Hi all,
i love seo, and being honest is of course paramount, getting results is really hard work, and more and more people are taking on the role or marketing and promotion of there websites themselves, and thats fantastic.
I personally dont think there are any silver bullets to SEO, there are ways to rank and get free traffic that anyone can do without spending thousand, and cheating will work for a few weeks then, "bam" your gone, thats from a white hat,, gone bad,
it isnt just the seo side that rips people off, I see hundreds of website owners that have forked out thousands for an ebay template, and then get stung big dollars for hosting. with zero return or traffic.
At least seo delivers