Some people say that it doesn’t exist but apparently there were some changes to Google's Algorithm sometime around March 2004 that denied top ranking for newly launched web sites and it seems of late Google has been withholding high ranking ability of newly launched websites for 2-4 months. The penalty is applicable to new sites only and doesn't affect domains that are 4 or more months old and have good back links. The sandbox effect also doesn't affect new pages on long standing websites. How do you know if you are in the Google sandbox?
Google's spiders may pickup your site through an inbound link or you may have submitted your site to Google but almost all newly launched websites successfully get into the sandbox. Although there are some exceptions mostly all new sites are relegated to the sandbox for sometime.
But how do you know if your site is in the Sandbox?
• If the page is in the Sandbox, Google doesn't give the page a page rank
• A "link:www.yourwebsite.com" or "site:www.yourwebsite.com" search
on Google doesn't return any results. i.e. Google doesn't show signs of
any other websites linking to yours nor displays pages related to yours.
• No pages other than your Homepage are listed. Sometimes even the
homepage isn't listed.
How do you get out of the sandbox?
These methods are not certified but they are worth a try:
• Join Google Adsense or Adwords programs because apparently Google has different spiders for its programs increasing chances of getting indexed.
• Write good content: Content is the king. A better content will attract
more visitors to your site.
• Optimize your web pages: This could be tricky as there would be no way
you can measure the effect of your optimizations. But it is worth it, for
when you are listed, all this optimization will pay off.
• Build Links: Inbound links go a long way in improving your page rank on
SERP and your Google Page rank. Therefore, start building links.
• Optimize for MSN and Yahoo: These two search engines are growing
fast and can definitely bring quality traffic to your site if you concentrate
on optimizing for them. MSN and Yahoo don't have a sandbox, so it's
worth a try.
There is an iGoogle development sandbox, so why not a Google naughty mat? The iGoogle homepage which holds your gadgets has a beta version that Google forces on you without notice, as part of its barely publicized rollout plan.
ReplyDeleteI think there is a way to regulate what appears on your iGoogle homepage,I don't use iGoogle myself so am not sure about that
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