> I think that there are a lot of exceptions that confirm the
> rule. The rule is that getting a site with 'usual' content 
> into a reasonable position is nearly impossible without 
> 'magic' involving Ben Franklin effigies changing hands.

A 'nearly' claim is difficult to debunk, but my site (www.voti.nl) seems
to end up quite satisfactory in google searches. I did not pay anyone
for that.

IMHO there is only one real way to end up high on google: (relevant)
content.

> So, one can say that it costs money to get ranked 
> unless one has some really desirable commodity.

Correct, and rightly so. That commodity is content.

Wouter van Ooijen

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