sandboxed or banned?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Pixelrage, Mar 28, 2008.

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    I'm still amazed at how my blog from early February is still showing 13 pages, 0 indexed and no presence on Google. When you search for the direct site URL, all you see are its backlinks (It doesn't even rank for its direct URL in a search).

    I'm 100% sure that I have done nothing that would cause the site to be banned. It's a commonplace self-hosted Wordpress site. It doesn't even have ads on it, and I never bought links or even did anything beyond a few directories and social bookmarking sites.

    The domain is a .info - I'm wondering if that's why...? Is anyone else having problems with sandboxing and .infos?
     
    Pixelrage, Mar 28, 2008 IP
  2. homebizseo

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    I have a content based website and only have 13 pages indexed since February. I think I'm still in the sandbox also. My site is a .com. I think as the backlinks age more pages will get indexed.
     
    homebizseo, Mar 29, 2008 IP
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    is it expired domains?
     
    moro234, Mar 30, 2008 IP
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    moro, it was something I registered a few months ago, never previously owned
     
    Pixelrage, Mar 31, 2008 IP
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    At the end of April I came out of the sand box and all is well now.
     
    homebizseo, Jul 23, 2008 IP