Eight months ago I created a new blog. With lots of content currently has over 100 pages of non spammy content. It has been receiving regular visits from the robots of both Google and the the other engines almost from inception. Months ago Yahoo who cached 64 pages on the site. Google had not cashed any of the pages up until about two weeks ago at which time two pages were cached , but nothing else since. I expected a sandbox period. But now, after eight months and I'm beginning to wonder if maybe I don't have some other technical issues going on that I should consider. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can get Google to cache more of my content? Can anybody direct me to a resource checklist of technical issues to look at?
Getting cached isn't the same as being able to rank for competitive terms. I'd say your problem starts with getting more links in-- only then will you get cached and be able to see how the pages will rank.
Right. As far as I understand it, you site will be cached even while in the sandbox. I have a couple of sites that are ranking well in MSN, are cached in Google, but simply aren't ranking well in Google. I'm making a guess here, but I'd guess that if Google just now spidered your site, you probably have just started the sandbox process. Brandon
I have been doing alot of reading, alot of articles stating the sandbox exists and sandbox doesnt exist, although the most interesting article that I was reading was explained how the "sandboxed" worked, this is the one I believe. It states that their is no sandbox however people reffer to it as not being ranked. Then it goes on to state that google has problems categorizing the site and thefore being unable to rank for the right keyword term so when google is able to categorize the website then you will be "un-sandboxed" its seems logical considering that the amount of pages the google goes through and has to put into a certain category, I would figure link to your competition, only put content related information on your blog soley related to your keywords untill you start ranking for your terms then you can venture off. This is what I think about the subject anyways. I wish I had the article handy sorry guys.
Great!! I guess you have done your home work quite immensely... This is true the volume of sites that are being recieved by google is increasing day by day and there got to be time for them to categorize the sites so that it can be easily accessed when required... Manish
Hmm the idea of categorizing throws up an interesting idea. Perhaps when the back links show a definitive theme/category then you're good to go - perhaps when Matt Cutts stated the sandbox was a knock on effect of a certain filter this was it. It's an interesting angle at looking at the sandbox anyway. For those still in the box after 6-12 months - try getting a few links from some sites that you would expect to be already heavily themed/categorized within your niche and see what happens. Those directory and article submissions may get you spidered but would they help with theming or gaining trust within your niche? Hmmm.. but then maybe the TrustRank is the biggest factor, and why Shoemoney stated the other day that Matt Cutts speficically told him a few of the paid for directories will see the sandbox off (in a short time (perhaps 4 months and not these 8-12 month waits some of us get). Pete