Blue Hat Technique #8-Getting instantly out of the sandbox
Someday I wish Google would be straight forward and say if your site is in the sandbox, and why sites get put in the sandbox. SERIOUSLY GOOGLE! What’s the worse that can happen if you use a little honesty in the matter? Until then I use a special trick to keep/get my sites out of the sandbox.
The trick rides off one principal which my own sites’ history has proven to me to be true. Google will almost never put a new domain from an old site in the sandbox.
Therefore to keep out of the sandbox you need to trick Google into thinking your site is from an old domain. You already know I like to keep old domains and websites around even if they don’t make any money. This is one of those times your going to need them again.
Find an old site of yours that gets crawled regularly. Create a subdomain. Mirror the main page of your site on the subdomain. Wait for it to get crawled and indexed. Then put a 301 redirect to your real domain. This will make Google realize that your site which is relatively new is actually an old site that got moved to it’s own domain.
Out of the sandbox you go!
Keep this in mind for your next website project. I have found it doesn’t hurt to plan early and release both at the same time. Then you just have to wait a month or so and put up the 301 redirect.
note: I have only tested this theory four times in the past with four different websites of mine. It did work each time. One of the times I used it to get a site out of the sandbox. I cannot guarantee you that it’s perfect or that it will work for you. Please let me know if it works or fails for you because at this point I still consider it a theory.
Hey there: I was just reviewing all your nuggets and curious if you’re still using this one..?
Interesting point.
I want to give it a shot.
But a question…
If I create a new subdomain ‘today’ will it be considered ‘new’ because it was newly created or will it be considered ‘old’ because it’s a subdomain on an old site?
How do I know that my site is in Sandbox?
which age should my domain have?
and, is a sub domain not handled like a new domain?
Can anyone confirm that this method still is working?
Also - how do i get subdomain with mirrored content indexed with SEs? Put a link from main domain to it, or not (possible punishment for link to bad neighbourhood?)
I tried it 14 days ago - still no result…
Eli, is a sub domain considered as a seperate domain to that of the main domain, hence if we create the sub domain, it is considered as a new standalone domain??
Actually i have a question: How do i know my site is in the sandbox?
that looks pretty easy, thank for informing. i’ll try it asap.
Thisi a good experiment I’m going to try it.
Thanks for pioneering several visitors towards seo.
The information you provided was very useful. Because of your help, thank you.
this article I was looking for, thank you…
Very interesting. Hope your theory will be correct in case I need them. But I do hope more that I will never have to use it ever. Oh please, spare me!
perfect advice. I can use this today. thnks for sharing!
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Thanks and I hope you check it out. I love your insights as well
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7Thanks i like your blog very much , i come back most days to find new posts like this.
I opened up the comments to see other people’s success with your quite clever technique which i had just finished implementing in 10 min after reading the blog post…
and no great offense to most of the readers but it reminds me how basic level people are, and i don’t mean just skills, but honest if you need to ask things like how to i know if i am sandboxed or what exactly is a subdomian, mirroring the content etc…
if you are looking for the advanced techniques this blog offers surely if you don’t know something like that you can look it up somewhere and save comments that add the the conversation… just my opinion - no trying to be a dick… but good luck.
I wonder if I’m in the sand box
Great tip. Thanks for sharing them!
This is a great tip I wish somebody would have shared it with me a long time ago. I can’t contribute my own feedback yet.
It’s more the automated responses that are a pain from my point of view but it’s all up to the webmaster after all.
I’m not so perturbed by people with basic knowledge, at least they are reading the thread. I do wish them luck following all the tips
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Thanks for this! I just found your blog, it is really really helpful!! You are a truely out of the box man!
Many thanks and Kudos to you.
This article is well written ,give a person very deep impression, I really have no language to describe it, I hope the authors make persistent efforts, come on!.
Really Great article ! thanks for sharing this with your readers. Have a nice day!
can you tell me how to build a self updated website ???
How do I know that my site is in Sandbox?
“Just started reading your blog, and wow great stuff!! Any event, on topic”