Comments on: A Graphical Look at the Effects of the Google Sandbox

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:11:35 +0000

Google sandbox exists – that’s true and I have experienced it myself not once. The problem is the time span – it may last for 1 month or it may last for over a year or even infinitely, so sometimes it’s better to let it go and work on some other projects than trying to bring something from the dead. If you’re in it, I suggest you do the same – create quality conten, but don’t misuse the linkbuilding techniques, cause they can trap you in sandbox for even longer time period.

By: Charles

Charles — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 14:37:24 +0000

I always thought the Google sandbox was a myth but since I’m reading more about it I’m getting more convinced it’s a reality. Your research makes it indefinately clear that the sandbox is something that should be avoided one way or the other.

By: Jon Carter

Jon Carter — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:57:12 +0000

@ Geiger: Hahahaha. Google his girlfriend? that is l33t!

The sandbox definitely exists. Once I’ve got out of it on certain sites, it’s absolutely ridiculous how much traffic and keywords I can rank for in that niche

By: Property Tax Loans

Property Tax Loans — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:31:10 +0000

We have seen the Sandbox effect on two of our sites in that with little change other than time, we moved from page 5 to page 1 all of a sudden after 3 months.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:14:48 +0000

Very good research… something confirms that sandbox effect exists… it’s only natural for that feature to be around. In fact I noticed the same on my sites it really takes time to prove to G that you’re worth getting visited. Besides the algo is getting very smart these days…

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:46:19 +0000

Chris some great information on the Effects of the Google Sandbox. We actually did a similar study where we noticed in addition the search strings have a pattern. That it was related to keyword traffic for example “online keyword store”, “synonym store” “keyword store” , “longtail search keyword” as time goes by the traffic that is keyword rich starts to build up typically for longtail keywords and synonyms first as there are less links and keyword.

As traffic comes in keyword rich it begins to get easier to get serps to stick for harder keywords. This is very true with targeting single word keywords like “booking”, “software” for example.

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By: Nelson

Nelson — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:04:04 +0000

I think I’m in the sandbox now with my new blog. hopefully it will follow a nice projectile graph as yours.

thanks,.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:46:25 +0000

Interesting article. I believe we fell into a sandbox when we updated a lot of our pages. Have you any idea why Google would do that to a trusted site like ours that has seen nothing but growth for 8 years?

By: PS3 UK

PS3 UK — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:02:38 +0000

Moving to a new domain name is like moving home. But Google’s sandbox says “your not taking the belongings that you’ve accumulated over years of good work”. The PS3 UK site is 60+ results down since moving . Dear diary day 91..