If I sell something that can be packaged and shipped then a website can be a way to market the item so long as it is unique.

Real Estate is everywhere, so many agents have a website. To be the one that stands out you need to spend big money.. I don't think that google will allow all the people who pay the most money to be lower on the search page, they get the first pages.

The pay per click is just something that works for large companies that sell products and companies that are small but have big money.

I believe the point of making a website is for information. When someone looks at a business card if they want more information they will go to the website, if a person who gets a flyer's in the mail, and wants more information they can go to the website.

But to use a website for getting business its just seems that the people who spend the most money will always be number 1.

Now the companies that spend that money to be number 1 for real estate and are not in the real estate business who charge people a fee to have the honor to put their link and phone number on the site will be the way to go.

I just cant see why a search engine such as google will dare allow any website get on the first few pages over the thousands of people who pay for that service.

what do you guys think?