ClickMyName
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How long does Google SandBox Last? And how do I know if my domain is out of it? And also, if I buy a expired domain, does it escape the whole Sandbox period?
Google And It's SandBox Period
- Thread starter ClickMyName
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I tried Matt diggity's process of getting out of sandbox and actually It worked for me.
A fresh new domain, social profiles -> social signals -> press releases (The first month)
second month (1 to 2 PBNs to the homepage per week).
All of links are to the homepage.
All my keywords are in Page 1/2/3 after the 1.5 months.
A fresh new domain, social profiles -> social signals -> press releases (The first month)
second month (1 to 2 PBNs to the homepage per week).
All of links are to the homepage.
All my keywords are in Page 1/2/3 after the 1.5 months.
ClickMyName
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- Mar 18, 2012
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Were you able to rank in the top 100s with on page seo and then use links to push thru?
So you bought an expired domain and reused it. Maybe that skipped the sandbox period? If it exists...
Bread
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Potentially, perhaps having existing links may "bypass" it - even a new site I've made is 70's for my target keyword and the posts have been up for 5 days. IMO people don't start building strong links until a lot of HQ content has been published, which gives the illusion of a sandbox as no one knows the value of a link in their rankings.
aadelmalik
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1 Yes, the sandbox does exist.
2 No, buying an expired domain wont get you out of the sandbox. Aged domain is what might work.
3 Still haven’t tried the Matt Digitty method, might work though.
2 No, buying an expired domain wont get you out of the sandbox. Aged domain is what might work.
3 Still haven’t tried the Matt Digitty method, might work though.
browserproxies
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Yes, I think the sandbox is still an applicable theory - you'd see that many of the new links generated, could already be in the sandbox region, when initially built.
Thus, if you suspect that your site may be sandboxed, you can always exit it with a few of these indicators - hq links from high authority sites, social signals, and continuous update on the site.
If your site has traffic, particularly organic traffic, the search engines also know this fact, and it would also help your site get out of the sandbox respectively.
Thus, if you suspect that your site may be sandboxed, you can always exit it with a few of these indicators - hq links from high authority sites, social signals, and continuous update on the site.
If your site has traffic, particularly organic traffic, the search engines also know this fact, and it would also help your site get out of the sandbox respectively.
ClickMyName
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Most expired domains do have age , so that's a plus. Unless the expired domain is spammed with bad links and bad content.
aadelmalik
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I bought an expired domain, that was expired only for a few days. The site was a cancer-health research center with over 500RDs and good links. I changed it to Health Insurance. The site still doesn't rank anywhere, N/A. I guess expired wouldn't work for avoiding the sandbox.
Bread
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Probably has a penalty. I launched a new site last week and am ranking for keywords. I can write a blog post and be ranked for 5 keywords the next day according to Ahrefs - 0 BL. Chances are 500RD has a penalty, difficult to find domains in the wild with that high RD and no penalty.
The best I've ever found is 100RD and 80RD
aadelmalik
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Not a penalty, the domain costed above $1k. The domain also had traffic and was ranking well for it's own keyword, which still does, but not on the new ones.
Bread
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I see, that is strange. I haven't written anything for my PBN's recently I might see how well they rank
No the sandbox does not exist.
The issue is poor SEO
If the sandbox did exist, then there would be no way out of it. Because what the sandbox is supposedly. Is the fact that no matter what, your site will remain in the box for X amount of time.
Believe me if you had links from all the best authority sites in your niche (good seo), you would rank a brand new domain.
Stop blaming your less than mediocre SEO attempts on the mythical sandbox, it's just cringey as fuck.
The issue is poor SEO
If the sandbox did exist, then there would be no way out of it. Because what the sandbox is supposedly. Is the fact that no matter what, your site will remain in the box for X amount of time.
Believe me if you had links from all the best authority sites in your niche (good seo), you would rank a brand new domain.
Stop blaming your less than mediocre SEO attempts on the mythical sandbox, it's just cringey as fuck.
soa0611
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it is not penalty, just add some relevant inner categories and articles and wait.
i faced it 2 times - 0 movement at all in Ahrefs,1-2 months and it starts ranking.
JoachimvR
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Thats because you rebranded the website. Google needs time to understand that it got changed. This can take a few weeks if not longer.
It also makes sense for them to wait a bit, think about sites that were hacked or changed by accident, they would instantly loose their rankings which would be very bad for them.
aadelmalik
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Site is now turning 4 months.
ClickMyName
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So buying an expired domain and changing it around would almost be close to just creating a whole new domain ? Since they both have to take time.
terrycody
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Glad to find someone from Netherland, (if the location is right), I wanna build a site in Dutch language, but after searching around some while, it seems build a Dutch language site is stupid, because most Dutch people speak English lol, could you share any thoughts mate?
joseph15
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Despite what others think, I actually believe there is a "holding" period for new sites. I built a brand new site back in February - added a ton of content and it was all indexed pretty quickly. Did no link-building or offsite seo at all and in the first two months, I had no organic keywords ranked. But in the third month, I got like 250+ organic keywords all at once (and improving), no link-building and no changes to the content. All the same. Ranking is still improving every day somehow just from the content, but in the beginning it was completely stagnant.
Content/site age seems to play a role IMO. How big or how small, I don't know. But I've seen many cases of sites gradually improving in serps as they age, with no links at all.
Content/site age seems to play a role IMO. How big or how small, I don't know. But I've seen many cases of sites gradually improving in serps as they age, with no links at all.