Looking for advice from anyone with a website

Hi, I have two websites and don't really know how to have them listed in the search engines. I have spent just a few bucks to have them submitted but theres never any guarantee they will be placed.I have also submitted them for free,but i'm wondering if it really takes alot of money or just 'know how'. Is there a trick to it that i dont know? What amount if any is resonable to pay for it?
Any advice on search engine placement is greatly appreciated, as i'm interested in having more websites , but there useless without traffic.Help!! Crystal :cry:

Hi,
You can get a thing called I-Faker or similar programs
What they do is ping the site till you go up and up. Also look for Robot\Spider Generators on g00gle they can give lists which put in same directory of the index file sometimes with some search engines assists the search engine of giving it higher rankings.

If you want more info or help.
dont hesitate to contact me.
This isnt very ethical but yeah.

Anthony
SYMShop