Have I been sandboxed?

TomBuck · 11-19-2010, 08:48 AM

I promote a hubpage and a video and for the 2 keywords I was aiming for the video is second for 1 and 6th for the other whereas the hubpage has just gone completely?

Is this sandboxing? I have heard about it but don't really know what it is?

Any advise is good.

Bill Farnham · 11-19-2010, 08:55 AM

Tom,

Keep in mind Google will serve up 'personalized' results which tend to make the websites you've already visited rise to the top of the serps. Not saying that is the case here, but you may want to check through a proxy or have a friend in a different area check your keywords.

~Bill

JohnHuizinga · 11-19-2010, 08:56 AM

I think Google has doing some strange stuff lately. I'm very curious as to what's going on and whether it's temporary or permanent

TomBuck · 11-19-2010, 09:08 AM

Aww... Its not the recent visited or that, I know what you are on about. Its not that. But remember someone saying that sometimes your result can just disseappear for a couple of days.

OpticalOut · 11-19-2010, 09:12 AM

You could look back a year ago or two years ago and you'd see people worried about Google changing things for the worse.

Chances are that your site is jumping around because of some backlinking that you've done recently.

Did you check it with a rank tracker like Market Samurai and see what the exact position is? It would be interesting to see if you are completely gone within the top 1000 pages or if you dropped somewhere in there.

TomBuck · 11-19-2010, 09:14 AM

Its not very competitive and I did do loads of SEO yesturday. Would it be completely gone?
Will it come back? How long?

Stupid google.

JohnHuizinga · 11-19-2010, 09:52 AM

Have you tried this?

Go to google. In the searchbox enter:

Quote:

site:hubpages.com/hub/Your-Hubpage-Here

using the link to your own hubpage of course (no h t t p : / /)

If you get no results, your hubpage has been deindexed. It may be temporary, it may be permanent.

If it is deindexed and doesn't come back in a couple of weeks, try making major changes to it so Google sees it as a new page and see if that helps.

TomBuck · 11-19-2010, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnHuizinga

Have you tried this?

Go to google. In the searchbox enter:

using the link to your own hubpage of course (no h t t p : / /)

If you get no results, your hubpage has been deindexed. It may be temporary, it may be permanent.

If it is deindexed and doesn't come back in a couple of weeks, try making major changes to it so Google sees it as a new page and see if that helps.

Thanks I tried this and it came up, but when I type my keywords into google I am no where to be seen.??? Any ideas?

JohnHuizinga · 11-19-2010, 11:11 AM

Honestly, not really. Google works in mysterious ways.

You could try building (more/fresh) backlinks to it. I can't tell you whether it would work or not.

11-19-2010, 08:48 AM	#1
TomBuck Welsh Internet Marketer War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Cardiff, Wales Posts: 598 Thanks: 54 Thanked 18 Times in 12 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Have I been sandboxed? I promote a hubpage and a video and for the 2 keywords I was aiming for the video is second for 1 and 6th for the other whereas the hubpage has just gone completely? Is this sandboxing? I have heard about it but don't really know what it is? Any advise is good.
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11-19-2010, 08:55 AM	#2
Bill Farnham Videos for the Web War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Virginia, USA. Posts: 2,949 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 3,072 Thanked 3,291 Times in 1,598 Posts Social Networking	Re: Have I been sandboxed? Tom, Keep in mind Google will serve up 'personalized' results which tend to make the websites you've already visited rise to the top of the serps. Not saying that is the case here, but you may want to check through a proxy or have a friend in a different area check your keywords. ~Bill

11-19-2010, 08:56 AM	#3
JohnHuizinga IM White Belt Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: , Ontario, Canada. Posts: 155 Thanks: 70 Thanked 26 Times in 20 Posts	Re: Have I been sandboxed? I think Google has doing some strange stuff lately. I'm very curious as to what's going on and whether it's temporary or permanent
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11-19-2010, 09:08 AM	#4
TomBuck Welsh Internet Marketer War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Cardiff, Wales Posts: 598 Thanks: 54 Thanked 18 Times in 12 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Have I been sandboxed? Aww... Its not the recent visited or that, I know what you are on about. Its not that. But remember someone saying that sometimes your result can just disseappear for a couple of days.
	18 year old student looking for online job, writing, services ect. $10 an hour, message me if you are interested in hiring me, thanks.

11-19-2010, 09:12 AM	#5
OpticalOut HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 127 Thanks: 3 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts	Re: Have I been sandboxed? You could look back a year ago or two years ago and you'd see people worried about Google changing things for the worse. Chances are that your site is jumping around because of some backlinking that you've done recently. Did you check it with a rank tracker like Market Samurai and see what the exact position is? It would be interesting to see if you are completely gone within the top 1000 pages or if you dropped somewhere in there.
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11-19-2010, 09:14 AM	#6
TomBuck Welsh Internet Marketer War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Cardiff, Wales Posts: 598 Thanks: 54 Thanked 18 Times in 12 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Have I been sandboxed? Its not very competitive and I did do loads of SEO yesturday. Would it be completely gone? Will it come back? How long? Stupid google.
	18 year old student looking for online job, writing, services ect. $10 an hour, message me if you are interested in hiring me, thanks.

11-19-2010, 11:11 AM	#9
JohnHuizinga IM White Belt Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: , Ontario, Canada. Posts: 155 Thanks: 70 Thanked 26 Times in 20 Posts	Re: Have I been sandboxed? Honestly, not really. Google works in mysterious ways. You could try building (more/fresh) backlinks to it. I can't tell you whether it would work or not.
	"you got to keep fighting, keep believing and never give up in order to succeed" Tim Gorman