Sandbox.

Ok webmasters or not , i have 3 questions.

1) What sandbox mean?
2) How does it work?
3) How long may it last?

With respect
A.Razvan

 

Hi,

1. Sandbox is a term used to describe how Google will artificially drop your position in the search engine for new sites, especially for lucrative keywords.

2. In terms of how it works, when you register a new domain, you may rank well for terms, but all of a sudden the traffic from those keywords may disappear. It is safe to assume that at this point you are in the sandbox.

3. How long it lasts - Usually several months but if you build strong backlinks to your site, you may be able to influence the length of the sandbox stay.

 

ok thanx verry much , but what do you mean by lucrative keywords?

 

Lucrative keywords would be keywords that generate a lot of traffic that everyone would like to rank for.

These would differ depending upon the niche your site is about, but a couple of lucrative keywords would be business, finance, loans etc.

 

ok i got it, so now i must keep building backlinks improve my content and hope that one day everything will be allright. Ty for your time.

A.Razvan

 

Not hope, it will be all right but you've got it, just build links and add good content.

 

Don't get too many links too fast (I learned the hard way). It makes you look more spammy to Google, and your stay in the sandbox will be longer.

 

Along the same line, quality links are important, also stay away from link schemes and link farms.

 

Im building like 20-30 backlinks per day and 2-3 link exchanges is that allright? or im a lil bit spammy?

 

It's ok, as long as you keep doing this. But when you suddenly stop, your SERP will be affected.

 

It can take approximately 6 to 8 months for a new site with low backlinks to be released from the 'sandbox'