Hello there.
I'm a straightforward guy, unfortunately the internet is far from simple and straightforward, but you already knew that.
If you have an existing internet business or are thinking of starting one, I'd like to help. Whilst you'll have to pay me, my fees will far outweigh the costs you'll incur by trawling the internet and filtering the good from the garbage.
Everywhere you turn, there will be literally thousands of websites telling you how to get your website ranked high in the search engines.
Here's one piece of advice. Ask them to prove it before you hand over any money.
You can't always trust this stuff to your web developer either. Getting a site ranked well for your chosen subject takes a lot of research, and creative writing skills are almost always required.
Don't believe me? Go off, spend some money, buy some software, maybe an e-book, read more information than you can take in over a lifetime... And then when you're ready, come back and get in touch.
Best of luck in your quest to find search engine placement techniques that work...