Hi all I paid a company to do some link building on my domain and they guaranteed to get it to the top of Google and Yahoo in 8 weeks. Well, they did manage to get it to the top of Yahoo for several keyphrases but did not get it anywhere the top on Google. In fact its highest ranking is page 47. The link builder said that because I use Google Adwords now and then it affects the chance of getting my site to the top. IS THIS TRUE? Thanks
No its not true! If anything sometimes people speculate that Google would have an incentive to promote your site if you are using their adwords. However they have commented themselves that it has no effect either way. I believe this as I have not seen any evidence in my 3 years of owning websites that it effects ranking position. It is probably more likely that you are so low in Google because it is a new site. Google like to keep new sites back a while until they prove trustworthy. Ditch that SEO company, as they are obviously either lacking in knowledge, or dishonest. Why didn't they say to you at the beginning about the effects of joining Adwords if they were so strong? It seems to me that they gave you a promise, and now they are backtracking.
Heh. Yeah that is crazy. I love it when marketing firms make stuff up and try to pass it off unsuspecting clients. They are either woefully incompetent or crooks. Nigel