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I know you have heard of the Google Sandbox and have probably even had an experience of having one of your sites in it. But some have been asking what it is and why it exists. Ann Smarty of SeoSmarty.com recently wrote an article about this subject of the Google Sandbox at SearchEngineJournal.com. Ann is one of my favorite bloggers when it comes to basic and simple SEO, when she writes something you know it is top notch. So what does Ann have to say about the Google Sandbox:
“Well, let’s first start with the theories behind the term “Google Sandbox”. It appears webmasters understand it as two a bit different phenomena:
- “Google Sandbox” is supposed to mean a period of time before a newly launched website is properly indexed and ranked. They say, Google deliberately holds back indexing new sites before they “earn its trust”.
- “Google Sandbox” can also mean a sudden drop of SERPs that happens about 3 months after a site was launched.”
Here are some other great articles about the subject:
Will Mass Directory Submission Get Your Website Into Google Sandbox?
There is an SEO theory which suggests that mass directory submission will get your website into Google sandbox. The basic idea is if your new website has too many links all of a sudden, usually due to mass submission in a short time, …
The Google Sandbox is an unconfirmed theory about how the top search engine indexes web sites which were recently created. If it truly exists, the Sandbox puts new web site operators at a disadvantage in Google search results. …
How to Avoid the Google Sandbox
There is still a lot of discussion going on wether the Google Sandbox exists or not. Some say it exists some say it doesn’t. Just pretend it does exist, how is it possible that some SEO’s don’t get hit by the sandbox filter? …
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Tags: Ann Smarty, Google, Google Sandbox, Sandbox, searchenginejournal.com, SEO theory, SeoSmarty.com, SERPs
January 31st, 2010 at 2:49 pm
Well I have another question…. My website has already appeared in sandbox. Is there any way to get out of there fast?
March 2nd, 2010 at 10:52 pm
I think it’s much better if you make everything natural to avoid Google Sandbox. Just concentrate on having quality contents and build links (in a normal way) to earn trust from Google.
March 16th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
from my personal experience I can tell that new sites have evident and unexpected drawbacks on google. I’ve noticed huge fluctuations even within 24 hrs but basically the effect took place after new sites ranked pretty well. I can guarantee that drawbacks were not related to any penalty or seo mistake. probably google wants to prevent the “spamdex”, which often occurs with competitive keywords. so, IMO, google sandbox is very real especially when it comes to competitive keywords and maybe less on long tail keywords.
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