Does the "sandbox" Only Affect Phrases Containing Popular Words?
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Does the "sandbox" Only Affect Phrases Containing Popular Words?
Does the "sandbox" Only Affect Phrases Containing Popular Words?
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Red letter day, an interesting thread at wmw [what happens when you click the link is anybody's guess but....].
As well as being prolly the nicest guy in search ciml is also one of the most knowledgeable, worth a read.
The basic thrust is, does sandbox affect words or sites?
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I see it affecting pages not sites ...
Sandbox
A variable based on keyword has already been reported being a factor - some are easier to work with than others - but age of site seems very much to be a factor even where the same keywords are being targeted.
I have an example of that in action here: Google and Age of Site where I show two similar site rankings side to side. Even the sandboxed site is able to rank for some less competitive keywords - but is unable to compete with an older domain where they share the same target keywords.
Barry Schwartz also references age of site here when using the DP co-op network:
DigitalPoint Coop Ad Network and the Sandbox:
Rand Fishkin has also made a point of bringing together a lot of the ideas on sandboxing here:
Potential Solutions & Updates to the Google Sandbox Theory
Scottie at HighRankings suggests that sandboxing is further complicated by an aging delay factor:
Sandbox And Aging Delay
Of course, I also have a collection of online notes about the Google Sandbox.
I believe that papers such as Hilltop and LocalRank suggest ways in which to create a subset of popular search phrases for ranking purposes, and it wouldn't be surprising if a subset based on keywords were one of the variables involved in the Google Sandbox itself - but it only appears to be one of a handful of factors.
better get that whisky to ciml
:)
DougS