Sandbox ??

[vimkar]

i don't understand why the new sites are placed in the sandbox

how long does generally google place new sites in the sand box. ?

I thought a sandbox was supposed to protect, not hide.

 

[StudioWorks]

Well, this is a very discussed issue on SEO forums. Some people think that there really is a sandbox filter .. some don't.

I do belive that Google applies the "sandbox" filter to every new web site. This filter is applied to new web sites to prevent spamming.

For example :

If there wasn't a sandbox filter applied to new web sites I would launch a new web site and i would place many hidden text on it. This way I would get top posititions in 2-3 weeks and It wouldn't be fair to other web sites.

I think that sandbox is a test that legit web sites has to pass. If you web site follows the rules, doesn't spam, it should be removed from the sandbox in 3-4 months.

Best of luck,

- DM

 

[alaxsxa]

What do you mean by hidden links?

 

[Scott]

What do you mean by hidden links?

Links which "clash" with the background intentionally, links embedded within <noscript></noscript> tags, links which appear for just search engines, etc.

 

[StudioWorks]

Or links that have the same color as the web site's background. That's a common practice and it's "illegal"

- DM

 

[Jim_Westergren]

I think that if you increase your link popularity the time of the sandbox will be decreased.

 

[DJ-Sound]

sandbox is too keep spammers out, even though its not effective, it helps filter out the 'turn-key' people and bring up real serious websites that are relevant and going to be around awhile...

but google... is a mess, it takes some much effort to rank well for a competitive keyword, on other se's like yahoo, msn, ect.. make a relevant page, get some links, stay online for awhile and you'll get traffic.

 

[photoshopfreak]

There ain't no sandbox, people seem to think new sites are sandboxed the truth is they don't have enough backlinks :hehe:

 

[DJ-Sound]

what are you basing that on?

there is a 'sandbox' or spam filter as I've heard google call it . It can be avoided however that usually means not heavy linkbuilding no major changes for a few months.

 

[photoshopfreak]

I have had many new sites given high rankings within a three week period by all major SE's & those sites were promoted only with Coop ad weight (around 6k) for each word & these sites have stayed constantly high in the SERPs ever since, the lowest pages these sites dropped in SE's was to page 2 but came right back to ranks like positon #3 page 1...

I have only ever had what you would call 'sandboxing' with one site, it took ages for me to rank well, but then again that was before i knew SEO (i'm still learning :hehe: )...

 

[vimkar]

I have had many new sites given high rankings within a three week period by all major SE's

All major SE's includes google ? :?

 

[photoshopfreak]

Google, Yahoo & MSN yea...

 

[dpk87]

I have a site that has 720 backlinks, all legit because of my affiliate program.. and my site is only shown in google if you type in the exact address. So I don't think the number of backlinks effects it.
(site been up about a month)