Owners of new websites often ask about the Google sandbox, a filter the search engine uses to fight spam.
Google typically indexes a new website, lists it for a few search terms and then the web pages drop from the search engine result pages for some months.
Generally, brand new websites with new domain names need about six to eight months to get top rankings on Google.
How Do You Get Out of the Google Sandbox?
While some waiting is required, you can prompt Google to speed up the process.
When you register a new domain name, create a temporary page immediately as the six- to eight-month delay appears to start with Google’s first contact with your web site. The sooner Google knows about your web site, the better.
Also, ensure you acquire some quality inbound links from other websites, and get your meta data optimized. The meta data, which comprises title, keyword and description tags, can make a big difference. In fact, this factor has helped some Webcopyplus clients attain desired rankings in as little as six weeks.
So get a page or two up as soon as you can, and take your links and keywords seriously. It can make a world of difference to your new website’s search engine rankings and online presence.
And I was always told this Google sandbox thing is all BS…obviously not! Thanks for the insight.
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