Hi all, My site is fairly new (4-months old). I've been building links (4 in google, 47 in Yahoo!) and optimizing my site with keywords. Listed at #1 in MSN and Yahoo for those words... I'm currently not listed in the Google SERPS though, but when I do an allintext, allinanchor, allintitle, my site appears at #1. What does it mean and how do I make it to the SERPS for my keywords?
Yes, classic example of the Sandbox, you should expect your site to start ranking well within 6-9 months.
I guess it could be that some of my inbound links are web directories, is that what's throwing off Google in my rankings because they might not see them as relevant links?
They're probably not weighted as much as an on-topic link. If you have lots of irrelevant links concentrate on getting on-topic quality ones.