Text is really pixelated?

Hi
I have a CS5 PhotoShop document, and it is 150px by 150px. The problem is that any text i put on it is slightly pixelated. I have tried anti-aliasing but its not working.I am planning to put the image on a website but the text on the image is clearly more pixelated than text on the page even when it is saved in the highest quality jpeg.
Anyone know what may cause this?
Thanks

150 pixels isn't very big. How are you looking at it? At 100% zoom? Or greater?
Have you tried the anti-aliasing options in the options bar when entering the text?
Are you displaying it at 100% original size on the web?
It might be easier to judge what's wrong if you'd put a copy of the image up for all to see here. You can do that with the little "camera" icon on the web forum interface, just above the edit box where you type.
Example:
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And since no one has replied back to me, I'm guessing that the average user doesn't even know how to do something basic like export a vector PDF from graphics with text,
it seems so.. as you don´t know how to do it.
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by using only a text
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