Andy is Blue Over the Color Purple
Andy Hagans recently started ranking in Google for a generic term and wonders how long it will take for the long tail term to follow:
The page isn't currently ranking in the top 100 on a search for purple widgets. I do expect it to pop out, as, like I said, the site is only semi-sandboxed, and this particular page has all of those legit, relevant, themed links.
But here's the kicker: the page ranks #11 now on a search for just purple! LBB readers... wtf? You got any explanation?
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Who is Andy Hagans?
Who is Andy Hagans?
Speaking of which, who is Brain Thibault?
Let's rank this page for
Brian Thibault
! :-)
haha, thanks i need all the
haha, thanks i need all the help i can get
This is actually becoming common place...
I have noticed it across a large number of keywords. Essentially, anchor-targeted SEO on new sites results in that particular term being sandboxed (if that is the appropriate term). On the otherhand, other terms that are not targeted which are a part of this term perform well because they are naturally included in the on-page SEO.
It makes sense. It is all part of the trusted-domain phenomenon that Google has been showing heavily over the past few weeks (see SEOBlackhat's comments on "doorway pages are back"). On-page SEO is resulting in stronger results and off-page SEO seems to be bringing on the sandbox.