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    Out of the Sandbox

    After 8 months I finally managed to convince Google to out my website from the impervious sandbox.. My Stats jumped.. three fold today. Someone told me if you write a letter to Google you can get removed and well I can share with you that it actually works..
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    Re: Out of the Sandbox

    Nice, how fast was google's reponse time after you wrote them, the whole 8 months? Just incase I ever find any of my sites "building sandcastles".

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    Re: Out of the Sandbox

    7 Weeks from the date of my Letter... Or it could have had something to do with the fact it was earning $2700 a month with adsense. I want to believe it was my nice letter.
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    Re: Out of the Sandbox

    I have plenty of sandcastles, One I am eager to get out..I emailed google.

    Do I really need to use snailmail?

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    Re: Out of the Sandbox

    namestrands, not doubting the effectiveness of your letter but also keep in mind that the sandbox is a time thing... so by waiting an extra couple weeks it could have naturally just moved out of the sandbox.

    I have a lot of sites that will come out at random times, some instantly, some take forever, there's sometimes really no indication of why it takes the long/short amount of time that it does for each site. Sometimes really strong(even weak) linking can help you out.

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    Re: Out of the Sandbox

    I forgot to mention that I got a nice email back from them telling me how to avoid the sandbox and was given a link to the webmaster section of google
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    Re: Out of the Sandbox

    Wow, google giving a real reply! That's good news... Usually they just cut and paste a section of the webmaster section or link you to it.

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    Re: Out of the Sandbox

    Quote Originally Posted by namestrands
    I forgot to mention that I got a nice email back from them telling me how to avoid the sandbox and was given a link to the webmaster section of google
    thanks for choosing to share it with us :disappoin

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    Re: Out of the Sandbox

    Quote Originally Posted by namestrands
    I forgot to mention that I got a nice email back from them telling me how to avoid the sandbox and was given a link to the webmaster section of google
    I think you'll find avoiding the sandbox is pretty much near impossible, it's just a matter of waiting it out...

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    Re: Out of the Sandbox

    Quote Originally Posted by incipience
    I forgot to mention that I got a nice email back from them telling me how to avoid the sandbox and was given a link to the webmaster section of google
    Really?
    Not in my case(s)
    I have had good prompt replies from google in the last two years. They always seems to reply with 'human text' and not a pre-defined text from somewhere. Just in case

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    Re: Out of the Sandbox

    Quote Originally Posted by GT Web
    thanks for choosing to share it with us :disappoin
    http://www.google.com/webmasters/

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    Re: Out of the Sandbox

    so it's that easy?
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    Re: Out of the Sandbox

    Quote Originally Posted by namestrands
    I forgot to mention that I got a nice email back from them telling me how to avoid the sandbox and was given a link to the webmaster section of google
    And what advice did they give on avoiding the sandbox?

    BTW, it's nice to see you back Namestrands! Didn't you get banned a while back for insulting sedo in your banner or something?
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