Does anyone have some tips or a link to somewhere that will help me escape the so called, "Sandbox Theory"?.. Thanks!
- Quality unique content - Start promoting the website the moment it is created. - Follow low-intensity and long-term link building plan. - Avoid black-hat techniques With this you will escape the sandbox, good luck
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbox_EffectWeb masters need to be educated to succeed. If you dont pay attention to Matt Cutts and what he has to say you missing out. Matt is "SEO" Q: Does the sandbox exist? A: Matt said here comes the audience part? How many feel there is a sandbox? How many feel there is no such thing as a sandbox? SEOs normally split down the line. There are some things in the algorithm that may be perceived as a sandbox that doesn't apply to all industries. He knows it works to keep some spam out.He confirmed basically that there is a sandbox like effect for some industries. Rogerd started a thread at WebmasterWorld named Matt Cutts on the Google Sandbox which confirms this; In reply to a question from Brett Tabke, Matt said that there wasn't a sandbox, but the algorithm might affect some sites, under some circumstances, in a way that a webmaster would perceive as being sandboxed. So, for some sites, in effect there IS a sandbox
based on my experience: - start building a strong presence on the www the moment your website is live. - get quality back links very fast (the best are those that come from review articles).
Keep getting links and wait. In my experience, the closer a site gets to one year old, the better it ranks.
There is no specific technique or an exact formula to escape the sandbox, you have to keep on updating your website by adding fresh quality content and build more backlinks all the time.. Even once your website is free to rank on competitive keywords, you should keep on doing the same
One thing google as well as the other big two yahoo and msn like to do is separate websites that are new from older websites do to the amount of websites that are built then left to die. I am afraid that age of a domain has an affect and will continue to effect where you are placed in the SERPs. I think the only way to avoid being sandboxed is to buy an old URL, of course doing so will increase the chances that your site will be de-indexed if the previous owner misused the URL by spamming it across the web. From my experiance the only way out of the sand box is to build quality backlinks and keep your content updated regularly.
the only way is to get many links during the period google gives the initial traffic to your blog.This is the best solution.
If you want to know something about Google and how it works go to Matt Cutts. People spend so much time listing to rumors and innuendoes when you can go to the source. Most people don’t even know about Matt. He is the Google go to guy. Everybody wants a quick trick to get good listings, there are none. The Algorithm says it all. Feed the Algorithm and you will have success. Time and hard work will be the judge of a how well a website performs. Most people are looking for a quick buck. Web Masters that have a long term goal and stick with it will be the ones who are successful.
Believe it or not, I'm a victim of sandbox, my site is in sandbox nearly 6 months, still in it. Quality backlinks are helpful, but when other webmaster know my site has little traffic and no page rank, they refuse to link to me, what can I do? I post unique content everyday, I work hard, god bless me.
I always tell my clients to buy their domain name for at least 3 years (preferably 10), but most are cheap. The ones that don't listen to me take longer to rank on anything. It's pretty obvious to me. And as far as Matt Cutts saying there isn't a sandbox is true, only because Google calls it something else (Who knows what). I only believe 90% of what Matt says. Remember, he is the "unofficial" Google Spokesman for seo people