What is the easiest, cheapest way to get listed with Google, Yahoo and
the other top 5 search engines?  I would like my web page to be in the
top 5 of those listed when entering "Ask the doctor"  "questions to
ask your doctor" "what to ask the/your doctor", etc.
THANKS!

This was also listed in the "Sponsored Links" section when I came to
this question (it may or may not be depending on the time you look at
it), but I would also like to vouch for SelfPromotion.com
(http://selfpromotion.com/) as an excellent source of both information
and tools for promoting your site to all of the search engines and
directories.  All of the information and most of the tools are free,
and for at least a $10 donation you receive the use of some extra
tools as well.

Other promotion techniques will certainly cost you either a lot of
time or a lot of money.  So in my opinion, following the advice on
this site is the most overall easiest and cheapest way to achieve your
goal.

No one can promise you a top 5 listing in any search engine for those
terms, and if you *are* promised that, you're getting taken.

A search on Google for "ask the doctor" (without the quotation marks)
produces 5,160,000 results.

For questions to ask the doctor, about 3,270,000 results.

"What to ask the doctor", about 5,130,000 results.


The 'easiest and cheapest way' is to follow Google's Content Guidelines here:
   - ://www.google.com/webmasters/guidelines.html

And to become familiar with all of Google's information, then put it to use.

There are a lot of fraudulent sites which may make promises, but the
reliable search engine optimizers will tell you the three most
important things are rich-text content, links to your site and more
content.

Everybody would like to be in the top 5 position for a search query
... those that are usually follow the good sense information offered
by Google and other top search engine authorities on the Internet.

Serenata