Does anyone know how to get a website to show up towards the top of a search? I have had a website for over 2 years and I have not gotten any leads from it yet. I can not afford to pay alot of money to a company that does search engine optimization.

Thanks for any help in advance.

Start by posting a link to the site if you'd like some insight along with the search terms you wish to capture for each page

The name of my website is www.edwinamaddox.com
Some search terms are homes in atlanta, homes in cobb.

I'd start by having more spiderable text on the page and then really look after getting more back links (links pointed to your site) with the anchor text matching your desired search terms.

You're in a very competitive market so it's going to take alot of time to make a dent or you may find it's worth the investment to have someone else work on that aspect. (link building).

Directory submissions will get you started but you'll need a long term commitment to the process IMO.

Your site has too many frames. Search engines does not like frames.
For example on this page:
page with frame

My suggestion is to get a new (and much better) website. Your website has foundation problems and you can't build a good SEO campaign on such a bad foundation.

Your pages are all dynamic, framed, and are missing noframes info. Get a website that allows you control over content, page names, meta tags, and NOT FRAMED.

Follw these steps to a better website:
1) Get a new website (with the same name)
2) Add unique content (with good page names and tags)
3) Build your back-links

With just these few steps, you can have a top ranking website within a few months. (the steps are simple, but the tasks to complete these steps may be very time consuming)

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Jennifer... welcome to the site... Car dealers and Real Estate companies....how'd ya come up with those 2 opposite client bases ?

like someone said... time consuming... so... what is your hourly pay and then how much time should you put into the SEO... if what you would makre is greater than the time you should spend.. hire someone..

Since i removed the frames from my website, i have gained rankings like crazy.
Get yourself listed in DMOZ and check how your rankings increase

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The Property Magnet

"Get yourself listed in DMOZ..."

Easier said then done. Last I heard, they were back-logged with something like 600 million submissions and growing. (but it can be done... if you're lucky enough to get an editor that doesn't have too big of a back-log)

i think i bugged my editor at least once a week, but i heard that you shouldnt do that

What is DMOZ?

www.DMOZ.org (it's a directory)

You need to get quality relevant links and you must have an unique content on your site to target any search engine.