Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Google SandBox Filter

Can you beat the google sand box filter?

Search engines have become far more equipped today to beat spammers at their own game. There was a time when websites used mass spamming techniques to reach the top of search engine results soon after their launch.

As a result, most of the top websites were beaten by the spammers and the quality of search engine results suffered.

Soon google allegedly came out with the sand box filter. The sandbox filter is considered to be a conscious effort on the part of google to prevent spamming websites from achieving a high ranking.

According to experts the google sand box filter is like a probationary time zone which may last for up to 3 months or even more. In this time period, the website may perform extremely poorly in organic search results. It is used to gauge the trust metrics of the website. This metrics will play an important part in deciding the future of the website in search results.

Different theories

There have been different theories surrounding the google sand box filter. Some say that the filter is aimed at postponing or ageing the back linking process.

Back links are crucial in giving the website a high page ranking. When the effectiveness of these back links are reduced, the website performs weakly until google ascertains the trustworthiness of the links.

However, off late many SEO experts have started to question the theories that support the existence of the google sand box filter.

Another theory says that the google sand box filter only affects English language websites. This means that any website with the .gov domain will not be affected.

The final word

The bottom line is that if you wish to achieve a top ranking in google search results, you will have to work for it by building quality trustworthy back links. You simply cannot follow spamming techniques to ensure that you reach the top.

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