Buried in Ink

Is this a sign?

[scott]

I need an Ink guru's opinion here.

I do a search on the company name which is also the domain name. I get about a dozen pages in the return that have a link to my site on them intermixed with various odd-ball returns. Then finally, all the way down at return #41 is my actual site. I'm inclined to believe they have buried me for one reason or another (probably submission freq.). Is that safe to assume since the site rates #1 in almost every other SE?

If I have been buried, would paying to get listed help anything?

[stcrim]

Scott, read here for some insight into INK's burial policy and pay to play plan: [webmasterworld.com...]

>>would paying to get listed help anything?

If we paid for our site's pages, it would cost a year of our income. Paying for a small site, maybe, but not for me - I'm in this to make profit, not support INKTOMI

Steve