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| Sandbox Effect(Image source:- Yattermatters) |
Google Sandbox is an imaginary area where new and less authoritative sites
are kept for a specified time period in order to prevent search engine spam. It
is like a testing space where new sites are retained until they prove their
authority and relevance to get listed on the search engines. A new site with
less authority and trust might get out of the search engine results (Sandboxed)
for a few months or year if it tries to build too many backlinks within a short
period of time. In most of the cases, newer sites get sandboxed if they follow
a poor seo strategy. Hence, it is always recommended not to buy bulk backlinks
or create bulk backlinks with the help of any link building software. Doing so
might get your website out of the search engine results for an unspecified
period of time.
How to get out of Sandbox?
You can get out of sandbox by building quality, relevant and user friendly
content. Google always make changes to its algorithm keeping in mind the user.
Hence, if you are building good content for the user which answers his queries
and persuades him to share your content with his/her friends then Google would
quickly take you out of the Sandbox.
Reverse Sandbox
In contrary to what happens to new websites with the application of Sandbox
effect, there is another effect known as “Reverse Sandbox”. This effect
temporarily raises the rankings of new websites because of fresh content and
fresh backlinks.
The better view
Every new domain registered and every new website created is being cached
and indexed by the Google bots as soon as they find a link to it. But many
webmasters make the biggest mistake of building massive links to their website
in as little as 24 hours after they had launched their website. This is where
the ghost of Sandbox wakes up and catches your site. It then puts it into that
imaginary area as long as you do not prove that your website is legitimate and
provides user friendly, quality content. On the other hand, if you start a new
website having original and informative content and bookmark it popular socialmedia sites like Facebook, Twitter, Myspace etc, without building massive
links to your website. The algorithm assumes that your website is new , has
fresh content, has new backlinks so its ranks your site or web page higher up
in the rankings for an unspecified temporary period.
The Suggestion
The point to note is that whenever you launch a new site, DO NOT start
building backlinks almost instantly. Link building is a practice that goes
slowly and gradually. You can use popular bookmarking sites for promotion and
spreading the word about your newly launched site. So, be careful before your
buy those 24 hour link building package for your newly launched site.
Please note:- It all started in March 2004 when Google started to penalize
new domains doing aggressive link building but still the existence of this so
called sandbox is of much debate. There is no proof whatsoever that it does
exists! Some believe it to exist while others say- there is no such thing as a
sandbox.
