How can you tell if you are in the Google Sandbox?
Firstly I disagree with the concept that there is such a thing as a Google Sandbox. I have posted my thoughts on this before, but I believe that Google is on a monthly Filtration cycle. They have a given set of filters that they run, usually once a month.
This list of symptoms is what I believe you can use to tell if you are being affected.
1). 4 page drop, this is the most common symptom. A significant portion of your rankings move from page one to page 4. I find this very common when launching a new site with a lot of pages in it, so many that it may look un-natural in nature.
2). Supplemental Result, this has also been a common symptom that something is wrong. I have seen this in conjunction with the 4 page drop as well. My theory is this filter looks for duplicate content between pages, neighborhoods of sites and global content matching. Sites that grow at a natural rate with quality unique content seem not to be affected by this problem.
My blog is a great example of missing the so-called sand box. It still has a PR of 0, a small handful of links. But I try and write something new every day. The more I write the more traffic I see from Google.
Any other symptoms come to mind? Please share them.
This list of symptoms is what I believe you can use to tell if you are being affected.
1). 4 page drop, this is the most common symptom. A significant portion of your rankings move from page one to page 4. I find this very common when launching a new site with a lot of pages in it, so many that it may look un-natural in nature.
2). Supplemental Result, this has also been a common symptom that something is wrong. I have seen this in conjunction with the 4 page drop as well. My theory is this filter looks for duplicate content between pages, neighborhoods of sites and global content matching. Sites that grow at a natural rate with quality unique content seem not to be affected by this problem.
My blog is a great example of missing the so-called sand box. It still has a PR of 0, a small handful of links. But I try and write something new every day. The more I write the more traffic I see from Google.
Any other symptoms come to mind? Please share them.
Labels: google sandbox, seo
by Aaron Shear
3 Comments:
I'd be interested to know what your traffic numbers are actually. I just started blogging 3 months ago but did not really start doing any marketing or optimization till 2 weeks ago. Also I am planning a domain change to properly suit my theme and audience. So far I'm a page 0 as well. traffic under 100 each day. I'm trying to figure out what it is I need to get hits from google (which I don't). All my traffic comes from technorati.
You blog looks good, lots of great content. I would suggest keeping up your writing and get a few other blogs to link to you. It would be best if they wrote an article about you.
I found it took a few months to get things off the ground. Every day my Google Traffic increases.
You can also use, digg.com, reddit.com stumbleupon.com and a few others to post links to your articles. That will drive a high volume of traffic, people may link to your articles after seeing them on those sites.
Best of luck.
Wow, you were right, my website was on page 4 in Google! My site is 7 years old, and I did get rid of hidden link and door-ways.
How long will i have to wait... to see my website bounce back from sitting on page 4 for several months.
Cheers and Thank you.
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