Link is not appearing.

Hi, this is a 2 month old domain. Already indexed in google. Search console also shows indexed. When I search site:domain.com it is showing the main article as well as other contact, about pages.

https://ibb.co/c1HSssY

No authority sites ranking for this keyword. Only some forums (low DR) and Quora is ranking.

Now today, I rechecked the link in google and it still shows my link so my link is indexed.

But rank tracker does not show my website ranking for that keyword.

https://ibb.co/2h8W40z

I manually checked using VPN and another browser (incognito) and googled that keyword and went to all pages on google and nope my site is no where to be found for those keywords. Question is why is my site not appearing despite the URL being indexed?

It's probably sandbox.

You will not be allowed to rank until you get out of it.

tiiberius said:

It's probably sandbox.

You will not be allowed to rank until you get out of it.

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Damn. I built 3 web 2.0 yesterday. I should delete those?

Any way to bring that link out of sandbox? Will some social signals do?

Rollfic said:

Damn. I built 3 web 2.0 yesterday. I should delete those?

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It should be no problem.

I prefer to build guest posts when the site is new.

Rollfic said:

Any way to bring that link out of sandbox? Will some social signals do?

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To be clear I'm referring to the money site, link is probably not in sand-box.

Yes, social links are great for a starting site. Especially profiles.

Guest posts + regular content publishing is good way to speed up this phase.

tiiberius said:

It should be no problem.

I prefer to build guest posts when the site is new.


To be clear I'm referring to the money site, link is probably not in sand-box.

Yes, social links are great for a starting site. Especially profiles.

Guest posts + regular content publishing is good way to speed up this phase.

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So despite being the URL fully indexed in google, it will not show in certain cases?

If not in sand box as you say, then why is not showing for those keywords? but if I search the full URL it is there in google (screenshot in first post).

Rollfic said:

So despite being the URL fully indexed in google, it will not show in certain cases?

If not in sand box as you say, then why is not showing for those keywords? but if I search the full URL it is there in google (screenshot in first post).

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what happens when you check from other geo locations or other google.XYZ versions?

fb3003 said:

what happens when you check from other geo locations or other google.XYZ versions?

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Checked from canada, UK and others, URL not appearing for those keywords. But like I said when I check site:domain.com/keyword in google search box, the URL appears so it is indexed but not appearing for keywords.

Is it still sandboxed?

Rollfic said:

Checked from canada, UK and others, URL not appearing for those keywords. But like I said when I check site:domain.com/keyword in google search box, the URL appears so it is indexed but not appearing for keywords.

Is it still sandboxed?

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can you check a unique sentence from one of your blog posts and see if you see your site in the search result?

what if you just search for your domain name without the extension in google? don't use site:

did you by any chance go to your google webmaster tools and submit your site for indexing multiple times in a short period of time?

fb3003 said:

[quote fb3003] can you check a unique sentence from one of your blog posts and see if you see your site in the search result?

what if you just search for your domain name without the extension in google? don't use site:

did you by any chance go to your google webmaster tools and submit your site for indexing multiple times in a short period of time?

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1. nope site not showing when checking one unique sentence.

2. when just searched domain without site, I am getting all posts as indexed.

https://ibb.co/HP0vRVY

3. No I have not done that. Because it was auto indexed as per GSC and when checking just domain.com or site:domain.com all results are appearing.

But not ranking for keyword, not even in top 100 or 1000 lol as mentioned in previous post.

Rollfic said:

So despite being the URL fully indexed in google, it will not show in certain cases?

If not in sand box as you say, then why is not showing for those keywords? but if I search the full URL it is there in google (screenshot in first post).

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Yes.

Indexing and ranking are two very different things.

You are indexed, not you need to rank.

Most common reason you are not on top is keyword competition. That's why people get links and publish content all the time and perfect their on-page.