BeeDeeDubbleU

msg:106458 | 11:15 pm on Nov 23, 2004 (gmt 0) |
Watch it disappear in a day or so. This is symptomatic of the sandbox IMHO.
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guitaristinus

msg:106459 | 11:18 pm on Nov 23, 2004 (gmt 0) |
This is evidence that what you all call the "sandbox" does not exist.
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steve40

msg:106460 | 11:26 pm on Nov 23, 2004 (gmt 0) |
hi rod could you help us all and repost in 10 days if still ok with the site that does not appear to be sandboxed thanks steve
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JudgeJeffries

msg:106461 | 11:46 pm on Nov 23, 2004 (gmt 0) |
Typical..I launched a site a month ago and it did pretty well for two weeks then sank without trace. Well, to far down for me to be bothered looking!
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Atomic

msg:106462 | 1:04 am on Nov 24, 2004 (gmt 0) |
I've had one site lost to SERP's for 7 months before it suddenly appeared with a very nice ranking. Four other sites disappeared for only a couple of weeks and then worked their way swiftly to page one where they have remained for months. All sites were created within a couple months of each other but only one out five disappeared for months. Shouldn't there be some consistency?
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mark1615

msg:106463 | 4:35 am on Nov 24, 2004 (gmt 0) |
Don't you all know? G is smarter then everyone - if they are doing it, it must right. Seriously though, as professionals we have to deal with reality as it is. G is what it is right now and despite the fact that we have some excellent rankings right now, I think it subpar. I also would be interested to see what happens to rod in a week or two. Likewise, this is not a competitive term. We have new pages on new sites that rank for uncompetitive terms. We start to see what is called the sandbox effect (or sometimes G Lag) when there is competition of 500,000 or 1MM or more.
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mark1615

msg:106464 | 4:35 am on Nov 24, 2004 (gmt 0) |
One other thing - I hope you have it right Rod and are on to some success. Seriously. Happy Thanksgiving.
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Ledfish

msg:106465 | 6:54 am on Nov 24, 2004 (gmt 0) |
Because of the sandbox, aren't Googles results less than accurate, therefore not the most relavent and therefore somewhat stale? Why would Google use something like the sandbox if the above is the case? Does that not then make them vulnerable to Yahoo and MSN? Is it all a conspiracy type thing where we all conclude that it is to thwart spam, hinder SEO's, etc. while it really is a scheme to pump up advertising revenue by way of increased Adwords? Sounds like a really stupid idea that is just waiting to backfire in a major major way.
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phantombookman

msg:106466 | 9:05 am on Nov 24, 2004 (gmt 0) |
Hi Guys just to let you know the site is still OK, I take the point of course that it may disapppear. The main reason for the post was that the other sites I built did not do anything like this, even remotely. I even have #1 matches on internal pages, and I only have about 10 pages or so on the site so far. I shall take Steve's excellent advice and monitor for 10 days... fingers crossed Rod
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phantombookman

msg:106467 | 9:37 am on Dec 6, 2004 (gmt 0) |
Hi Guys just an update as requested/promised, been on the first page for over 2 weeks now (will be more comfortable after a month), currently sat at #3 for a return of 190K + Whilst not the most competetive area, I have had previous sites sandboxed and returning similar searches on page 45 for 6 months! If this continues then I believe I must have a:beaten the filter or b:G has abandoned it Regards Rod
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Hanu

msg:106468 | 9:55 am on Dec 6, 2004 (gmt 0) |
Rod, thank you for sharing this with us. Most people never bother to post unless they have a problem. If this continues then I believe I must have a:beaten the filter or b:G has abandoned it |
| If b is the case, then G must have decided to keep in the sb what's already in there and only let brand new sites bypass it.
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phantombookman

msg:106469 | 10:03 am on Dec 6, 2004 (gmt 0) |
Hi Hanu the B option is there as a caveat, I personally believe (for what it's worth) that I dodged the filter, however I cannot state it as a fact as only the people who write the algo could make such a definitive statement.
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BeeDeeDubbleU

msg:106470 | 10:25 am on Dec 6, 2004 (gmt 0) |
My experience with a new site is that there has been no change. If your site really did escape the sandbox I would guard it with my life. There is an answer in there that is worth a lot of money ;)
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brixton

msg:106471 | 11:03 am on Dec 6, 2004 (gmt 0) |
i dont know guys but my 6 months old site has slowly start to come up in the top 100 results (competitive money terms)in some cases top 20.
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rj87uk

msg:106472 | 11:55 am on Dec 6, 2004 (gmt 0) |
Has the Google Guy said anything about it? so many questions... but so much sand...
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steve40

