Andrew Scherer
Supreme Member
- Oct 10, 2009
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I'm making a case study out of my effort to try to revive 2 sites that have been in the sandbox for the last year and a half.
Background
Each site has over 50+ unique pages of content and both sites were started at the same time, around October 2009. I ended up overpromoting them... I was experimenting with links from software directories, massive social bookmarking links with BMD, and some other methods I can't recall (it's been a long time). Nothing too bad, but Google didn't like my experimenting and both of these sites have been sandboxed for the last year and a half.
I put both of these sites on the backburner ever since and haven't given them much attention in regards to links or trying to revive them.
The Study
Now I've seen Xrumer case studies before on normal sites that have already been doing decently in the SERPs but what I really want to know is can these links raise sites from the grave?
I'm using DFB for this case study for two reasons.
1. The continuous, automated link velocity it gives day in and day out will make things look a little bit more natural. I think one of the reasons Google sandboxed these 2 sites in the first place were the big blasts I gave them, especially in the beginning when the sites were just a couple months old. Consequently, the link velocity would drop off when I focused on my other sites and it didn't look very natural.
2. DFB builds a ton of links which is another factor I want to test. Does link building on a massive scale work for sandboxed sites? Both sites are going to get around 30,000 links each per month. 7,000+ per week.
The Sites
Site #1.
First indexed in October, 2009.
70+ pages of unique content.
104 YSE links.
Site #2
First indexed ? Google not showing.
40+ pages of unique content.
57 YSE links
My Updates
I'll post updates every week or so with my progress. While I can't reveal the sites themselves, I'll be posting screenshots and graphs of
my SEScout rankings as well as Google analytics reports.
Site #1:
Site #2:
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Background
Each site has over 50+ unique pages of content and both sites were started at the same time, around October 2009. I ended up overpromoting them... I was experimenting with links from software directories, massive social bookmarking links with BMD, and some other methods I can't recall (it's been a long time). Nothing too bad, but Google didn't like my experimenting and both of these sites have been sandboxed for the last year and a half.
I put both of these sites on the backburner ever since and haven't given them much attention in regards to links or trying to revive them.
The Study
Now I've seen Xrumer case studies before on normal sites that have already been doing decently in the SERPs but what I really want to know is can these links raise sites from the grave?
I'm using DFB for this case study for two reasons.
1. The continuous, automated link velocity it gives day in and day out will make things look a little bit more natural. I think one of the reasons Google sandboxed these 2 sites in the first place were the big blasts I gave them, especially in the beginning when the sites were just a couple months old. Consequently, the link velocity would drop off when I focused on my other sites and it didn't look very natural.
2. DFB builds a ton of links which is another factor I want to test. Does link building on a massive scale work for sandboxed sites? Both sites are going to get around 30,000 links each per month. 7,000+ per week.
The Sites
Site #1.
First indexed in October, 2009.
70+ pages of unique content.
104 YSE links.
Site #2
First indexed ? Google not showing.
40+ pages of unique content.
57 YSE links
My Updates
I'll post updates every week or so with my progress. While I can't reveal the sites themselves, I'll be posting screenshots and graphs of
my SEScout rankings as well as Google analytics reports.
Site #1:
Site #2:
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