Threadwatch has coverage of Matt Cutts' blog dissappearing (screenshot in case GG fixes it) from the Google SERPs thanks to duplication of his site's content by some SEO black hatters. The thread includes commentary from Cutts himself, who notes that he's trying to find the issue (or...
mrkryz03 at SEOChat uncovered some great information about a new product purporting to prevent your site from falling prey to Google's sandbox. The methodology is somewhat ingenious and creative - sending fake traffic to the search engines for your site and its keywords, which is likely a component that helps new sites escape "boxin...
In the ongoing debate started by Danny Sullivan on the subject of calling blog spamming uncool (which had further traction at Threadwatch), Mike Grehan has weighed in with some tough words of his own: ...
Over at SEOChat, Sufyaaan has a tool you can download and run that will allow you to run a list of domains through it to see if they have been banned or if they...
Cygnus, over at SEOChat, posted a thread back in July that has quickly become one of the most popular and visited threads of the summer. Delisted Sites? poses questions about many recently dropped sites at Google from a variety of sources. I was lucky enough to have some private ...
My understanding is that the website Walken2008 is a joke and nothing more. However, it has the distinct privilege of being the fastest site I've ever observed coming out of Google's notorious sandbox. Despite being r...
The disgust blog has an entry from several months ago on a site's exit from the sandbox via a 301 re-direct to a new subdomain at an existing TLD. Pretty stark evidence of the box's effects and a good solutiong for those in desperate need of a way out. Here's the ...
I've been noticing people's signature links at the major SEO forums more and more lately, especially when I ran this search - mesothelioma seo forum thread reply. That's a disturbing number of resu...
For those who may still be reticient to believe in the sandbox's existence at Google or think that a variety of non-related factors or filters may be affecting sites and that the SEO world has simply "created" this term. In defense, I offer up evidence that I can't reveal - that of hundreds of sites experiencing exactly the same type of penalization/filtration effects at Google. I receive dozen...
Todd (stuntdubl) has a great post at SEW on how to make a successful re-inclusion request to Google. He notes, first off, that a customer of his got banned specifically for using Link Vault, which is new informat...
Many individuals, mostly from SEOChat, having been asking me to update my Google Sandbox articles to include all of the new information, observations and hands-on experience I've got from the past 6 months. I've obliged and have created a new definition and observable phenomenon shee...
Xan pointed to 2 great articles on advanced spam detection using SMTP tracking. This stuff is golden material if you're interested in how spam fighters are beefing up protection to help stop spam... THere's also some interesting information about a possible change in the protocol of e-mail worldwide - although that will be a big jug...
SEO headlines have been dominated by Google's "sandbox" for almost a year and a half, and Google's AdSense buyers must be thrilled with the quality traffic they're getting from all these forum threads and blog posts. In recognition of their suffering, I'm sending a few free v...
A few of the more prominent spammers at SEOChat have come out to play in a thread on the subject of domain registration. Geof starts off by noting that he's recently purchased 500 new domains, all of which will probably be b...