahoo at various times of the day to see this. Q: Can I choose which search engines to have my website displayed on? A: For best results, your traffic will be aggregated amongst a number of search engines. If you however currently use pay per click advertising on either Google or Yahoo, please indicate this through your order and we will do our best to accommodate you with traffic on the alternate major network. Q: Will I receive a constant supply of traffic? A: Link2Clicks will endeavor to deliver a constant supply of search engine traffic, based on the plan you have selected. In rare situations where we have undelivered clicks (due to a topic of low demand) throughout the course of your campaign, we will continue to run your campaign at no additional cost so that you will always receive the amount of clicks promised. Q: Can I cancel at any time and do I have to pay a Cancellation Fee? A: You may cancel at any time you don't pay a cancellation fee. if you terminate your annual program the monthly rate is recalculated to the duration the service used as if the agreement was never an annual one- but for the exact period service was used. Q: Can I upgrade my plan at any time? A: Yes you can. contact us using the Live Chat button bottom of the left menu located on this page! Alternatively, visit the contact us - click here. to upgrade today!