Google Sandbox Mode Demythified - Revisited.
This posting is a little off topic since it doesn't directly
cover ecommerce. I wanted to provide some additional information
and feedback on the results since publishing my first article
at WebProNews.
Since writing the original Google Sandbox mode article for
WebProNews I have spent a lot of time monitoring the results.
One of the first things to happen was my article actually
mentioned Everything eCommerce more than my own website. The
result: I knocked myself off of the number one spot for the
keyword phrase.
Whether the site is number 1 or 100 for "everything
ecommerce" really doesn't matter. I only used that keyword
phrase as something that I could easily check against to find
out if my site was successfully listed. During the last two
weeks Google has also been updating their indexes which led
to some weird situations where my site would be listed, then
not, then listed again depending on the data center.
My Google Adwords have been steadily bringing in revenue,
almost enough now to buy a Venti Chai Latte from Starbucks.
This income is offset by the cost of my AdSense ad campaign.
So far I have spent $1.35 on traffic and made $2.78 from advertising.
Since my hosting on this account is free, this site is actually
profitable.
To further test my theory that using a Google Adwords program
is one way around the sandbox mode, I have setup two additional
blogs. These blogs Search Engine Guru and Long Tail Marketing
were indexed again within 4 hours as part of Google's need
to deliver targetted advertising. I have also manually submitted
these sites to the most popular search engines.
My Site on Long Tail Marketing is #1 for the search terms
long tail marketing on Yahoo!. It actually displaces Chris
Anderson's website. Chris Anderson is the Wired editor who
coined the term. I was impressed with how rapidly Yahoo's
search tool is indexing sites. These were done using the free
url submission tool, and not the paid directory inclusion.
The growth of traffic to my website has been explosive and
is much higher than I initially anticipated. Because of this,
I will be devoting more time and effort to provide quality
content and more frequent updates.
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