msg:106473 | 12:35 pm on Dec 6, 2004 (gmt 0) |
thanks phantombookman for taking the time as you say it does not prove anything but does give some us hope that we may accidently or by design beat the sandbox or google just has this massive door for new sites and sometimes leaves a little crack and the odd one slips through steve
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Brett_Tabke

msg:106474 | 1:13 pm on Dec 6, 2004 (gmt 0) |
- Registered a new domain last wednesday morning. - DNS resolved and site was good-to-go by 10am. - Threw 25 pages of content on it and adsense. - Linked to it heavily from a pr6. - spidered wednesday 11am by google. - received about 40 referrals wednesday night from Google. - no referrals on thursday and couldn't find it in the index. - found it in the index on friday and received 30 referrals. - could not find it on saturday. - sunday found it in the index. - generated about 200 referrals so far. Sandbox? What's that? :-)
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phantombookman

msg:106475 | 2:02 pm on Dec 6, 2004 (gmt 0) |
Hi Steve the intersting point to fathom is did the site, unlike all my others recently, slip through by accident or design. If it was by design then it is down to one thing only: no outgoing links To Brett if the new site continues to perform for a few weeks Brett then possibly it justifies the original title I gave to the post, I hope so for all of us Regards Rod
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webhound

msg:106476 | 2:19 pm on Dec 6, 2004 (gmt 0) |
We've had no problems with the sandbox in uncompetitive areas, but for the more competitive areas.... well thats another story. Brett you didn't mention the category that your example was in, so I have to assume it was being found for 4-5 kw queries and not a "money term". For these terms, good luck getting a new site ranked.
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steve40

msg:106477 | 2:29 pm on Dec 6, 2004 (gmt 0) |
I thought as we are sharing 1 new site on line October 12th ( 100 pages ) 47 Links from existing sites pr3 pr4 pr5 and PR Release week 1 85 referrals week 2 120 referalls week 3 200 referrals week 6 1200 referrals Currently between 200 -- 270 referrals per day This is a competitive market but referrals are not for the keywords targetted just more obscure versions but the end result is the same will be interesting to see when targetted keywords start to appear steve
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petehall

msg:106478 | 2:44 pm on Dec 6, 2004 (gmt 0) |
We bought a domain name around 2 months ago, it has several high PR links and only shows as a URL with 1,200 backlinks. I have never had this sort of trouble with delay of indexing - I am wondering if this is some sort of problem with the domain name as opposed to sandbox related. Someone else had the domain before us so it is possible something bad has happened to it in the past... but how can I be sure?
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androidtech

msg:106479 | 3:39 pm on Dec 6, 2004 (gmt 0) |
But couldn't the 2-4 weeks "good", but after that off to the bottom of the SERP's be a freshbot related phenomena, not the sandbox?
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MHes

msg:106480 | 4:16 pm on Dec 6, 2004 (gmt 0) |
>Sandbox? What's that? :-) 200 visitors per day is either sandbox or you are in a very uncompetitive sector with few searches.
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Hanu

msg:106481 | 4:32 pm on Dec 6, 2004 (gmt 0) |
I think with all the hype around the sb (I still think it exists), people tend to blame the sb in cases when other problems like over- or under-optimization (specially missing or badly optimized anchor text) cause their sites to rank badly.
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Powdork

msg:106482 | 5:35 pm on Dec 6, 2004 (gmt 0) |
petehall it sounds like you are suffering from an expired domain penalty.
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cabbie

msg:106483 | 5:36 pm on Dec 6, 2004 (gmt 0) |
>>I have never had this sort of trouble with delay of indexing<< Petehall, your domain is suffereing the expired domain penalty.It could be a year before it gets indexed.Write webmaster@google.com with "reinclusion" in the subject line and explain the story to them.You may get lucky.
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Powdork

msg:106484 | 5:40 pm on Dec 6, 2004 (gmt 0) |
| 200 visitors per day is either sandbox or you are in a very uncompetitive sector with few searches. |
| It's even worse when it is 200 visitors since last wednesday. Brett are you sticking your tongue out at us and going 'na na na na na', or is it firmly implanted in your cheek?
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RussellC

msg:106485 | 5:48 pm on Dec 6, 2004 (gmt 0) |
I would be lucky to get 10 referals from Google in a day on one of my sandboxed sites. (March 04) Very competitive area, main term = 22,500,000 results.
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webhound

msg:106486 | 6:02 pm on Dec 6, 2004 (gmt 0) |
russelc, yup thats what i'm talkig about. especially for the main keywords, not those obscure 4-5 kw terms.
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