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by sdmtl
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If Bing show my site ranking for a KW at #6 and Google is 100+ I figure that is a sure sign I got slapped. Correct?

So if this is the case do I still build links or quit? I did start building non optimized links to diversify KW's and tried to add some higher PR links but nothing has worked yet.


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  • Profile picture of the author activetrader
    Originally Posted by sdmtl View Post

    If Bing show my site ranking for a KW at #6 and Google is 100+ I figure that is a sure sign I got slapped. Correct?

    So if this is the case do I still build links or quit? I did start building non optimized links to diversify KW's and tried to add some higher PR links but nothing has worked yet.


    Thanks
    1. The term "Google Slap" refers to getting banned from AdWords which was a common thing a few years back and it has nothing to do with organic rankings.

    2. Google and Bing have completely different algorithms in a sense how they rate sites, and have no bearing on each other's search results.

    3. "Sandbox" refers to a widespread opinion that newly built sites are placed on some kind of a probation with google before they are ranked in SERPs which isn't true.
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    • Profile picture of the author sdmtl
      1. I didn't say Google slap but to put it another way my rankings fell

      2. I know Google and Bing are not the same

      3. I didn't say anything about "sandbox"


      If I'm ranking well in Bing but not Google I assume that I did something wrong. I admit I used only 2 or 3 KWs. Recently I added a whole bunch of new links with different anchor texts to add variety. It has not helped. I also ran a in depth onsite SEO audit and fixed any problems I found. I also added some higher PR links PR2-4. In addition I built some Web 2.0 and blasted them with links. So what now? Wait or continue to build links?

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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      Question, you weren't always #6. So what did the
      former #6 do to get in the sandbox? Or maybe it
      was because at that moment in time, your site
      was better? If people put "sandbox" into
      perspective, they may actually come to a logical
      conclusion about any sandbox.

      Add to this that there are literally thousands of people
      vying for tops spots at any given moment. Do they
      all get a chance, or is google stuck on the same old
      results, over and over?

      Penalties from google are normally counted with one
      digit--a de-index.

      Paul
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      • Profile picture of the author activetrader
        Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

        Penalties from google are normally counted with one
        digit--a de-index.

        Paul
        Agreed... thank you
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  • Profile picture of the author jewelraz
    Oh come on, You are not slapped by Google. You have to understand that they are different search engines with different results of course.
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