Sandbox - In for a long time?

Drop the density down to 5% or less - I us around 3% at the moment - although this doesnt matter exactly. Make sure word combinations are in the correct order, proximity to each other and in the right places.

Get some high quality relevant links - ideally from relevant homepages. Vary the anchor text alot and target less competitive terms initially. You dont need thousands of links you need 'good' ones

 

I think some of the problem is my IBL, although I have a lot none are really top quality, I have a couple from good high ranking sites but thats it, with out spending some cash I find it hard to get quality links for travel (maybe I'm looking in the wrong place though )

 

I hear ya brother.

It sucks.

but when you get out...it's so rewarding

 

While your site is in the sandbox why not target the other SEs?

 

Hi,

Don't get me wrong, I'm #1 on yahoo and first page with msn with my keywords but I don't get "a lot" of traffic. 150 visitors a day maybe, I am thankfull for this but naturally just after more, hopefully once released from the sandbox I should get some more traffic

Cheers for everyone's input though

JP

 

Target additional KWs. If you rank well for one KW and get 150 visitors a day then target another and double that traffic.

 

Although I recently went into the google hibernation (sandbox) I still think this sandbox thing is smart on google's part and fair to older websites.

 

I had a couple sites that were deleted domains before I got them, the were out of Google for exactly 1 year, I had a couple other sites that were new domain names that were sandboxed for around 10 months.

 

yea, i agree ^

 

It can take time to get out of the sandbox just continue building backlinks and be patient.

 

patience and links seem to be the key. Although I'm sure original content help as well.

 

My web include sandbox at 1 years, but maybe not same case with your blog, my blog too many include links within a short time..