How are you doing on Google Page Rankings?

I have a specialized area that I work in and have been able to get to the top five & six spot for Google & Yahoo.  I am working on a more general search that people can find me also.  This is so tricky to get your site into search engines and watch your garden grow.  Check for yourself.  Type in Wailea Real Estate in Google or Yahoo and I am there.  I will tell you  it is alot of work posting Blogs and submitting my own site to free web submissions.  It does work and with alot of effort it will pay off.