How Google Sandbox is Working

Disclaimer: I am working in very low competition niches and most of the times in Non-English, this helps me to understand latest SEO quickly and i am able to maneuver, analyze and improve my techniques

All domains in these case studies were brand new. Chatgpt content is used, posting/content style is same

I have conducted these experiments to avoid Google Sandbox and ensure continuous growth.

The First site is French language, high competition and .com domain, this was sandboxed rather quickly



Next is Italian site which again sandboxed quickly after around 20 posts as soon as their was decent increase in impressions


The third is French .com, adding articles very slowly, growth is minimum but avoiding sandbox


The fourth is English site, .com, it was sandbox as soon as i published few viral topic articles, that were very low competition; this actually lived only for few hours.

For this site Google bot was like; Your content is good, on-page SEO is ok, internal/external links ok, unique image, but your DA is zero, you don't deserve this kind of traffic, this was a mistake, let me sandbox you so this mistake does not happens again and so you don't need to worry about running a site, and you can get some real job. I will get you out of the box slowly as your site ages, and you have very good DA. Till then sit tight.

The fifth is german site, .de domain, the only reason that this site is escaping sandbox is due to local TLD, rest the whole content method is same.


Sixth is English .com, growing very slowly, adding backlinks along the way, till now able to avoid sandbox


Seventh is another English .com. avoiding sandbox with technique of slow addition of content


Number Eight German .de, good growth, avoiding sandbox due to local TLD, adding backlinks along


If i had time and skills, i would go with automation, there seems to be great opportunity with Non-English local TLD's
first add few articles like 2 to 3 per day, as soon as indexing start you will have window of around 3 to 5 days.
then publish as many, at this point there needs to be a lot of experimentation done, get 200 articles published, 500, 1k or 2k
but not just articles, give spacing of like 1 day after publishing of article, then give backlinks to each and every article, i am certain there is opportunity here.

This information really helped me in the future.

So, all the sites with com extensions are hit by the sandbox. Only the ".de" domain survived. I also noticed a similar thing when I created multiple sites last year.

Good case study mate. I am sure this is going to put to test by many of us. Thanks a lot!

If my market is the United States, can I use a .us domain? For example: likewatch.us

How do you translate those articles

dbdnvikas said:

So, all the sites with com extensions are hit by the sandbox. Only the ".de" domain survived. I also noticed a similar thing when I created multiple sites last year.

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Yes unfortunately, but that does not means that .com is not working or English sites are not working, it just means that more effort is required, they will take long time and more backlinks to get decent rankings

robin222 said:

If my market is the United States, can I use a .us domain? For example: likewatch.us

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yes will definitely help, similarly for Australia .com.au and for Uk, .co.uk

The_Raven said:

How do you translate those articles

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By using bing translate and deepl, don't use google translate, it has bad translation with many mistakes and poor grammar

xpesos said:

but not just articles, give spacing of like 1 day after publishing of article, then give backlinks to each and every article, i am certain there is opportunity here.

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which backlinks do you use?

Is there any way to avoid sandbox

Nice case study, appreciate it

LuffyVibes said:

Is there any way to avoid sandbox

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Yes, on new domains, add content slowly, use very low competition keywords/topics for first few pieces of content, content should be to the point, add facts/figures tables, make sure to use proper permalink structure, add relevant categories/tags, make use of Internal/external link. If you are starting a new domain, add 10 to 15 pagtes/posts, and then share each on social media, facebook/twitter, and wait at least 3 to 4 days for indexing before adding more content, try add some relevant backlinks along, sometimes embedded related youtube video helps

Sending organic clicks regularly (branded searches for example) to a new site, prevents it going to sandbox. Since Google thinks users already like the site and visit it

SeoIsArt said:

Sending organic clicks regularly (branded searches for example) to a new site, prevents it going to sandbox. Since Google thinks users already like the site and visit it

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Branded clicks are not only good for new domains, they can be valuable for highly competitive niches/keywords, however in most niches it is difficult to make a branded site. Usually that works in ecommerce/saas/fitness/coaching

Good overview bro.

Thanks.

Really appreciate it brother Taking the time to help people like us, that's a Robin move right there.

BTW, how are the sites going on? If I may ask? And you said, to add relevant Backlinks, IDK, like Guest posts, or simple FB, Twiiter, Medium, Reddit type links?

Thanks in Advance

The websites have AI content?

can you confirm any update, what are current status of that all websites, can you share screenshot for new updates.