to some extent. google uses an changing algorithm for their results, one thing is number of hits to sites whre ads are higher. but its lower on their criteria i believe, i mean i don't know their exact criteria, no one does, trade secret. but i have ben inputtiing sites into search engiens for 12 years, and i know what works and what doesn't.

ambergriscaye.com has never bought even one ad ever. i think its a waste of money. and AmbergrisCaye.com ranks very high in Google under many search criteria. We have over 39,000 pages indexed by Google on just AmbergrisCaye.com. We're ranked 14th out of 76,300,000 using the search term "Belize," and are first using the search terms "Ambergris Caye."

i hate banner ads with a passion. we have zero on ac.com. i have been offered ridiculous money to do it. no. detail work and concentration and experiment with meta tags and the text on one's website are the main criteria for doing well in google. give them information and they will come. thats always been my theory. throw a bunch of splashy ads and i don't know if they will still come cause i hate ads and will not use them. i go straight to print only versions if available of all news pages for instance.

the web equivalent of tivo.

we could make a bunch putting GOOGLE ADS or the like all over various places, say in the listings for this site and all other Belizean sites that is at http://BelizeSearch.com. but no no no no no i'm a stubborn taurus boy. to move me you need a bulldozer.