How long does it take for SEO Results?

This is one of the common questions I hear day in and day out, unfortunately it does'nt have an answer but instead it has a line of questions requiring a detailed review:

Is your website new?
What are your target keywords and phrases?
What are the marketing conditions for those keywords?
What type of restrictions will be in place for onsite SEO?
What type of offsite linking structure is currently in place?

Once your current website has been reviewed and a plan has been developed then some assumptions can be made to determine how long it should take to see resonable results. Every website is different and faces different challenges when it comes to SEO, but please do remember that SEO is a process, and one that never ends. Yes you will see results from your efforts but you will also see results from your non-effort as well. The Search Engines are watching, and just like consumers if you're not offering the latest and greatest, they'll find someone else who is!