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    • AllieMc
      AllieMc last edited by

      Hi I am working on a website that is ranking well in bing for the domain name / exact url search but appears no where in Google or Yahoo.  I have done the site search in Google and it is indexed so I am presuming it is in the sandbox.  The website was originally developed in India and I do not know whether it had some history of bad backlinks.  The website itself is well optimised and I have checked all pages in Moz - getting a grade A. Webmaster Tools is not showing any manual actions - I was wondering what I could do next?

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      • Travis_Bailey
        Travis_Bailey last edited by

        Is it plugged in? Is it turned on? Have you rebooted? Is it blocked by Robots.txt?

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        • gazzerman1
          gazzerman1 last edited by

          In this case it might be best to share the link. if you are not inclined ot do this, you can message me privately and I can take a look.

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          • AlanMosley
            AlanMosley last edited by

            I don't believe there is a such a thing as google sandbox.

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            • JaneCopland
              JaneCopland last edited by

              The idea of the "sandbox" is an old-fashioned way of looking at a site that doesn't have enough authority to rank well yet. In the past, Google employed different ways of making sure brand new sites were worth ranking before they ranked them, but those methods have changed and the term doesn't apply anymore.

              Is it possible that the site simply has too few backlinks to be competitive yet? It's often easier to rank well in Bing than it is in Google (although it's surprising you mention that it is not ranking in Yahoo as Bing powers Yahoo's search engine now).

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